Postpone, Repost

Jacket Tillmann Lauterbach
Top Balenciaga
Trousers H&M
Shoes Raf Simons x Doc Martens
Sunglasses Persol
Bag Mulberry

Although these images were taken a while ago, back in Antwerp by This Is My Suit, they suddenly came to my mind again. It's less about the clothes, the leather pants, or myself, but more about this wonderful time in a city that became very dear to my heart.
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Individual Ritual

Going to the flea market on Saturday mornings is a long-lived tradition. This time, I found a rare 1972 edition of a Picasso catalogue with seperate images individually applied onto the pages. The haute couture of art books so to speak.
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The World's Best Moments Of Drag Performance

1. Mary So Leb Dein Leben
2. Lady Bunny Wigstock 2005
3. RuPaul Supermodel (You Better Work)
4. Elton John & RuPaul Don't Go Breaking My Heart
5. Jukka K. Cher, Gaga and I
6. Yara Sofia Echa Pa' Lante!
7. After Dark Invincible
8. After Dark Showtime
9. Lady Bunny Burlesque
10. RuPaul Lip Sync For Your Life

RuPaul has changed my life. He/she changed the way I utilize language, the way I play with self-irony, random words and endless repetition. He/she made me laugh. The precious kind of laugh that only occurs when you are all by yourself. And looking back, the art of drag has already moved and formed me at the youngest age. So in fact, Mary has changed my life.
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When Did We Forget About Black Minimalism

1. Helmut Lang Spring/Summer 2004
2. Ecole Floating Staircase

When I look up, facing my vis-à-vis, and the person is dressed in black my eyes can rest. I can fully focus and concentrate on the spoken word. Black minimalism gives us comfort, easiness and freedom. We should do it more often.
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Narcissistic Renaissance II

Sleeveless shirt Dior Homme

A fine selection of out-takes from the Narcissistic Renaissance series. Remanent material, left for revelation. There's always more that you haven't seen. There's gotta be.
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Unfinished

Collage and text Horst

My contribution to a collaborative art publication that may never become reality: PARFUM Mag. Initiated by Victor Antonio, the surrealist tradition of cadavre exquis became alive once again. For my part, I created a fake perfume advertisement poem.
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Fin

Artworks & Portrait Victor Antonio

The most genius, mesmerizing and capricious beings often leave us too early, too soon. I am happy to have met this wonderful person and being virtually connected through late night talks, the exchange of surrealist poems and visionary thoughts.
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Shilver

Shirt Bruno Pieters
Collar tips Josef Lazo x Javier Moreno Frías
Pin Maison Martin Margiela
Bracelet Juun J.

Personal note: this site will undergo rethinking. In an act of theoretical amputation, parts will be removed, others will remain. Therefore, I kindly request your patience and support.
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Miusing Escher

1. Miu Miu Spring/Summer 2010
2. M. C. Escher Untitled (No. 126)

Quite obvious and still unnoticed. It recalls a childhood memory of mine. Filling out a whole paper with animals. Each outline complementing the other and creating yet unseen creatures. Escher lies within us.
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Dialogue

1. Wolfgang Tillmans Four Boots, 1992
2. Begüm Sekendiz Boré & Raf Simons at Intermission1, Berlin 2011

Face to face confrontations and the exchange of words. The fear of refusion and the warmth of sympathy. A digital projection of reality becomes reality itself. Attractions are strengthened, illusions disappear.
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Nudist Camp IV

1. Paul X Johnson
2. Paul Delvaux
3. Man Ray

When reality doesn't offer what voices have been promosing, it is time to escape to the Nudist Camp. A place where former legends strip bare and hide in dark birch forrests. And they never return.
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Rue Etienne Marcel

Waistcoat Raf Simons Archives
Top Raf Simons
Trousers H&M
Shoes Raf Simons x Doc Martens
Sunglasses Persol
Folder Daisuku Iwanaga

Parisian detail memories. In devotion to a three-lettered name.
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Image credits Urban Parade