Portal

Video, b/w, 4:3, stereo, English text, BE, 2002, 14'

Portal unfolds a space where you can drop your guard: a rhythmical, geometrical landscape, a soothing place made from sloping shapes and whispering sounds. Anouk De Clercq depicts an ‘interior landscape’, a mental space built of cool shades of grey and fathomless horizons, rotating, tilting and caressing. An exploration of the limits of the utopian and the inner nature, in a longing for a place of enlightenment: ‘here never alone’.

The video was made on the occasion of Secret Gardens, a concept of centre for the arts Buda Kunstencentrum and cultural manifestation Anno’02, for which several artists had been assigned to design a secret garden at various locations in the city of Kortrijk.

Animation Joris Cool
Sound Anton Aeki
Produced by Portapak, Buda Kunstencentrum
Thank you Joost Fonteyne
Distributed by Auguste Orts, LIMA, Light Cone

Awards
Honorable Mention, Future Imprint International Animation Competition 2003 (TW)

Previously on display at the following locations

Secret Gardens Kortrijk (BE), Aug 23–Sep 7 2002
IFFR Rotterdam (NL), Jan 22–Feb 2 2003
Cultuurcentrum Strombeek (BE), Feb 14–Mar 9 2003
Concertgebouw Brugge (BE), Mar 1–Mar 13 2003
De Balie Amsterdam (NL), Mar 13–Mar 14 2003
European Media Art Festival Osnabrück (DE), Apr 23–Apr 27 2003
WRO Art Centre Wroclaw (PL), Apr 30–May 4 2003
Smart Project Space Amsterdam (NL), May 6 2003
Bozar, Prix Jeune Peinture Belge Brussels (BE), Jun 25–Sep 7 2003
Galerie Rachel Haferkampf Cologne (DE), Sep 19–Sep 26 2003
Argos Brussels (BE), Oct 17–Oct 25 2003
Bizart Shanghai (CN), Feb 17–Feb 27 2004
Future Imprint International Animation Competition Taipei (TW), Apr 16–May 14 2004
ICA London (GB), Aug 5 2004
Beeldruis Ruiselede (BE), Aug 7–Sep 5 2004
Manifestation Internationale Vidéo et Art Electronique Montreal (CA), Sep 20–Sep 27 2004
Sonic Acts Amsterdam (NL), Sep 23–Sep 25 2004
Limelight Filmhuis Kortrijk (BE), Oct 3–Oct 27 2004
M HKA Antwerpen (BE), Oct 23 2004
Festival International du Film de La Rochelle La Rochelle (FR), Jul 1–Jul 11 2005
Itau Cultural Institute Belo Horizonte (BR), Jul 6–Jul 28 2005
Videomedeja Novi Sad (RS), Sep 30–Oct 2 2005
Argos Brussels (BE), Oct 13–Oct 22 2005
Campus Ceria Brussels (BE), Oct 15 2005
Instants Vidéos Aix-en-Provence (FR), Nov 26 2005
SAFN gallery Reykjavik (IS), Jan 14–Feb 5 2006
FRAC Basse-Normandie Caen (FR), Jan 19 2006
Zebrastraat Gent (BE), Apr 1–Jun 8 2006
Les Yeux La Nuit Nancy (FR), May 23 2006
Cumbria Institute of the Arts Carlisle (GB), Oct 26–Oct 27 2006
Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv (IL), Nov 29–Dec 4 2006
TIFF Bell Lightbox Toronto (CA), Feb 1 2015
Filmoteca Madrid (ES), Dec 15 2018
Kino Otok Izola (SI), Jun 7 2019