Frank Theys (°1963, Brussels) studied Philosophy and Fine Arts in Brussels. He works as a video, film and theater maker. He lives and works in Brussels and Amsterdam.


 
FILM- & VIDEOGRAPHY


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RADAR, video (U-matic), b/w, sound, 40min.  (script, camera, directing, editing)

DE TOREN (The Tower),  film (super-16), colour, 25min. (script, camera, directing, editing,  production)

LIED VAN MIJN LAND (Song of my Soil), video (U-matic), colour,  50min. (script, camera, directing, editing, executive producer)

HET RIJNGOUD (The Rhinegold), video (U-Matic) colour, sound, 85min. (script, directing, editing, executive producer)

DE  PUT (The Well) video installation, live video, b/w, sound (concept)

ORATORIUM FOR PREPARED VIDEO PLAYER AND 8 MONITORS, video installation (U-matic) b/w, sound,  2 min. loop (concept, directing)

DE WALKURE (The Valkyrie)  video (BVU), colour,  90min.-  (script, directing, editing, executive producer)

DE EZEL VAN BURIDAN (Buridan’s Donkey) documentary, video (Betacam SP), colour, sound, 50 min. (directing, off-line editing)

GENERIQUE BRTN KUNST-ZAKEN, video (Betacam SP), (concept, directing)

KOLONEL KORSAKOV, video installation (S-VHS), colour, (script, directing, camera, editing, soundmix)

RAPUNZEL (life video animation for the opera of Johan Desmet)


MILLENIUM DIARY, documentary, video (DVC), colour, 80 min. (camera, editing)

DE KUS (The Kiss) video installation (DVC), 1 sec. loop, colour, sound (concept, editing)

THE SOAP MACHINE video installation (DVC), colour, sound, 120 min. loop (concept, directing, camera, editing)

SOUVENIRS, video installation (DVC, colour), 8 x 15 min., colour, sound,  (camera, directing, editing) in collaboration with Edit Kaldor

TECHNOCALYPS
PART 1: TRANSHUMAN, documentary, video (digital Betacam 16:9), colour, sound, 52 min. (concept & script in collaboration with Michel Bauwens, directing & editing)

THE CABINET, video installation (DVC), colour, 12 min. loop (concept, compositing)

DR. YANG DAN'S CAT SCAN, video installation (DVC), 12 min. loop (concept, interviews, camera, editing)

AVATAR, interactive media 360° surround projection (concept, camera, directing, editing)

APOCALYPS, video (DVC), colour, 15min., (video projection for the concert of Johan De Smet)

ZEVENKERKEN, documentary, video (DVC), colour, sound, 52 min. (concept, directing, editing)

WELP, musical with live orchestra,  video (Digital Betacam 16:9), colour, sound, 70 min. (directing)

STUDY WITH FLIES, video installation, video (DVC) colour, 30 sec. loop (concept, camera, compositing)

DERWISH/STATUE, video installation, video (DVC), colour, 1 sec.loop (concept, camera, compositing)

SELF-PORTRAIT, video film, video (DVC), colour, sound, 3 min. (concept, camera, sound, acting, editing, compositing)


THEATRE


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LIESBETH, MONOLOOG VOOR JONGE VROUW (Liesbeth, Monologue for young Lady) (text, directing, scenery)
JA, WACHT! (Yes,Wait!) (text, directing, scenery)

VAN AL DIE DIE NIKS TE ZEGGEN HEBBEN, ZIJN DIE DIE ZWIJGEN 'T AANGENAAMST (From all Those Who have Nothing to Say, Those Who keep Quiet are the most Pleasant) (text, directing, scenery,  video projection)

MILES (guest director  for Picolli Principi, Florence, Italy)

WALPURGISNACHT (Walpurgis Night), radio play at BRTN Radio 3, (text, directing and sound mix)

2012 (now i am nationwide) (text, directing)

staging of ‘Liesbeth,  monologue for young Lady’ by De Vere (Maatschappij Discordia & Dito-dito)

 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
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Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels In de Maalstroom - Au coeur du Maelstrom
Cercle Paul Bert, Rennes (France)
Goethe Instituut, Lille (France) 
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (USA) 
'This is Belgium', The Kitchen, New York (USA)   
Art en Belgique au XXième siècle, Musée d'Arts Modernes de la Ville de Paris (FR) 
Stichting De Burcht, Leiden, (The Netherlands)
Kanaal, Tussen-in, Courtray (Belgium)
'Op. Cit.-Festival', Beursschouwburg, Brussels (Belgium)  
'Off-off Festival', Museum for Contemporary Art, Ghent (Belgium)  
Contained Attitudes', Artists Space, New York (USA)   
Points '87, Centre de la Wallonie, Paris (France)     
I.C.C., Antwerp (Belgium)
Jeune Peinture Belge, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels (Belgium)   
Galerij 'De Lege Ruimte', Bruges (Belgium)
Bruzzle, Beursschouwburg, Brussels )
Vidéo/Art Plastique, Hérouville (France)   
Tagankatheatre, Moskow (USSR)
Akademie der Künste, Berlin (DDR)   
Belgijska Eksplozija, Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana (Yugoslavia)
Bruzzle '90, Brussels   
Kunsthalle, Luzern, (Switzerland)                                                                   
St.-Gervais, Geneva (Switzerland)
Petofi Hall, Boedapest (Hungary)
STUC, Leuven (Belgium)
Histoires Belges, Graz       (Ostria)            
MUHKA, Antwerp     (Belgium)                                                     
Klaarte, De gemartelde tijd, Leuven (Belgium)  
ICC, Beeldberichten, Antwerp (Belgium)
Galerie Transit, Mechelen (Belgium)
Démarches, Leuven (Belgium)
MODE 2001, Landed/Geland, MUHKA, Antwerp (Belgium)
Espace  Nord, Tour & Taxis, Brussels (Belgium)
Turning Points, Leuven (Belgium)
speaker  at the congres Musterion (Belgium)
speaker at Nuit de l'Art Vidéo, Mons
Bruges 2002 - Artists in Residence, Bruges (Belgium)
Octopus, Bruges  (Belgium)
Title Safe, Nadine/ Corban, Brussels
Beeldenstorm, Cortray
Stit.ic, TENT, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Kunstfilm Biënnale, Keulen (Germany)
Akademie der Künste, Berlijn (Germany)
Festival for the New Film, Split (Croatia)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (USA)
Once upon a Time… Een blik op kunst in Belgium in de jaren '90, MuHKA, Antwerp (Belgium)
SMAK aan zee, Bredene (Belgium)
Herfstcollectie, MuHKA, Antwerp (Belgium)
Collectie SMAK, Ghent (Belgium)
Transfer, Tbilisi (Georgia)
Artcinema Off-off, Ghent (Belgium)
Zona de Mestizaje, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (Spain)
WRO International Media Art Biennale, Wroclav (Poland)
Haus der Kunst, München (Germany)
 
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS


 
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Galerij GA, Waasmunster (Belgium)
Museum of the Moving Image, New York (USA)
Beursschouwburg, Brussels (Belgium)
Kijkhuis, Den Haag (The Netherlands)
Beursschouwburg, Brussels (Belgium)
Concert Noble , Brussels (Belgium)
C.C. De Westrand, Dilbeek (Belgium)
Galerie Transit, Leuven (Belgium)
Argos, Brussels (Belgium)
Het Paleis, Antwerp (Belgium)
Galerie Transit, Mechelen (Belgium)
Guest curator for Beeldenstorm II, Courtray (Belgium)

PUBLICATIONS
 
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Wagner sur vidéo, DES ARTS, March '87
De Ring in de Munt, ETCETERA, Dec. 1991 (also partially appeared in: DE MORGEN, Opiniemakers, Frank Theys in Etcetera - 23 Dec. 91)

Liesbeth, monoloog voor een jonge vrouw (theatre play) ed. Victoria
Ja, Wacht! (theatre play) Ed. VictoriaVan al die die niks te zeggen hebben, zijn die die zwijgen 't aangenaamst (theatre play) ed. Victoria


PRICES
 
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Prix Arcanal, III Festival de la Vidéo et de la Télévision, Montbéliard, France (for ‘The Rhinegold’)
Bleustein-Blanchet price, Belgium  (for entire video œuvre)

Nomination Signaal price, Belgium (for ‘Liesbeth, Monologue for young Lady)
Nomination Alken-Maes Cultuurprijs, Belgium (for theatre)
From all Those who… was elected as the promotional play for the theatre season by the FEVECC (coordinating organisation of cultural centres in Flanders)
Title of Cultural Ambassador of Flanders