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Economics

If we look at the world through the eyes of a businessman, a lot of things go unnoticed. These videos sharpen our view of the future.

VR/FRI 24 APRIL, 11:00 - ZO/SUN 26 APRIL, 13:00 - SPHINX - 57’

 



CuteCuteCute
Clemens Kögler, AT, 2008, BetaSP, 4’

Japanese ‘Kawai’-figures show us the darker side of our society. Instead of guiding us cheerfully through all sorts of daily activities and situations they sing about child abuse, terror paranoia, genetic manipulation ...

 


Resonance
Karel Decock, BE, 2008, BetaSP, 18’

Three succesful businessmen reflect on their career and on the choices they made and the ones they didn't. We get to know them, we also get to know someone else. Someone who may have been less lucky in his career. Or maybe this is the true face of success?

 


Hip Hop Video
Joseph Ernst, US, 2008, DigiBeta, 4’

Transforming visual imagery into words, this video is a word for word translation of a stereotypical hip hop video. ‘Bling bling’ from a different point of view.

 


The Unseen
Pavel Medvedev, RU, 2007, BetaSP, 31’

Disguised as a traditional documentary the film mocks the G8 Summit at Saint Petersburg. While Bush compliments Putin on the beautiful location, the largest cemetery in the city is turned into a strategically sensitive location...