Halfway Demolition, 2018
documentation of Architekten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu
'Unless Ever People - CARITAS FOR FREE SPACE'

Winner of the Silver Lion Venice Biennale 2018

An old pyschiatric clinic in Melle, Belgium. Already there since the turn of the twentieth century. Back then, an unique place, ahead of its time. (...) Its excistence, however, had already suffered a first demolition. Yet, by considering this as a chance rather than a loss, an opening came into view. (...) And yet, the building stood there. The building existed. Except from that the building might turn the usual ideas around - might result in a change. Merely trough its existence.(...)

The movie is a single day. Zooming in. Zooming out. Voices in the background. Circulating ideas. Exchanging thoughts. And even here. Never in view. Yet viewed in imagination. The movie. A final moment. The moment of today. On the road to the moment of tomorrow. And the day after. (De Vylder Vinck Tailieu)

HALFWAY DEMOLITION

25 min, HD, 2018
Sound: Vivian Wang
Text: Lieven de Cauter
Video: U5

Screening «Halfway Demolition»
La Biennale di Venezia, Central Pavilion
Unless Ever People - Caritas for Freespace
Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu