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Dial history

Belgium, 1997
artwork

In the found footage tradition, ‘Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y’ takes the viewer on a journey through media footage of airplane hijacking and other terrorism.

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Black Hole Radio

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Dutch in Seven Lessons

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The Esthetics of Disappearance

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State of the art. Part 1: History

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Film Ist

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Touring Holland by bicycle

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head_phone_film_poems

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The Horror of it all

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