MASTERCLASS

A rapid succession of photos of a woman.

We see a photographer with a Polaroid camera taking shots of a landscape. He progressively sticks the Polaroids on an invisible pane of glass in front of the camera, until only this newly created photographic "mosaic" of the landscape can be seen in the end.

We see a photographer taking shots with a Polaroid of a naked model on a sofa. He progressively sticks the Polaroids on an invisible pane of glass in front of the camera until only this newly created photographic "mosaic" of the woman can be seen in the end. This work originated from dissatisfaction with the landscape version of the film.

In the photographs and films from the 1970s, the "actors" are often the family and close friends performing in their own homes. On viewing family albums and photo exhibitions.

Two men – the authors themselves – are sitting on chairs facing the camera while in the background a fire can be seen burning in the fireplace. Photographic portraits of the two of them alternate like masks on their faces. In a state of permanent transformation, the reproduced and the "real" heads turn towards each other, turn away again, direct their gazes up and down, with the photo as an object being crumpled up and unfolded again. Meanwhile, the flames blaze in the fireplace, the fire goes out and turns into ashes in order that – again and again – it begins to burn anew. For the viewer, this fire makes visible the compression of time that always plays a role in animated film. Off-screen we hear contradictory messages that reflect the fleeting, deceptive and personal nature of photography and film.

A photographer loads the camera with a roll of film and closes it. From this moment on, the viewer is situated inside the dark body of the camera and only sees the posed-like events as soon as the photographer presses the shutter.

"This film is an explanation of my photographic work. I was asked to explain the film. How should I do that? With a story, a drawing, a sculpture? I'll take a photo. Do I have to explain the photo?"

A video clip produced for the Dutch rapper Tony Scott, informing young people about the greenhouse effect in a clear and direct way.

HIV/AIDS information commercial for the Texas Health Department.

Program design for MTV-Europe. Animated scissors, cans, tubes of paint, traffic signs and hammers.

Saying goodbye to a collaboration of 30 years, a wife, a son, a father, the studio, the garden and all other aspects of life..