CINEMA TICK TACK: *For Your Own Good* by Benjamin Francis (SR/NL, 1996)

CINEMA TICK TACK presents the Belgian premiere of *For Your Own Good*, a new video work created by Benjamin Francis (SR/NL, 1996). The two-week screening is part of the *Together* program, a joint initiative by Antwerp-based artists and art spaces in support of Pride 2026.

For Your Own Good was developed at On_Off_Space in Antwerp as part of the residency program at De Singel Arts Centre. For Your Own Good explores how ideas surrounding care and hygiene function as mechanisms of social control within capitalist systems. The work draws on the ideas of transformation proposed by the Russian philosopher George Gurdjieff and demonstrates how conformity and obedience are fostered under the guise of care. This results in a dark, absurd reflection on modern (corporate) life.

Projected from sunset to sunrise (CET) on TICK TACK’s street-facing facade and live-streamed on the website, *For Your Own Good* is the latest chapter in TICK TACK’s daily program of moving-image works in public spaces.

Alongside other artists and art venues such as AAIMACHINE, Annie Gentils Gallery, BURO_ASAP, C A S ST L, Club Zee, Keteleer Gallery, Kunsthal Extra City, M HKA, Pizza Gallery, Melis&Piron, and Studio Palermo, TICK TACK is supporting the Together program during Pride 2026.

Benjamin Francis - For Your Own Good

Screening and Live Stream

August 1–15, 2026
, daily from sunset to sunrise (CET)

When?

Saturday, August 1, 2026, 9:00 p.m. – Sunday, August 2, 2026, 12:00 a.m.

Where?

CINEMA TICK TACK
Mechelsesteenweg 247
2018 Antwerp