argos tv brings new and old works from the soɓɹɐ collection to your personal screen. Each first Thursday of the month, a new film runs on our website during the whole month, entirely free. The film is also shown on the window display at Koopliedenstraat 62 Rue des Commerçants (next to the rile* entrance). Looking for more films? Feel free to browse our entire catalogue in our library.

Dead Sea Drawings, Edith Dekyndt (2010)

In Dead Sea Drawings, Dekyndt films the surface of the Dead Sea, where she has placed a sheet of white paper. The shadow of the minerals in the water surface creates a random drawing on the paper: an endless variation of arabesques, which in most Arab countries appear as both writing and motif. The play of arabesques also refers to the Dead Sea Scrolls: a series of Hebrew manuscripts that were discovered in caves near the lake and which are the oldest known Biblical texts.