Monday, July 16, 2012

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

contrapposizione + "2012 :: New World Order"

Upcoming friday -july 6th 2012- there´ll be the official opening of "Contrapposizione"; a fashion & art exhibition inspired by Renaissance Venice, at the Castle of Alden Biesen in Belgium. My contribution to the exhibition consists of 12 illustrations, entitled; "2012 :: New World Order". In case you´d wonder what my work is about, then this might (or might not) give you a small hint already:

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Below also a small preview, but more pictures will be posted sometime soon! In case you´d happen to be in Belgium this summer, then you can always check out the exhibition at the Alden Biesen Castle (Kasteelstraat 6 - 3740 Bilzen - Belgium). All the artworks will be on display from july 7th till september 2nd 2012!

Photography & illustration: copyright Halewijn Bulckaen 2012

Monday, July 2, 2012

finally!!

After years of trying, the waiting finally got rewarded with some sweet delight. What am I talking about? My very first strawberry!! Or ok, yes yes; I did eat strawberries before... but this one was very special; it came from my own garden. Totally ecological and SO good!! For years I have been growing strawberries in my garden, but every time they were about ready to be eaten, some secret visitors (the deer who are living in my neighborhood) quietly came to eat those delicious strawberries. But victory victory; not today! Even if I did 3hours overtime at work, the long nordic days still allowed me to enjoy a dive in the pool and some countryside pleasure with a sparkling red strawberry. Happy nordic summer days! :-)

Photographer: Halewijn Bulckaen
Location: Stockholm - Sweden

Saturday, June 23, 2012

HON & HAN

"she was a strange child, quiet and thoughtful; and while her sisters would be delighted with the wonderful things which they obtained from the wrecks of vessels, she cared for nothing but her pretty red flowers, like the sun, excepting a beautiful marble statue. It was the representation of a handsome boy, carved out of pure white stone, which had fallen to the bottom of the sea from a wreck." Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Mermaid.

When a Country Falls in Love With Itself :: 2008 :: Elmgreen & Dragset
Han :: 2012 :: Elmgreen & Dragset
Den lille havfrue :: COPENHAGEN :: DANMARK

NATURE :: STRUCTURE :: GEOMETRY :: PATTERNS

Photographer: Halewijn Bulckaen
Location: Stockholm - Sweden
model outfit: Versace
Check out the cartoon: www.modeltalkfashionflash.com

The face in the Crowd

Photographer: Halewijn Bulckaen
Location: Stockholm - Sweden
model outfits: Jil Sander, Versace
Check out the cartoon: www.modeltalkfashionflash.com

MIDSUMMER :: 7FLOWERS :: 1DREAM

This weekend we celebrate Midsummer. It´s always one of the biggest -if not the biggest- festivity in Sweden. As cities turn into ghost towns, everybody goes to the countryside, to spend this weekend with family & friends. According to tradition, maidens should pick seven flowers during the midsummer night and put the flowers underneath their pillow. In return the midsummer night will bring them dreams about the man they´re going to marry. With that being a fun tradition, I just had to do that too! Even if this was actually supposed to be done by maidens and with wild flowers; these are modern times, so I added some personal touches to it! And in case you wondered; yes I did have some dreams... ;-)

Photographer: Halewijn Bulckaen

Thursday, June 21, 2012

SWIMMING IN THE SUN

While every other fellow Swede probably sits in a car/plane/train now -on their way to the countryside to celebrate Midsummer- I just had the best time ever in the outdoor swimming pool. An entire swimming pool just for myself:: luxury pleasure!! ;-)) Diving into the arctic blue water is part of the moments which once again make me realize just how much I love my nordic life, with the bright blue sky, the clear turquoise water, the clean fresh air and the soft midnight sun!! Sunny Stockholm summers are always such a true delight! What better way to start the Midsummer weekend! :-)

Photographer: Halewijn Bulckaen
Location: Stockholm - Sweden
Check out the cartoon: www.modeltalkfashionflash.com

Friday, June 15, 2012

Virtual City :: Sang Un Jeon

"We are living in a world that is connected with real interaction with real people, but we spend ever more increasing amount of time on the internet, creating this virtual world that deals with pretty much everything we do in real life. We constantly engage and interact with each other through this virtual space, and the current technology have gotten to the point where we can virtually navigate real life street and see what´s out there without bothering to go out and actually see. Virtual City is a visualization of the current topography of this virtual world called the World Wide Web. Using Google Sketch-up Pro, Rhinoceros and 3d printing, virtualized real-life buildings were re-realized, combined with the initials of the most well established communities on the Internet. The heights of the individual buildings reflect on the estimated unique monthly visitors of the web site that was combined with the building, thus creating an illustration of combined structures of virtual and real world." -Virtual City by Sang Un Jeon- ...well, nothing more I could add to that--- I just felt like I had to put this on my blog, and then share it with you on facebook, twitter and google, before maybe also mailing it with hotmail and gmail to some friends... gosh, maybe time I also go watch the REAL midnight nordic sun now!! ;-)

photography :: "Virtual City" :: Sang Un Jeon

Clone Chaise :: Sam Buxton

photography :: "clone chaise" :: Sam Buxton