Anouk De Clercq explores the potential of audiovisual language to create possible worlds. She is interested in what lies behind ‘reality’ or in between the visible and the imaginary.

She has received several awards, including the Illy Prize at Art Brussels in 2005 and a Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention in 2014. Her work has been shown in Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, MAXXI, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, BOZAR, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Berlinale, Ars Electronica, among others.

Anouk De Clercq is affiliated to the School of Arts University College Ghent as a guest professor.
She is a founding member of Auguste Orts, On & For Production and Distribution and initiator of Monokino.

Anouk De Clercq is the author of Where is Cinema, published by Archive Books.