Movie Details
Original Language:French
Spilliaert
DirectorLisa Spilliaert
26 minDocumentary
Plot
In Spilliaert filmmaker Lisa Spilliaert inquires into her blood relationship with the renowned Belgian artist Léon Spilliaert 18811946 Is she predestined to an artists life by this whether or not fictitious kinship Is artistry passed on genetically She reveals herself as a rapping fanatical genealogist who probes into the origins of her artistic identity Visiting all kinds of archives she first chalks out the historical figure of Léon Spilliaert and his work At Ostends Centre for Genealogy she attempts to substantiate her claim of kinship with certificates and registers Spilliaerts narrative structure is strung together by a number of rap poems performed by Lisa Spilliaert herself By choosing this form she uncovers parallels and contrasts between rap musics free identity construction and the strictly regulated structure of genealogy
