A forum to discuss the work and activities of the Flemish neo-classical/minimalist composer Wim Mertens. Mertens has released several records since 1981 and is the author of "American Minimal Music." He has composed music for film ("Lisa," "Li--Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," "Fiesta," Peter Greenaway's "The Belly of an Architect," "Father Damien"), as well as Jan Fabre's theatrical work "The Power of Theatrical Madness" ("Maximizing the Audience"). He has produced records for Gavin Bryars (Hommages), Steve Lacy (Hocus-Pocus), Berntholer (My Suitor), and others. SELECT DISCOGRAPHY: At Home/Not At Home, For Amusement Only, Vergessen, Struggle for Pleasure, A Visiting Card, Hirose, Instrumental Songs, A Man of No Fortune and with a Name to Come, Educes Me, After Virtue, Motives for Writing, No Testament, Shot and Echo/A Sense of Place, Alle Dinghe (Sources of Sleeplessness, Vita Brevis, Alle Dinghe), Jérémiades, Gave van Niets (You'll Never Be Me, Divided Loyalties, Gave van Niets, Reculer pour Mieux Sauter), Sin Embargo, Best Of, Integer Valor, In 3 or 4 Days, And Bring You Back, Integer Valor Integrale, Kere Weerom (Poema, Kere Weerom, Decorum), If I Can, Der Heisse Brei, At Home--Not at Home, and Aren Lezen (If Five Is Part of Ten, Aren Lezen, Kaosmos, aRe), Moins de Mètre Assez de Rythme, In the Absence of Hindrance, Cave Musicam, Moment, Not Yet—No Longer, and Skopos.