For Familiestraat, we created a film out of Thomas Verstraeten his play ‘Familiestraat’. Thomas Verstraeten built an exact replica of his street in wood and cardboard in a large factory hall. Then, together with 250 local residents, he re-enacted an annual review of true events that happened in the Familiestraat in the bizarre year 2020.
In both projects, seemingly futile pieces of history are re-enacted with great care and precision by their original 'inhabitants'. Both projects take ordinary, everyday events as their starting point. They are pieces of history that are saved from being forgotten. According to the artist, every event, no matter how small or trivial, contributes substantially to those few events that do get a place in our collective memory.
Concept - Thomas Verstraeten
Director - Heleen Declercq
Edit - Thomas Verstraeten
DOP - Angela Otten & Stefan Van Diest
Steadicam - Sander Blok
1AC - Rachelle Sluiter
2AC - Lune Cladakis
Sound -Senjan Jansen
Color Grading - Xavier Dockx
Shown in Fred&Ferry art gallery, vernisage on the Antwerp Art Weekend 2022.