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DAVID DELRUELLE
COLLAGE/ HIGH SEAS 16x18 cm, 2014, priceless, www.daviddelruelle.com
EN ❙ “From the moment you take an image out of its context and stick it to a black or white
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background, anything can happen. Isolate an image from its context, and the possibilities are endless.” Behold the reason for the cosmic snowy landscape on the cover and these pages of our X-mas gift special. The quote comes from the young Brussels-based collage artist David Delruelle, whose breath-taking, dizzying compositions, all hand-made, recently induced us to visit his Wunderkammer. Gravity and other laws of nature are no obstacle – the edge of the paper is his only limitation. What you see are balancing acts between different dimensions, tramcars on an intergalactic route, nightmares catching fire, or fever dreams of abysmal futures. David Delruelle deftly bends the “Rules of Perspective” – as one of his works is called – to his very peculiar will. As he proves in The Bridge, his exhibition at Rossicontemporary (until 10 January), and again with High Seas, the original collage in which David Delruelle will sail one of you to cloud 9. “What I find so fascinating about collages is that by blending images, you lose their origin. That mash-up of images, influences, and junctures can create new dimensions.” Don’t know where you are? Somewhere on the bridge between reality and the imaginary.
• 1 collage to be won. E-mail “seas” to win@bdw.be
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• 1 collage to be won. E-mail “seas” to win@bdw.be
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AHAHA
TOTE BAGS/ CAT & HAIR YEAH €15, www.ahaha.be
EN ❙ You have your cleaning ladies and construction workers, but this enthusiastic pair of Polish workers rolls up their sleeves to tend to your imagination. Painters are workers too, you know! This summer, in between their live silkscreen printing sessions at Recyclart Holidays, Hanna Ilczyszyn and Anna Zuber celebrated the first anniversary of their open workspace AHAHA, at the former hairdresser’s, snack bar, and hatter’s workshop near place Fernand Coqplein in Elsene/Ixelles. Today, they are giving away two of their tote bag designs – Cat and Hair Yeah – to all you fur-stroking lucky bastards. Ahaha!
• 2 tote bags to be won. E-mail “ahaha” to win@bdw.be
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TOTE BAGS/ CAT & HAIR YEAH €15, www.ahaha.be
EN ❙ You have your cleaning ladies and construction workers, but this enthusiastic pair of Polish workers rolls up their sleeves to tend to your imagination. Painters are workers too, you know! This summer, in between their live silkscreen printing sessions at Recyclart Holidays, Hanna Ilczyszyn and Anna Zuber celebrated the first anniversary of their open workspace AHAHA, at the former hairdresser’s, snack bar, and hatter’s workshop near place Fernand Coqplein in Elsene/Ixelles. Today, they are giving away two of their tote bag designs – Cat and Hair Yeah – to all you fur-stroking lucky bastards. Ahaha!
• 2 tote bags to be won. E-mail “ahaha” to win@bdw.be
> WUNDERKAMMER
STUDIO BAXTON
PHOTO SHOOT/ TINTYPE + POLAROID Studio Baxton, Oud Korenhuis 29 place de la Vieille Halle aux Blés, Brussel/Bruxelles, www.studiobaxton.com
EN ❙ The best experience of the year? Our visit to Studio Baxton, the portrait studio that has reinvigorated the 160-year-old wet collodion photography technique. The project by Silvano Magnone, Nicolas Lambert, and Vincent Bouchendhomme produces portraits of haunting, unearthly beauty. With a certain reluctance, we had our portrait taken with a 150-year-old camera. “You can do whatever you want, as long as you don’t smile,” was the advice we got from Silvano Magnone. And this advice is no joke: “The plates are not very photosensitive, and we have to expose them for a long time. A smile will turn into a strange grimace.” We were pinned into a chair with a neck support that helped us to stay completely still for five seconds and were surrounded by the extra warm glow of several lamps. When the shot was being framed and the lens focused we headed to the dark room to prepare the aluminium support. The exposed aluminium plates were loaded into a cassette and we returned to the studio, where a single photo would actually be taken. And then there was the magical moment in the dark room. Developer was poured over the exposed plate and the image appeared. The result: a unique portrait of exceptional focus and quality. So, who wants to get tintyped at Studio Baxton? We are giving away one photo session for a 13x18 format picture. Ten more readers can win a Big Shot polaroid studio session, with one of the most unique cameras Polaroid ever introduced. Andy Warhol was a fan and took many of his iconic portraits with it, from Debbie Harry and Dennis Hopper to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Yoko Ono.
• 1 tintype shoot & 10 polaroid shoots to be won. E-mail “tintype” or “polaroid” to win@bdw.be
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PHOTO SHOOT/ TINTYPE + POLAROID Studio Baxton, Oud Korenhuis 29 place de la Vieille Halle aux Blés, Brussel/Bruxelles, www.studiobaxton.com
EN ❙ The best experience of the year? Our visit to Studio Baxton, the portrait studio that has reinvigorated the 160-year-old wet collodion photography technique. The project by Silvano Magnone, Nicolas Lambert, and Vincent Bouchendhomme produces portraits of haunting, unearthly beauty. With a certain reluctance, we had our portrait taken with a 150-year-old camera. “You can do whatever you want, as long as you don’t smile,” was the advice we got from Silvano Magnone. And this advice is no joke: “The plates are not very photosensitive, and we have to expose them for a long time. A smile will turn into a strange grimace.” We were pinned into a chair with a neck support that helped us to stay completely still for five seconds and were surrounded by the extra warm glow of several lamps. When the shot was being framed and the lens focused we headed to the dark room to prepare the aluminium support. The exposed aluminium plates were loaded into a cassette and we returned to the studio, where a single photo would actually be taken. And then there was the magical moment in the dark room. Developer was poured over the exposed plate and the image appeared. The result: a unique portrait of exceptional focus and quality. So, who wants to get tintyped at Studio Baxton? We are giving away one photo session for a 13x18 format picture. Ten more readers can win a Big Shot polaroid studio session, with one of the most unique cameras Polaroid ever introduced. Andy Warhol was a fan and took many of his iconic portraits with it, from Debbie Harry and Dennis Hopper to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Yoko Ono.
• 1 tintype shoot & 10 polaroid shoots to be won. E-mail “tintype” or “polaroid” to win@bdw.be
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DAVID LYNCH
EXPO + FILM/ SMALL STORIES > 1/3, Cinéma Galeries, €3 > 8,50
EN ❙ We may have to wait quite a long time for David Lynch’s next film, and the sequel to the Twin Peaks series is only slated to appear in 2016. While we wait patiently, however, Cinéma Galeries is offering some solace with a comprehensive retrospective of Lynch’s film oeuvre as well as the photo exhibition Small Stories. Our film reviewer asked why this title was chosen during an exclusive interview in Paris. “Because they’re not big,” came the laconic answer. This Jimmy Stewart from Mars has never really been interested in providing much explanation about his creations, but these surrealist photo collages don’t need much explaining anyway. Fans will recognise the typical, eerie interiors immediately. They are populated by a lonely toy rabbit, a giant brain lobe, or a zeppelin that went adrift. It’s a strange world, indeed, but we’re happy to get lost in it.
• 5 Lynch packages (2 exhibition tickets + 2 tickets for a Lynch screening of your choice) to be won. Mail “lynch” to win@bdw.be
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EXPO + FILM/ SMALL STORIES > 1/3, Cinéma Galeries, €3 > 8,50
EN ❙ We may have to wait quite a long time for David Lynch’s next film, and the sequel to the Twin Peaks series is only slated to appear in 2016. While we wait patiently, however, Cinéma Galeries is offering some solace with a comprehensive retrospective of Lynch’s film oeuvre as well as the photo exhibition Small Stories. Our film reviewer asked why this title was chosen during an exclusive interview in Paris. “Because they’re not big,” came the laconic answer. This Jimmy Stewart from Mars has never really been interested in providing much explanation about his creations, but these surrealist photo collages don’t need much explaining anyway. Fans will recognise the typical, eerie interiors immediately. They are populated by a lonely toy rabbit, a giant brain lobe, or a zeppelin that went adrift. It’s a strange world, indeed, but we’re happy to get lost in it.
• 5 Lynch packages (2 exhibition tickets + 2 tickets for a Lynch screening of your choice) to be won. Mail “lynch” to win@bdw.be
> INTERVIEW
DUSTLAB
PUZZLE/ KINOKO 17x17 cm, €45, dustlab.be
EN ❙ “If you don’t like any of the rules, just do whatever you want. Never forget that this is a game: fun trumps everything else,” states the fifth law of the magnificent puzzle cum construction game KiNoKo. That’s how we like our game masters: shrewd and open-minded, and preferably also a touch anarchistic. And there is more to like about Alex Gérard and Thomas Pitte, the two sympathetic researchers of DustLab, who have been making a racket in their studio for well over two years now. The two are not afraid of keeping their noses to the grindstone, and in a very sincere, ethical way, they combine their training as traditional woodworkers with the undiscovered terrain (for them at least) of product design to create a range of fantastic and unique pieces of furniture, modular shelving, wooden games... What they lack in design experience, they amply compensate with their uninhibited perspective and down-to-earth approach. And with their ambition: their excursions to photography and illustration, like for KiNoKo, are journeys into unknown territory; explorations of what is possible. What’s more, KiNoKo also speaks to the boundless possibilities of children. “They are already so often forced into an established pattern. Seeing them make the most beautiful things from simple wood, that was a revelation.” Life is improvisation! But the most important point remains: fun trumps everything else.
• 1 puzzle to be won. E-mail “kinoko” to win@bdw.be
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PUZZLE/ KINOKO 17x17 cm, €45, dustlab.be
EN ❙ “If you don’t like any of the rules, just do whatever you want. Never forget that this is a game: fun trumps everything else,” states the fifth law of the magnificent puzzle cum construction game KiNoKo. That’s how we like our game masters: shrewd and open-minded, and preferably also a touch anarchistic. And there is more to like about Alex Gérard and Thomas Pitte, the two sympathetic researchers of DustLab, who have been making a racket in their studio for well over two years now. The two are not afraid of keeping their noses to the grindstone, and in a very sincere, ethical way, they combine their training as traditional woodworkers with the undiscovered terrain (for them at least) of product design to create a range of fantastic and unique pieces of furniture, modular shelving, wooden games... What they lack in design experience, they amply compensate with their uninhibited perspective and down-to-earth approach. And with their ambition: their excursions to photography and illustration, like for KiNoKo, are journeys into unknown territory; explorations of what is possible. What’s more, KiNoKo also speaks to the boundless possibilities of children. “They are already so often forced into an established pattern. Seeing them make the most beautiful things from simple wood, that was a revelation.” Life is improvisation! But the most important point remains: fun trumps everything else.
• 1 puzzle to be won. E-mail “kinoko” to win@bdw.be
> WUNDERKAMMER
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