OK
Video, B/W, 16:9, stereo, BE/US, 2021, 5'
In the Summer of 2020, at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in her country, Helga Davis wrote a text that voices her pain, her despair and also her hopes for the future.
After collaborating on Helga Humming (2019) and One (2020), the text became the starting point for a new film and a first work co-signed by Helga Davis and Anouk De Clercq. OK scrutinises the relations between Black and White while searching for the essence of collaboration and caring about the other.
Text and voice Helga Davis
Music Vessel
Typography Michaël Bussaer
Animation Thomas De Brabanter
Produced by Auguste Orts
With the support of Kunsthal Extra City, Friends of Auguste Orts Fund
Distributed by Auguste Orts
Previously on display at the following locations
- Extra City Antwerpen (BE), May 7–Nov 7 2021
- SLAC/Beeldende & Audiovisuele Kunst Leuven (BE), Jun 14 2021
- POW Film Fest Portland (US), Sep 4–Sep 5 2021
- Extra City Antwerpen (BE), Oct 5 2021
- Het Bos Antwerpen (BE), Nov 14 2021
- Festival International du Film sur l'Art Montreal (CA), Mar 15–Mar 27 2022
- California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles (US), Mar 16 2022
- Festival International du Film sur l'Art Montréal (CA), Mar 17 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
- Rencontres Internationales Paris (FR), May 6 2022
- MASS MoCA North Adams (US), Jun 25 2022
- Anthology Film Archives New York (US), Jul 24 2022
- Anthology Film Archives New York (US), Jul 27 2022
- Les Rencontres Internationales Berlin (DE), Aug 20 2022
- Les Rencontres Internationales - Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin (DE), Aug 20 2022
- University of Oslo Oslo (DE), Dec 1–Dec 2 2022
- SoundImageCulture Brussels (BE), Jun 22 2023
