Artist Tom Barman (°1972, BE), known as a musician (dEUS, Taxiwars) and film director (Any way the wind blows), proves to be a gifted photographer as well. On tour he started experimenting with his camera during dead moments waiting for his next performance. Photography turned out to be a perfect way of exploring a city and creating at the same time. 'Everything else i do is o time-consuming and involves many people. Photography is fast and straightforward. It offers me instant gratifcation ...

The Weather on 9/9/01 is an essay on historical thinking through an examination of the unstudied minor genre of the newspaper weather map. This type of map first appeared in the middle of the nineteenth century and a was a child of the Industrial Revolution at its height—its parents were the railroad and the telegraph—and has now been made obsolete by the internet and the smartphone. Its history coincides with that of the Anthropocene. Miller shows us how newspaper weather maps present qu...

This monograph features a comprehensive survey of acclaimed artist Ariane Loze's (b.1988) videographic oeuvre.Since 2008 Ariane Loze has researched the coming to life of a story out of seemingly unrelated images with her camera. In these series of videos, she takes on all the parts: she is at the same time the actress, the camerawoman, and the director. Through the editing of the images, she develops a relation between two (or more) characters and the architecture. The videos of Ariane Loze p...

Jean De Groote (°1955), Einzelgänger en al eens “Schilder van de Stilte” genoemd of schilder-filosoof, is iemand die zich met bijna dagelijkse regelmaat verdiept in filosofische teksten. Voorts zondert de kunstenaar, die zich aanvankelijk in hoofdzaak grafisch uitte, maar zich decennia later als een uitmuntend schilder manifesteert, zich elke ochtend af in het kleine atelier, waar aan de rechterzijde een enkel raam zit dat er met regelmaat voor zorgt dat zijn werken aan hun linkerzijde ...

For the fifth book in the In Practice series, Aurélie Hachez and Leeke Reinders invite readers on a road journey through three transformative projects: L’Ermitage in urban Brussels, suburban Jubel, and rural Ulysse. This volume not only explores the design process and its subsequent adoption by inhabitants but also delves into the theoretical implications of object agency in AHA’s work, the strategic day-to-day work ethic, and the creative portrayal of buildings as entities with their ow...

"In his work, Stefan Peeters unlocks a window to a different, unnameable, intensified world for us to behold. " Hans Op de Beeck.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Fearful Symmetry at Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussels, Stefan Peters' latest monograph VISTAS compels us to a journey through his latest body of work of enigmatic landscapes that transcend the tangible and evoke profound emotional resonance. Guided by the insights of Hans Op de Beeck, Claire Leblanc, and Stef Van Bellingen, w...

This comprehensive volume chronicles four decades of exhibitions held at the esteemed Antwerp-based art gallery, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer. Founded by Micheline Tob-Szwajcer in 1980, the gallery has been a stalwart in the art scene, seamlessly blending conceptual art, arte povera, and showcasing the talents of Belgian artists.

Throughout its illustrious history, the gallery has remained faithful to its artistic ethos while embracing innovation. This is evident in its dedication to featuring ...

As attested by her inclusion in several important survey exhibitions, including The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain at the Wende Museum, Los Angeles (2019–20), Drozdik is one of the most significant Eastern European women artists working in experimental performance and photography before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Following her move to New York, she worked in close relation to feminist, critical and experimental literary practices associated with New York...