May 06

The Chronocyclegraph

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The museum of photography in Antwerp has a number of fascinating show right now. One of them is an installation by Zoe Beloff that takes as its point of departure America’s longest running comic strip to explore the influence of cinema on the movement of the body and the mind.

Beloff’s exhibition contains a number of historical documents. Some of them show intriguing photos of sportsmen and factory workers in movement. They are called chronocyclegraphs. I had never heard of the chronocyclegraph before… continue

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Oct 10

Walter Van Beirendonck: Dream the world awake

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I love Walter Van Beirendonck. He puts men on stilts, wraps them in latex, has them wear T-shirts with prints of preoperative drawings for plastic surgery, sends them on the runway with gas masks, corsets, prosthetic horns or with the face adorned with stick-on latex interpretations of Maori facial tattoos, etc. Actually, i think i adore that guy continue

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Sep 17

Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba

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A few months before the 50th anniversary of Congolese independence from Belgium, Extra City is showing one of Tillim’s recent series: Avenue Patrice Lumumba. The work examines modern history in Africa against the backdrop of its colonial and post-colonial architectural heritage continue

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Aug 13

Them

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Photographer Danny Treacy recovers discarded clothing he finds lying around in streets, car parks and waste ground. He then stitches the garments together into spooky suits, which he wears in life-sized portraits to become Them continue

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Jul 28

Incidents but on purpose

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Sarah Pickering’s b&w photographs document the interiors of purposely-designed buildings have been repeatedly set on fire then extinguished for training exercises at the UK Fire Service College continue

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Jul 15

Red Journey, a photo trip across the former Soviet Union

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Nick Hannes traveled across the former Soviet Union by bus and train in search of remnants of the region’s Communist past and signs of recent social transition and evolutions continue

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Jun 09

Yang Fudong and Erwin Olaf at the Photo Museum in Antwerp

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One of the reasons i visited Antwerp is that i had never seen the Museum of Photography. This is going to be one of my regular stops. The exhibitions i checked out last week are now closed but the upcoming ones look great
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Jun 06

Jimmy Kets at the Photo Museum in Antwerp

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Meet Jimmy Kets, one of the most brilliant photographers i’ve seen this year. He shot photo series around the world but the ones i found most remarkable were taken in Belgium continue

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