Katleen Vermeir

extension#THE IDEAL CITY (TWO BOATS)
extension#THE IDEAL CITY (TWO BOATS)extension#THE IDEAL CITY (TWO BOATS)extension#THE IDEAL CITY (TWO BOATS)

This video refers, among other things, to mediaeval miniatures in which perspective and scale are seen in an incorrect and thus odd composition. From across the Hudson River portraits were made in artificial sets. Time is made to stand still by seemingly freezing human actions against a setting of almost motionless landscapes.The zoom of the camera intermingled reality and fiction. The real New York skyline became part of the set, the video image generated enough depth in order for the real city to become almost imaginary: like a glimpse of an ideal city. While the portraits are being done tankers and containerships sail by.