MAGDA

2026

Master film at Luca School of Arts, Sint-Lukas.

While viewing her grandfathers Super8 films, she notices the absence of her grandmother, Magda. In this project, she searches for her grandmother by grouping all the moments when you can see her, either in the background or in the foreground. Aside from this, she looks into the workings of memory by putting two interviews next to each other. One interview was taken in 2026 with her grandfather, and the other was taken in 2022 with her grandmother. Both interviews talk about the same event in her grandparents' life; however, the details are different.

All of these aspects were shown in an intimate setting. Lisa recreated an old-fashioned living room with a large projection screen on which the Super8 footage was projected. Behind this was a table with two 22 inch monitors showing the two interviews.