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Karel De Cock

Unheard Silence

Vidéo | betaSP | noir et blanc | 4:30 | Belgique | 2009

Unheard Silence is a meditation on the role of women in the western genre. I came to realize that I related this subject matter to an image of The Searchers that was imprinted on my memory. So I decided to use this image hoping it would trigger a similar memory and communicate this subject to others as well. We stand together with a woman. Waiting and staring into the empty desert. Not knowing if the men will return or not.

Karel De Cock °1982: Lives in Brussels and studies Audiovisual arts at the Sint-Lukas Hogeschool in Brussels. In 2008 he received his Bachelor diploma with his film Resonance (2008). The film has been selected by various festivals e.g. Rencontres Internationales (FR), Transmediale 09 festival (DE) and Migrating Forms (New York Underground Film Festival). His films are character based and situate themselves in the search and recover of identity and relations. He has a background in the traditional fiction genre but since Resonance he finds himself crossing the borders of both fiction and documentary. Right now he finishes his studies in the master department of documentary with guidance from Herman Asselberghs, Rob Rombout and Ronnie Ramirez