Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames
Of course there are always walls, streets, furniture, objects and people... Of course we build, we break, we move, and we start again, here as everywhere... And yet, here or elsewhere, it's not the same. Here is our home and there is theirs. Everyone does things according to their own culture and past.
Looking at one's surroundings can be learned too. And a kaleidoscope is a very tricky way to learn: it slices up the most common places into slices of life, organizes little strips of glances and lets the particular shine through. By neighborhood, by shopping mall, by factory, aboard an ocean liner, in a polar village, in a school or hospital, on a brownfield site or in a tourist resort, everyone thinks of their world and organizes their territory... That's how people live.
Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames is a 33 x 26-minute television series designed to make us aware of the places we live in every day. It tells their stories and their ongoing transformations.
From episode to episode, Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames travels across Europe and the world, telling the story of our changing lifestyles. We move from an ocean liner to a prison, from an alternative community to a kibbutz, from the development of an industrial wasteland to the rehabilitation of a village, from allotments to a refugee center, from a university to an oasis... This is how Kaleidoscope, looking at life frames takes its camera from the far west of Europe (the Aran Islands) to the far east of Eurasia (Vladivostok).
Technical sheet
Concept : Marc-Henri Wajnberg and Rogier Van Eck
Director : Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Paul-Jean Vranken, Gerry Meaudre, Rogier Van Eck, Marta Bergman, Madeleine Caillard, Rob Rombout, Dominique Guerrier, Peter Krüger, Peter Brosens, Alain de Halleux, Benoît van Wambeke, Micha Wald, Claudio Pazienza , Anne Levy-Morelle
Duration : 33 x 26 minutes
Year : 2002 - 2006
A Wajnbrosse production
In co-production with Panic Productions and ARTE France
With the support of the French Community of Belgium, the National Lottery, the CNC and MEDIA
EPISODE 1
Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, Brussels, Belgium
directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
EPISODE 2
The Gasometers in Vienna, Austria
directed by Paul-Jean Vranken
EPISODE 3
The liner "SS Norway", Caribbean
directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
EPISODE 4
Ibiza, Spain
directed by Rogier Van Eck
EPISODE 5
Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway
directed by Gerry Meaudre
EPISODE 6
Bretonneau Hospital, Paris, France
directed by Gerry Meaudre
EPISODE 7
Emscher Park, Germany
directed by Rogier Van Eck
EPISODE 8
Berlin, Tiergarten, Germany
directed by Marta Bergman
EPISODE 9
Hakka villages, China
directed by Gerry Meaudre
EPISODE 10
Casa de Velázquez, Spain
directed by Rogier Van Eck
EPISODE 11
Christiania, Copenhagen
directed by Gerry Meaudre
EPISODE 12
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
directed by Madeleine Caillard
EPISODE 13
Overloon Prison, Netherlands
directed by Rob Rombout
EPISODE 14
Babelsberg Studios, Germany
directed by Dominique Guerrier
EPISODE 15
Karlovy Vary Spa, Czech Republic
directed by Peter Krüger
EPISODE 16
Americano Togni Circus, Italy
directed by Gerry Meaudre
EPISODE 17
Les Jardins Ouvriers, Dieppe, France
directed by Peter Brosens
EPISODE 18
The Grand Hotel Europe, Saint Petersburg, Russia
directed by Rogier Van Eck
EPISODE 19
The Fraipont center for asylum seekers, Belgium
directed by Dominique Guerrier
EPISODE 20
The Lac-Simon Indian community, Canada
directed by Alain de Halleux
EPISODE 21
The Denpasar Market, Bali, Indonesia
directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
EPISODE 22
Benediktbeuern Monastery, Germany
directed by Peter Krüger
EPISODE 23
The Oasis of Ksar Ghilane, Tunisia
directed by Dominique Guerrier
EPISODE 24
The University of Krakow, Poland
directed by Rob Rombout
EPISODE 25
The troglodytes of Göreme, Turkey
directed by Peter Brosens
EPISODE 26
La Cité Radieuse, Marseille, France
directed by Benoît van Wambeke
EPISODE 27
"La Baraque" neighborhood, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
directed by Micha Wald
EPISODE 28
The Aran Islands, Inis Meáin, Ireland
directed by Claudio Pazienza
EPISODE 29
Brackenhurst Campus, Great Britain
directed by Anne-Levy Morelle
EPISODE 30
The Military Academy, Portugal
directed by Dominique Guerrier
EPISODE 31
Mishmar Ha'emek Kibbutz, Israel
directed by Gerry Meaudre
EPISODE 32
The Trans-Siberian Railway, Moscow-Vladivostok, Russia
directed by Rogier Van Eck
EPISODE 33
Bollywood, Mumbai, India
directed by Marc-Henri Wajnberg