Cinemuze / Avant-garde cinema, 1923 - 1924
Feel the heartbeat of historyTo mark Gaasbeek Castle's centenary as a museum and as part of the new exhibition "Rebel Echoes", you can enjoy the muse of the seventh art in the Knights' Hall; cinema. One Saturday evening every month, a film linked to the life and work of Marquise Arconati Visconti or the year 1924, when the castle officially became a museum, will be screened in the Knights' Hall of the castle.
Before each screening, Wouter Hessels, film curator of Gaasbeek Castle, will give a bilingual introduction. He studied Romanic languages and is film historian (RITCS & INSAS) with a great passion for French, Italian and Belgian cinema. This comes in handy, because the residences and properties of Marquise Arconati Visconti were in France, Italy and of course... Gaasbeek.
Avant-garde cinema, 1923-1924
The years 1923 and 1924 were pivotal years for avant-garde cinema. Le ballet mécanique (1924) by Fernand Léger is a wonderful example of cubist cinema. Henri Chomette gave form and substance to ‘cinéma pur’ with Jeu des reflets et de la vitesse (1923), among others.
An illustrated, bilingual lecture on avant-garde cinema will take place before the film. These silent films have a musical accompaniment on guitar by Brecht Ameel.
Practical information:
» 06/07/2024, at 7:30 p.m. in the Knights' Hall.
» Introduction by Wouter Hessels (in Dutch/French).
» Consecutive film screenings: Le ballet mécanique (1924) by Fernand Léger and Jeu des reflets et de la vitesse (1923) by Henri Chomette. With accompanying live music on guitar by Brecht Ameel.
