We’ll find you when the sun goes black
Anouk De Clercq
In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times.
- Bertolt Brecht
We’ll find you when the sun goes black is a mesmerizing film transporting you to another dimension far away from our current space-time. The work was inspired by the 'terella'; a small magnetised model ball representing the Earth, used by scientists until late in the 20th century to study the Earth's magnetosphere and auroras. Enchantingly portrayed, We'll find you when the sun goes black shows the diamond ring that marks the beginning and the end of a total solar eclipse. Supported by a compelling soundtrack composed by Vessel (Seb Gainsborough) and the conjuring voices of Gainsborough and Helga Davis, the work opens the door to a meditative state of mind, in tune with the infinite cycle of the cosmos.
2021 - video, 16:9, black and white, stereo, 5’
Courtesy of the artist
Anouk De Clercq
°1971, Ghent, Belgium
Anouk De Clercq explores in her practice the potential of audiovisual language to create possible worlds. Fascinated by what lies behind ‘reality’ or in between the visible and the imaginary, her work takes the shape of film, video and text. Her recent work is based on the utopian idea of ‘radical empathy’. The work of Anouk De Clercq has been shown in Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, MAXXI, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ars Electronica, among others, and received several awards, including the Illy Prize at Art Brussels in 2005 and a Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention in 2014. Anouk De Clercq is a guest professor at the School of Arts / University College Ghent. She is a founding member of Auguste Orts, a production and distribution platform for artist films, and the initiator of Monokino, a cinematic exploration of sea and art. She lives and works in Berlin and Ghent.