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In 2006, these four Brussels-based artists, active primarily (but not exclusively) in the expanded fields of film and video decided to join forces to found the Auguste Orts production platform, named after the obscure historical figure whose memory lives on in the street which houses the foursome’s headquarters until this day. Initially intended to address shared questions concerning production and distribution, the ambitions of Auguste Orts quickly transcended merely practical considerations; there were deeper reasons, after all, why these particular artists chose to exchange experiences and ideas, and these deeper reasons clearly relate to shared intuitions, sensibilities, and sensitivities vis-à-vis the film medium and the broader context of audiovisual production.