“It was never my intention to make an art historical film on the artist Léon Spilliaert, although I do hope ['Spilliaert'] will trigger renewed interest in his work. In a way I use the paintings as source material for collage-like edits that contrast or reverberate the narration of the descendant. In using the close-ups, I also wanted to play with the supposed familial closeness, the ‘real’ one of the descendants, and the ‘constructed’ one of myself.”