Ado Hamelryck, documentary, 2024

Описание: documentary
2024

www.adohamelryck.be

As part of the archival project dedicated to the oeuvre of Ado Hamelryck—supported by Flanders Arts Heritage, ECRU, and the City of Genk—the team decided to produce a documentary focusing on the artist’s life and work.

Film director Kaan Ilbas, who had already been involved in the research project, took on the direction of the film. Together with photographer Selma Gürbüz, he followed Ado Hamelryck from the very beginning of the process. They filmed him in his everyday environment: in his studio, while working, and in conversation with friends and fellow artists. The film captures not only his artistic practice, but also the person behind the work.

Following the passing of Ado Hamelryck in the autumn of 2024, the original concept of the film had to be adapted. The focus shifted to conversations with fellow artists and contemporaries, who shared their experiences, reflections, and memories of Hamelryck. These testimonies now form a central element of the documentary.

The result is a 22-minute biographical portrait, conceived in the spirit of the artist himself, with the artist’s home as a meaningful backdrop. The film stands as a restrained yet powerful homage to a rich and consistent artistic career.

The documentary premiered during the finissage of Ado Hamelryck’s exhibition at De Uitstalling Art Gallery in Genk on 2 May 2025. Since then, it has also been screened as part of the tribute exhibition Black is a Colour at Gallery Sofie Van den Bussche (21 July – 26 August 2025).

The documentary was made with the support of ECRU, the intermunicipal partnership for heritage and culture, and with the support of the City of Genk.

Production
Hamelryck Art vzw

Direction & Editing
Kaan Ilbas

Cinematography
Selma Gurbuz

Music
Bishara Haroni – Satie: Gnossienne No. 5 & Gymnopédie No. 1
Pieter Schuermans

English Translation
Hilde Neven – Zinnig

Interviews
Ado Hamelryck, Kristof Ruelens, Katelijne Olaerts, Mieke Mels, Annemie Van Laethem, Marloes Seegers, Sofie Van den Bussche, Ludo Raskin, Francis Smets, Wim Gombeer, Hugo Duchateau, Adriaan Gonnissen, Willo Gonnissen

Special Thanks To
Rosette Vellemans, Arend Hamelryck, Diana Zaat, Leen Gos, Olivia Puzzolante, Sofie Houben, Caro Thoelen, Derya Akgüre, Danny Weckx, Heleen Van Loon, Eddie Guldolf, Luc Smeets, Danny Bierset, Julie Mistiaen, Martijn Pillards

C-mine, Emile Van Dorenmuseum, Jester, De Uitstalling, Stad Genk, ECRU, Bibliotheek Genk, I&C-Provincie Limburg, CKV (Centrum Vlaamse Kunstarchieven), Vlaanderen.