Online browsing tip. Contour 05.

"Is cinema slowly coming to an end?" Chris Dercon asks Chantal Akerman. "I don't think so," she answers. "Look at the films of oldies such as de Oliveira, Godard or Rohmer. They seem younger than most films made by young ones."

Find the full interview at the site for Contour 2005, the 2nd biennial for video art (Mechelen, Belgium, September 17 through November 20). If you go in through that front door, choose "English" up there on the left if you'd like and then the name of any participating artist. Some of them - Pipilotti Rist, for example, or Vasco Araújo - have sites of their own, and you'll find the links (and/or interview snippets and other pleasant surprises) on each of their pages.

Posted by dwhudson at August 18, 2005 6:37 AM