IN HET LAND DER BLINDEN

3-channel HD video installation
Duration: 8:11 (loop) (excerpt: 5:38)
The Netherlands 2010

The triptych video-installation ‘In het Land der Blinden’, deconstructs a masterpiece by the Flemish painter Pieter Breughel in which a row of six blind men follow each other through a rural landscape. The painting reveals an agonizing moment in which the blind guide stumbles into a ditch while leading his followers into the same trap. As the eye follows the chain of men, a transformation in their facial expressions as well as body postures is revealed; ranging from trust to surprise and shock. What is seen is about to collapse.

In order to portray a world a without vision they gave emphasis to sound and texture.
Parallel to the nature of the painting, the collapsing procession in the video is frozen within a landscape in motion, unfolding layers of time and consciousness.

Director of Photography: Diderik Evers
Gaffer: Karina van den Berg
Postproduction: Przemek Siemion
Sound design: Yuval Reuven
Rigging: Nico Jankovski
Set production: Femke Ravensbergen

Performers:
Jaco Bouwer
Sofie Araujo
Orlando Burleson
Doron Hirsch
Gertjan van Gennip
Sally Latcham

Special Thanks:
Family Huiser
Family van Schie
Studio Ram Katzir

Made possible with the financial support of Fonds BKVB
Realized during the residency at Scheltema - Utopisch Nest