Unwritten Page
Els van Riel, 2001, 11mins
A landscape slowly emerging from a field of white. Filmed through a suspended piece of white fabric in the Zwin nature reserve, Els van Riel gradually reveals the image by manipulating light and exposure. Made in response to Antoine Beuger's musical composition of the same name, the film explores the delicate interplay between visibility, perception and the formation of an image.
Els van Riel
Els van Riel lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Studied photo- and cinematography, and works as a photographer, editor and producer for various photo-, film-, and video-productions.
Her films, video's and installations explore the impact of detailed changes in moment, movement, matter, light and perception.
“With links to the tradition of structural film making, the work by the Brussels based film-and videomaker, Els van Riel, explores the basic elements for cinema -time and light- and develops a form for new aesthetic pleasure, bypassing any symbolism and narrativism. For van Riel the projector is a central figure in the cinematographical act of giving form to a screening, performance or installation. The mechanical image source becomes actively present as if it were a living object.”
(L’ART MÊME, April 2009)
