Bruxelles-Antwerpen

From the Linkebeek station to Antwerp in slightly more than twenty seconds. Out of the train window, Vergara filmed the landscape as it passed him. Afterwards, he accelerated the movie’s tempo to such extent that the journey is rendered barely recognisable. What is left is a smear, an impression of a journey. However, the raging tempo of ’Bruxelles-Antwerpen’ does not give rise to abstractions: the spectator recognises landmarks like Renault Vilvoorde, Malines station and Antwerp zoo, the work’s final destination.