https://miekevanmechelen.com Mieke Vanmechelen Sat, 21 Sep 2024 18:20:09 +0000 https://miekevanmechelen.com en https://miekevanmechelen.com/Header Sun, 05 Jun 2022 15:02:40 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/Header MIEKE VANMECHELEN ABOUT LOG CONTACT https://miekevanmechelen.com/Immram Fri, 30 Aug 2024 07:48:17 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/Immram <img width="3456" height="1944" width_o="3456" height_o="1944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/797e8459e782b9fe3bfe5b9b9be14f5bfacb0eec2dd25a23cd9ae48ca6f664af/IMMRAM_FQF2.png" data-mid="229782139" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/797e8459e782b9fe3bfe5b9b9be14f5bfacb0eec2dd25a23cd9ae48ca6f664af/IMMRAM_FQF2.png" /> Immrám,&nbsp;2024; 4k film, 90 mins, colour, soundImmram will premiere at the 37th Galway Film Fleadh 2025. An experimental nonfiction film that visually navigates the complex connections between place, language, environment, and contemporary lived life in Ireland, which it sees as an outpost of a resurgent indigenous European culture. Directed by Michael Holly and Mieke Vanmechelen, and featuring Siobhán de Paor and Diarmuid Lyng, the film is funded by the Arts Council.Fierce Quiet Films https://miekevanmechelen.com/In-a-Landscape Sat, 21 Sep 2024 18:20:09 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/In-a-Landscape <img width="4030" height="2267" width_o="4030" height_o="2267" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7bfaf13170cbf8dbc77927e8d003dbe9afb828e1666cacd38bca19f1cf114f6/In-A-Landscape.jpg" data-mid="219593688" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7bfaf13170cbf8dbc77927e8d003dbe9afb828e1666cacd38bca19f1cf114f6/In-A-Landscape.jpg" /> In a Landscape, 2024; HD Video, 9 mins, black + white, soundCombined with the intense, choreographed dance of car drifting, the contemplative music creates an unusual ballet, a meditative exploration of cultural landscapes and subcultures.What begins as documentation evolves into an observational study. This work offers a lyrical, almost surreal glimpse into the worlds encountered by Mieke during her fieldwork.&nbsp; https://miekevanmechelen.com/Earth-Sky Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:00:49 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/Earth-Sky EARTH + SKY, 2023; HD video, 3.45 min, black + white, soundThrough the interplay of black and white imagery, the world is mirrored and inverted, revealing unexpected connections. A tree transforms into lungs, while a primal figure navigates its surroundings with an animalistic grace. Voices of chaos usher in the narrative, paying homage to the unpredictable forces that shape existence. This work is a visual exploration of the convergence between the arbitrary and the deliberate, echoing the intricate balance found in the natural world. Made for FSAS, Culture Night 2023. https://miekevanmechelen.com/Hungry-Hill Sun, 05 Jun 2022 15:02:47 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/Hungry-Hill <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9743b43bfecd3cd30a0f5ff8784dd67555a026f71df2bf77af1dcec45a0b208/HH_archive_MV2022_1.1.1.jpg" data-mid="144777928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9743b43bfecd3cd30a0f5ff8784dd67555a026f71df2bf77af1dcec45a0b208/HH_archive_MV2022_1.1.1.jpg" />4k film,2023; 80 mins, colour/sound <img width="1016" height="280" width_o="1016" height_o="280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/914041bed254a89c163446ec93233475ab01c9c51417eacc110477fab02f13db/ac-funding-the-art-of-film-ke-white.png" data-mid="154515422" border="0" data-scale="4" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/914041bed254a89c163446ec93233475ab01c9c51417eacc110477fab02f13db/ac-funding-the-art-of-film-ke-white.png" /> Hungry Hill is an experimental non-fiction film produced by Fierce Quiet Films, directed by Mieke Vanmechelen and Michael Holly.Its intention not to analyse, but to actively produce aesthetic experience. It contains elements of both the personal and political, speaking from a personal perspective to the consequences of unhindered industrial expansion. Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland Film Project Award. ︎︎︎&nbsp;Hungry Hill&nbsp; https://miekevanmechelen.com/Two-Squares-2 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:39:03 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/Two-Squares-2 4k film,2021; 20 mins, colour, soundTwo Squares&nbsp;examines Dublin’s Georgian Core, predominantly two prominent park squares: the vibrant but neglected public Mountjoy Square north of the river, and the more affluent, well-maintained private Fitzwilliam Square south of it. Both are soaked in political history; both marked by architectural and socio-economic contrasts. The artist features in this work as an observer, as an individual attempting to minimise any prejudiced notions of these two areas of the city. This work was supported by Fire Station Artists’ Studios and the Arts Council of Ireland. Sound design by Tony Langlois. https://miekevanmechelen.com/Like-a-Mouse Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:49:11 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/Like-a-Mouse Like a Mouse, 2021; 4k, 14 min, colour, sound Directed by Michael Holly and Mieke Vanmechelen. Like a Mouse is an experimental documentary following ecologist Dr. Hodd's discovery of a rare and delicate fern, against the backdrop of an area of natural conservation that is under threat from the pressures of an unstable, globalised ecology.&nbsp; Official Selection, Chicago Underground Film Festival 2021.&nbsp; https://miekevanmechelen.com/Die-Vrijheid-3 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 15:02:47 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/Die-Vrijheid-3 Die Vrijheid, 2020; 4k video, 7 min, colour, sound Die Vrijheid is a private reflection on childhood, the complexities of human relationships and the magic of the natural world. Presented from a submerged perspective, the artist’s simple narrative is related in her mother tongue. The work attempts to operate on a register analogous to music and offers a glimpse into an embodied contradictory sense of displacement and belonging. This work screened at the 123rd SSA exhibition, selected by CutLog at the Royal Scottish Academy.It also screened on Culture Night 2020 and as part of aemi online and mink inaugural exhibition at Anam Arts + Cultural Centre Killarney.&nbsp; https://miekevanmechelen.com/Residual-Minority-3 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 15:02:47 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/Residual-Minority-3 Residual Minority, 2019; 4K, 7 min, black &amp; white, sound Residual Minority is about the relationship between farmers and cattle. We all share a responsibility as future generations inherit the consequences of past environmental use and abuse, including the exploitation of land and animals. The revitalisation of an intergenerational moral imagination offers an alternative to the current western concept of progress. Supported by Creative Ireland, sound design by Tony Langlois. Exhibited as part of Home: Being and Belonging in Contemporary Ireland, The Glucksman, Cork, 2020 and Highlanes Gallery Open Submission 2020.Selected by RAGFF New York and NYC Independent Film Festival, 2020. The work formed part of LUX Critical Forum Cork Artists’ Programme at Luminous Void Experimental Film Festival and screened at SSA + VAS CutLog, Scottish Royal Academy Edinburgh
. Residual Minority was a selected finalist of Intimate Lens Ethnographic Film Festival, Caserta Italy and the Florence Film Awards 2020. https://miekevanmechelen.com/Suspension-2 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 15:02:41 +0000 Mieke Vanmechelen https://miekevanmechelen.com/Suspension-2 Suspension, 2020; 4K, 6 mins, black &amp; white, sound In Suspension an isolated figure is caught in the act of searching for equilibrium. The world the figure inhabits has been toppled and the generally accepted position has shifted. This work was commissioned, and screened online, by the Glucksman Gallery as part of ‘an artist response to the coronavirus pandemic’, 2020.