For the second year in a row, TICK TACK will extend its program to the heart of the Antwerp South district. This year, TICK TACK is delighted to invite you to the Belgian premiere of “The Feeling Sonnets (Transitional Object),” the latest film by the Amsterdam-based collective Metahaven.
The film will be on view exclusively during Antwerp Art Weekend, oftering a unique chance to experience this new production by Metahaven for the first time in Belgium.
With Metahaven’s signature visual aesthetic, “The Feeling Sonnets (Transitional Object)” uses both essayist and fictionalized motifs and patterns for its imaginative take on a 2022 poetry collection by Eugene Ostashevsky. The film builds on the collective’s earlier moving image work, such as “Chaos Theory” (2021) and “Hometown” (2018), investigating joy, absurdism, truth claims, and childhood — now with Ostashevsky’s poetry as its impetus.
“The Feeling Sonnets (Transitional Object)” is constructed around Ostashevsky’s voice and protagonist Amélie Haest in three roles. Unsettling words coalesce with shivering scenes, and nerve-bending music by New York composer Inti Figgis-Vizueta. Written and directed by Metahaven, the work’s cinematography is by Remko Schnorr, Kyulim Kim, and Metahaven, whilst make-up is by the legendary Antwerp-based artist Inge Grognard.
Filmed in Antwerp and co-produced by TICK TACK in the Spring of 2024, “The Feeling Sonnets (Transitional Object)” marks TICK TACK’s inaugural venture into moving image production, expanding its role as a development platform for time-based art and experimental film.
The Feeling Sonnets (Transitional Object)” was offcially launched by TICK TACK during LOOP Barcelona from November 19-21, 2024, where it was presented alongside some of the world’s leading international galleries and video art platforms at the Almanac Hotel. This marked the film’s international debut, alongside a discussion and screening with Metahaven and curator Manuel Cirauqui at Hangar Barcelona on November 17, organized in collaboration with the research platform einaidea as part of LOOP Festival 2024.
