nicole van goethem

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Nicole van Goethem (1941-2000) is a draughtswoman, cartoonist and animator. In 1987 she wins the first and only Belgian Oscar with her debut film Een Griekse Tragedie (A Greek Tragedy). van Goethem participates in several animated film productions in the seventies and eighties before making three short animated films: A Greek Tragedy (1985), Vol van Gratie (1987) and L.A.T. (released posthumously in 2002). She wins prizes with Een Griekse Tragedie (A Greek Tragedy, 1985) and makes a name for herself at home and abroad. She works on commission and provides socially critical but often humorous illustrations for numerous books, magazines and advertising campaigns. Nicole van Goethem has a preference for initiatives based on humanistic ideas and explores themes and issues such as human rights, the pension system and the role of women in society.

2002 - LIVING APART TOGETHER

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(c)Nicole Van Goethem & Cinété, 2002

'a symbolic parody of fundamental loneliness' (Nicole van Goethem)

L.A.T. (Living Apart Together) was completed two years after her death by her permanent employees, led by Rudi Renson, her partner. She had already finished the screenplay and storyboard in 1990, but financial problems had delayed the animation. In L.A.T. a blind painter has a lat relationship with a blind woman who also often cleans his house and an affair with a deaf model. The film shows that people are blind and deaf to emotions. The dialogues in flat Antwerp were narrated by An Nelissen and Manou Kersting.

Einde (L.A.T.)

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Man (L.A.T.)

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Schildersatelier (L.A.T.)

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Drie figuren (L.A.T.)

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