Jardin noir, Les frères Zarakoff (2009)

Jardin noir (Black Garden) is the second part in the trilogy dedicated to Philippe Vandenberg by filmmakers Guillaume Vandenberghe, the son of the artist, and Raphaël Kolacz. The film makes a nocturnal incursion into Vandenberg’s studio and shows, in a fragmentary way, his painting materials, pieces of canvases and everyday objects, as lit by a flashlight. Shot on 16mm in black and white, the film was made in the spirit of the artist’s sketching books: free, rough, uncensored and without the use of digital technology.