
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

Villa Corthout, still

Villa Corthout, still

Villa Corthout, still
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