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The second life of garbage - a conceptual magazine

2016 // The second life of garbage
 
A conceptual magazine talking about- and 
completely made out of garbage. With this
magazine I try to question the definition of
garbage and show its potential after it has 
lived its 'first' life. 
Cover
// Screen print on a found piece of cardboard
Index
Newspaper article about font revivals 
// Printed on a found poster 
// With scan of a found printed letter
Newspaper article on Erik Kessels talking about failure
// printed on found paper 
// pictures from a garbage bin in a photo store
GARBAGE DOESN'T EXIST
// Screen print with coffee waste 
// Found documents in my grandparents' attic
Article about writing and rewriting
This article includes a poetry booklet 
// Printed on found documents
// With lost poems from Jacques Spraaksman
// Design inspired by Paul van Ostaijen
Newspaper article about the value of ink or 'black gold'
// Printed on a poster misprint from LUCA
Interview with upcoming artist Maranne Walravens, who makes art with garbage
// Printed on paper from a print shops garbage can
Newspaper article about the first building bricks made from garbage
// Screenprint on found blueprints
Garbage index
Colophon
// Big thanks to every trash can in Ghent
Back cover 'The second life of garbage'
// Screen print on found piece of cardboard
The second life of garbage - a conceptual magazine
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The second life of garbage - a conceptual magazine

A conceptual magazine talking about- and completely made out of garbage. With this magazine I try to question the definition of garbage and show Read More

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