In this absurdist take on an 'Urban Trail' Ria Pacquée drifts through her hometown Antwerp while intermittently encircling various objects and structures she encounters. A run down kiosk, an artificial hill with a playground slide, a battered metal curb, a hexagonal flowerpot, a concrete ping pong table; all of which would easily disappear in the dense fabric of the urban environment. With her act Pacquée forces the viewer to closely observe, what would have otherwise been neglected. In this process a spectre appears in the banal.
The film was screened or exhibited at:
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Argos, Brussels (BE), 22 Nov 2018 > 09 Dec 2018
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Galerie Satellite, Paris (FR), 30 May 2018 > 23 Jun 2018
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Theater tri-bühne, Stuttgart (DE), 21 Jan 2017
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Kulturbahnhof Kassel (DE), 16 Nov 2016 > 20 Nov 2016
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Metro Rogier, Brussels (BE), 16 Sep 2016 > 25 Sep 2016
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Reial Cercle Artístic (ES), 26 May 2016 > 10 Jun 2016
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DE Studio (BE), 19 May 2016 > 21 May 2016
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Galerie Maurits van de Laar (NL), 10 Apr 2016 > 15 May 2016
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Soft Focus Institute (BE), 31 Jan 2016 > 03 Apr 2016
Credits:
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Produced by Escautville
Running Around is part of the collection of the Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum Antwerp.