Vincent Meessen (US/BE) | A Broken Rule

SYNOPSIS

Six characters illuminate the night in an African city. Each of them carries a word. Once correctly put together these words produce a sentence that is poetic and political at the same time.
Similarly to other projects by Vincent Meessen, A Broken Rule is drawn from a public intervention distorted by the artist's filmic mise en récit, shuffling traditional codes and conventions. This video stands at the crossroads of performance, fiction, experimental music and documentary filmmaking, resulting in what can be read as a call and an invitation to an ‘irregular becoming’.

ARTIST’S BIOGRAPHY

Vincent Meessen was born in 1971 in Baltimore, USA. Currently he lives and works in Brussels, in Belgium. His work has been screened at the 37th International Film Festival in Rotterdam in 2008 and at Momenta Art in New York. In 2007 his work was exhibited at Art Brussels, in two other solo exhibitions, at Beursschouwburg and Argos center for art & media in Brussels and in various international group exhibitions, such as at Museion in Bolzano, at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, at MuHKA _media, Contemporary Art Museum in Antwerp and at the 53rd Oberhausen International Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY

• Clinamen Cinema, 2008, in progress
• A Broken Rule, 2007, 2'00", video, colour, non spoken
• The Invisibles’ Parliament, 2006, 4'00", video, colour, non spoken
• Les sociétaires, 2006, 6'15" video, colour, English spoken, English text
• Made in Belgium, 2006, 2'55", video, colour PAL, non spoken, 4:3 format
• The Residents, 2006, 6'15", video, colour, English spoken, English text
• N12°13.062'/ W 001°32.619' Extended, 2005, 8'25", video, colour, non spoken
• The Intruder, 2005, 7'26", video, colour, Mooré, Bissa and French spoken, English subtitles