We'll find you when the sun goes black
Video, b/w, 16:9, stereo, BE/NO, 2021, 6'
Inspired by the Terella, a small magnetised model ball representing the Earth, used by scientists to investigate the aurora until the late 20th century.
And by a Bertolt Brecht poem, written in exile in the 1930s: “In the dark times / Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing / About the dark times.”
A silent version was previously on display at Tromsø Kunstforening. The version with music had its premiere at Klarafestival.
Music Vessel
Voices Helga Davis, Seb Gainsborough
Animation Thomas De Brabanter
Produced by Auguste Orts
With the support of Tromsø Kunstforening, Klarafestival
Distributed by Auguste Orts
Awards
Prix du Jury, Festival Tous Courts 2021 (FR)
Previously on display at the following locations
- Kunstforening Tromsø (NO), Jan 17–Mar 29 2020
- Klarafestival Brussels (BE), Mar 18–Apr 3 2021
- Proximus Pickx Brussels (BE), May 1–May 31 2021
- Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg (DE), Jun 1–Jun 7 2021
- SLAC/Beeldende & Audiovisuele Kunst Leuven (BE), Jun 14 2021
- MIEFF Moscow (RU), Aug 11–Aug 16 2021
- POW Film Fest Portland (US), Sep 4–Sep 5 2021
- Film Festival Split (HR), Sep 15–Sep 21 2021
- Museo Nitsch Napoli (IT), Oct 2 2021
- Extra City Antwerpen (BE), Oct 5 2021
- Festival du nouveau cinéma Montréal (CA), Oct 6–Oct 17 2021
- Festival Tous Courts d’Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (FR), Dec 3 2021
- Université de Arts Plastiques de Tourcoing (FR), Jan 28 2022
- California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles (US), Mar 16 2022
- Souwester Seaview (US), Mar 24–Mar 27 2022
- Anita Astoria (US), Mar 25 2022
- Hollywood Theatre Portland (US), Mar 30 2022
- Cinema RITCS Brussels (BE), May 4 2022
- Short Waves Festival Poznan (PL), Jun 14 2022
- St Joost School of Art and Design Breda (NL), Sep 8 2022
- Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux Paris (FR), Oct 13 2022
- Video Power Maastricht (NL), Mar 13 2023
- Festival de l'histoire de l'art de Fontainebleau (FR), Sunday, Jun 4 2023
- SoundImageCulture Brussels (BE), Thursday, Jun 22 2023

