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curated by
Jelena Radić
double bill #30
Mamada Perdida by Joke Van den Hof and In Curves Notes_Stream by Flavia Regaldo present two radically different approaches to sexuality. Together, they reveal how sex can oscillate between myth and sensation, fantasy and flesh.
Mamada Perdida situates sex in the realm of myth and metaphor. Through animation and symbolic imagery, desire becomes a story rather than an act—something ritualised, imagined, and shaped by belief. Pleasure exists at a distance, filtered through suggestion. In Curves Notes_Stream, by contrast, rejects metaphor altogether. Bodies engage in explicit sexual acts with directness and immediacy; pleasure is visible, physical, and unapologetically present. While colour and abstraction stylise the images, sex remains stripped of any narrative or symbolic framing.
Placed side by side, the films expose a tension between interpretation and exposure. One invites the viewer to decode sexuality through imagination, the other insists on its undeniable materiality.
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yanco’s double-bill series explores private and public Belgian archives, from museums to national film schools. Guest curators pair a Belgian short film with a companion audiovisual work to create a thematic or formal dialogue. Each resulting micro programme includes curatorial notes alongside a supporting essay, article, or interview.