Rafael (Belgium)

Rafael
Participant in

  • VAD – Video Art Database
  • CologneOFF IV – Here We Are!
    4th edittion of Cologne Online Film Festival 2008
  • CologneOFF V – 5th Cologne Online Film Festival 2009
  • Biography

    1996 First photography price of imag’Emergence in Brussels, Belgium
    1997 Certificate of Photography from the Royal Academy of the Fine Art of Liège, Belgium
    1998 Price of the French Community Committee of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium

    from1997 to 2002 Photos exhibitions through Europe

    2002 Morning Storm, first video realization
    2003 Price of the Jury in 13th Internationales Bochumer videofestival, in Germany
    2003 Le rêve de Baptiste, second video realization
    2003 Numerous video performances in Europe
    2004 The Witch & El hijo & el libro, the third and fourth video realization
    2004 Performance & screenings into the Vidéoformes festival, in Clermont-Ferrand, France
    2004 Performance in the 14th Internationales Bochumer videofestival, in Germany
    2004 Outvideo 2004 Installation on huge screen in the streets of Ekaterinburg, in Russia
    2004 The Ramyun Soup, a residency in Spain & Belgium with artists from Japan & Korea

    2005 Screenings in 34th International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR 2005), in the Netherlands
    2005 Performance & conference in AVITUK05, in Birmingham, England
    2005 Distribution of The Witch by MICROCINEMA INTERNATIONAL, San Francisco, Usa
    2005 Performance & screenings in Exis-Experimental video & Film Festival in Séoul, Korea
    2005 Screenings & debates at the 2th Seoul Green Film Festival (GFFIS) in Seoul, Korea
    2005 The Witch appear in the Independent Exposure Halloweird 2005 distributed by Microcinema International
    2005 Denis appear in the DVD Loop Pool distributed by the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

    2006 Performance for AVIT France, in Paris, France
    2006 El hijo & el libro receive a mention from the jury of Prix de la création video in Vidéoformes 2006
    2006 Cricket, a new Film
    2006 Screenings of The witch, El hijo & el libro & Cricket in The Tank : New York Experimental in New-York, Usa
    2006 Release of the loop pool ping pong DVD with Cricket published by International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
    2006 Screening of Cricket in the 28th Mediterraneen Film Festival (Cinemed) in Montpellier, France
    2006 Screening of Cricket (loop) at the party of the International Short Film Festival in Berlin, Germany

    2007 Screening of 1+1=3 for Overlap 06 at the Rx Gallery in San Francisco, USA
    2007 Screening of El hijo & el libro for Danger Zone in San Francisco, USA

    2007 Screening of 1+1=3 into the 29th Mediterraneen Film Festival (Cinemed) in Montpellier, France
    2007 screening of 1+1=3 into the 9th Annual Backup_festival in Weimar, Germany
    2007 Contigo (no limpio), a new work
    2007 Contigo (no limpio) appear into loop pool on ice, a DVD compilation distributed by raum fuer projection
    2007 Discusión y lágrimas, a new work
    2007 Screenings of Contigo (no limpio) and another new work at Microwave x Project Canvas in Hong Kong, China

    2008 Cricket is in the International Short Film Competition of the 21th Stuttgart Filmwinter in Stuttgart, Germany
    2008 Screening of 1+1=3 at the Tate Britain for Narrative Lab in London, England
    2008 Performance at the Mapping Festival in Geneva, Switzerlands
    2008 Exhibition & performance at the Asoko Gallery in Brussels, Belgium
    2008 1+1=3,Discusion y Lagrimas & Cricket appear into “Independant Exposure 2008”, USA
    2008 Performance into the Cinesthesys Festival in Paris, France
    2008 Cricket receive the Jury Mention at Independent Exposure 2008, USA

    From 2002 to 2008 Numerous screenings and performances through art events around the world

    Selected screenings

    Tate Britain, England Stuttgart Filmwinter in Stuttgart, Germany Danger Zone in San Francisco, USA Overlap 06 at the Rx Gallery in San Francisco, USA International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, in Germany Fst Forward in Antwerp, Belgium Internationales Bochumer videofestival, in Germany The Thank, in New-York, Usa Instants Vidéo in Marseille, France Videomedeja, in Novi Sad, Serbia International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR), Netherlands Transmediale in Berlin, Germany Vidéoformes in Clermont-Ferrand, France Exis– Independent Film & Video Festival of Seoul, in Korea Media Art Festival Friesland, the Netherlands Freeshout Expressive Fair Festival in Italy VAD Festival in Girona, Spain International Short Film Festival Oberhausen,Germany International short film festival hamburg,Germany D-NEFF European Experimental Exhibition in Vitoria-Gazteiz, Spain Imaginaria Film Festival, in Italy Mediterraneen Film Festival (Cinemed) in Montpellier, France Island Art Film & Video Festival ’05 london, England Festival Audiovisual Black & White in Porto, Portugal Red Vic Movie House in San-Francisco, USA Fresh Film Music & Film Festival in London, England Fluxus 05 – International Film Festival on The Internet in Belo Horizonte, Brazil Galeria Rosa Santos in Valencia, Spain Imaginaria – Festival Internazionale di Cinema Libero in Conversano, Italy 291Gallery in London, England Argos Video-Festival in Brussels, Belgium Seoul Green Film Festival (GFFIS) in Seoul, Korea Trampoline Berlin in Berlin, Germany V.A.I.A in Alcoi, Spain Outvideo in Ekaterinburg, Russia The Sweetest Taboo Festival in Leuven, Belgium Drake Hotel in Toronto, Canada Zemos’98 in Sevilla, Spain Trampoline in Nottingham, England Institute Of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, England 54 Degrees North contemporary art festival in Hull, England

    “Rafaël has worked as a video director, live video performer and VJ,
    but his main occupation is photography. The photography and video images are processed with a computer into rhythmical sequences. Rafaël’s work has been shown, among others, at the ICA (Institute for Contemporary Arts in London), Outvidéo in Russia, Bochumer Videofestival in Germany, Vidéoformes in France, etc…”

    Program of the 34th International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR 2005)

    Selected performances

    Mapping Festival 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland Asoko Gallery in Brussels, Belgium Atalo en Corto in Escorial, Spain REC in Madrid, Spain Experimentaclub’06 at La Casa Encendida in Madrid, Spain – Electrosonic Festival in Burgos, Spain AVIT France in Paris, France EXIS-Experimental video & Film Festival in Seoul, in South-Korea AVITUK05 Birmingham, England Mapping VJ Festival in Geneva, Switzerland VAD Festival in Girona, Spain Belgie Kunstencentrum in Hasselt, Belgium – Recyclart in Brussels, Belgium Festival Panoptica in Luik, Belgium Internationales Bochumer videofestival in Bochum, Germany Vidéoformes Clermont-Ferrand, France Beursschouwburg in Brussels, Belgium Pukkelpop Festival in Hasselt, Belgium Cinéma Nova in Brussels, Belgium La Raffinerie in Brussels, Belgium Belgie Kunstencetrum in Hasselt, Belgium Cimatics VJ Festival in Brussels, Belgium – Recyclart in Brussels, Belgium La Raffinerie in Brussels, Belgium