![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00dde53708c43cdc8ae1f4030f882adf665b57fa297b3b5c81286084a9a1d7b6/Villa Corthout frontal5m_o.jpg)
Villa Corthout
2001, 5-channel video installation, black & white, sound
In Villa Corthout, a boy (holding a guitar) is sitting on the diving-board of a swimming pool. A girl in a bathing suit is seen as though she has just stepped out of the water. The boy is playing a soft tune on his guitar. Divested of plot and narrative, Villa Corthout blurs the boundaries between an invented and an observed situation, between documentary and fiction.
![Villa Corthout, still](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebbb1814a8a46386b94a920e3be6e8cb5fb94faa95d7f933fe3b1eb82d8ad9f6/Villa Corthout garden5m_o.jpg)
![Villa Corthout, still](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac319b96580557d627d7e9e9e5ce8fa0711f11f99cb431b74f96d6c48fc30a0f/Villa Corthout house5M_o.jpg)
![Villa Corthout, still](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dce4931db283327bb5ccf165df24ed6135c4c35ff2bc0adc100940149113696/Villa Corthout profile5M_o.jpg)
![Villa Corthout, still](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e7e8b0ab696fa5965e861e44c0000a75e5f42dce72c9f0f486468546ecdcca6/Villa Corthout view on pool_o.jpg)
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