VIDEO/TAKE: België – Argentinië 1976

On Friday 15 May 2026, Muhka, De Cinema and designer Jelle Jespers present VIDEO/TAKE: Belgium – Argentina 1976 during Antwerp Art Weekend. Historical video works from the ICC period are brought together again on the big screen after fifty years.

In 1976, the fifth edition of the International Open Encounter on Video took place at the Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC) in Antwerp, a key moment in the early history of video art. The event was organised in collaboration with the Argentinian Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC), led by Jorge Glusberg, and was supported in Antwerp by ICC director Flor Bex.

VIDEO/TAKE: Belgium – Argentina 1976 starts from that historical encounter, but does not treat it as closed history. The presentation asks how fragile archival material can become visible, shareable and meaningful again today.

The evening connects with the archival presentation Nueva Visión. Print as Artistic Practice (1940-1976) at Muhka, in which Jelle Jespers examines graphic design and print in Argentina as spaces for experiment, exchange and social engagement. In this context, VIDEO/TAKE also touches on the reconstruction of video works by Jef Geys: how can historical image material be viewed, edited and made public again today?

Programme

VIDEO/TAKE: Belgium – Argentina 1976

18:15 | De Cinema, Cinema 1 | 50 min | Spoken language: English, Spanish, Dutch | Subtitles: none

A selection of Belgian and Argentinian video works shown in Antwerp fifty years ago during the fifth International Open Encounter on Video. After fifty years, the works are brought together again on the big screen.

With contributions by, among others, Jorge Glusberg, González Mir, Alberto Pellegrino, Mirtha Dermisache, Gregorio Klimovsky, Leo Copers, Filip Francis, Pierre Courtois, Hubert Van Es, Lili Dujourie and Roger Steylaerts & Chris Goyvaerts.

Compiler and graphic designer Jelle Jespers and art historian Johan Pas introduce the evening. They place the works in the context of the ICC, the international exchange with Argentina and the question of how video art from archives can be made public again today.

Tickets are available via De Cinema.

Afterwards

After VIDEO/TAKE, the Antwerp premiere of UNLABELED. FIVE BELGIAN GRAPHIC DESIGN ARCHIVES follows at De Cinema at 20:00. The film starts from a related question: what happens to the creative memory of a graphic designer?

Tickets and practical information are available via De Cinema.

Plan your visit

Practical information

Date: Friday 15 May 2026 at 18:15
Location: De Cinema, Cinema 1
Duration: 50 min
Spoken language: English, Spanish, Dutch
Subtitles: none
Tickets: Tickets are available via De Cinema.

About VIDEO/TAKE

M HKA and De Cinema present VIDEO/TAKE, a programme line dedicated to moving images in all their expanded forms: video works, video clips, video art, installations, digital experiments and other screen-based practices. From the early square television image to the flat museum screen and today’s vertical phone formats: VIDEO/TAKE brings these shifting visual languages back to the big screen.