Méandres Meanders Meanders

In June 1994, the international documentary festival Vue sur les Docs in Marseille organized a retrospective of the films by Dutch filmmaker and photographer Johan van der Keuken (1938-2001). At the conclusion of the retrospective, Van der Keuken participated in a debate, led by Marie-Christine Perrière and Bernard Favier. Afterwards, Van der Keuken reworked this conversation into a text that he called ‘Meanders’. “Because I am used to moving from one thing to another along an angular, winding path. This movement often defines the form of my films: I shoot in corners and I make turns.” In this twisting, winding course, the text unfolds a clear picture of the ideas and influences that shaped Johan van der Keuken's work.

The publication contains the original French text ‘Méandres,’ along with translations in Dutch and English.