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Music The music throwaway project
Around Eupen with Mea Kusma’s Michael Kreitz

Around Eupen with Mea Kusma’s Michael Kreitz

In anticipation of the three full days of experimental electronica that is Meakusma festival, its founder Michaël Kreitz shows us around his hometown Eupen and its rural surroundings.

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From Bristol to Brighton with Belgian jazz-funk outfit Stuff.

From Bristol to Brighton with Belgian jazz-funk outfit Stuff.

On tour with the Belgian jazz-funk sensations.

Art The art throwaway project
Miles Fischler’s Peru

Miles Fischler’s Peru

A selection of 21 photographs taken from the photographer's recent South American adventures.

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“It could have happened in Bruges” – Robert Devriendt’s disposable ways

“It could have happened in Bruges” – Robert Devriendt’s disposable ways

The Belgian Primitive takes us for a ride in a short-lived series full of the usual dose of double-entendre.

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20 shades of Jean-Baptiste Bernadet

20 shades of Jean-Baptiste Bernadet

The French-born, Brussels-based artist plays around with one of our disposable cameras.

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Wulfy Benzo’s Berlin

Wulfy Benzo’s Berlin

Wulfy Benzo Berlin's "carnet de voyage".

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Mont Doré

Mont Doré

Mont Doré, Brussels-based hardcore five-piece, recently took up a residency at Charleroi's Le Vecteur.

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Hana Miletic

Hana Miletic

YBAP nominee Hana Miletic takes one of our throwaway cameras on a tour of Belgium, through Bozar, past Molenbeek and into Ghent.

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Rape Blossoms

Rape Blossoms

We go on tour with Belgian post-punk outfit Rape Blossoms by way of our throwaway camera.

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The Venice Biennial

The Venice Biennial

La Grande Dame of art biennials might be seen as a tat dated but it is still the most important art event in the world.

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Foreseen at Poppositions

Foreseen at Poppositions

Art collective Foressen take to Poppositions with one of our throwaway cameras.

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David Widart’s 23 days in Los Angeles

David Widart’s 23 days in Los Angeles

Belgian photographer David Widart's 26 rolls shot over 23 days in Los Angeles.

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Sam Steverlynck

Sam Steverlynck

Three days in the life of Belgian art critic Sam Steverlynck.

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17 post-its and 17 gallerists

17 post-its and 17 gallerists

Les bulles by Albert Baronian (Albert Baronian) Warm by Anne-Claudie Coric (Daniel Templon) Silence by Roger Szmulewicz (Gallery51) innit! by Jerome Jacobs (Aeroplastics) Fresh by Antoine Ferrand (Almine Rech) Diversification by Greta Meert and Frédéric Mariën (Greta Meert) Brussels! by Louis Philippe Van Eeckhoutte, Wim Peeters and Marie Denkens (Office Baroque) First time by Sofie […]

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Earth

Earth

Earth take our throwaway project on tour with them. Just when we thought we couldn't love them any more than we already did.

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Delirious Dubai

Delirious Dubai

Art critic Sam Steverlynck takes one of our office throwaway cameras over to Art Dubai to capture its ninth edition.

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The rum diaries: Belgian artists in Cuba

The rum diaries: Belgian artists in Cuba

An ambitious group show uniting some of Belgium's foremost contemporary artists has just opened in Cuba. And we were there too.

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Chrome Brulée

Chrome Brulée

iPod-dolls, tape-robots, albino crocodiles and synthporn: Chrome Brulée takes one of our throwaway cameras for a ride.

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GOAT

GOAT

Masks, headgear, Tintin and more masks. What happened when we handed Swedish outfit GOAT one of our throwaway cameras.

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Cocaine Piss

Cocaine Piss

Here's Liège queer-punk outfit Cocaine Piss acting all silly with one of our office throwaway cameras.

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The throwaway project: Jonathan Meese

The throwaway project: Jonathan Meese

As throwaway adventures go, artist Jonathan Meese's one is pretty fucking bonkers.

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Umungus

Umungus

One of our office throwaway cameras goes from stage to living room with Umungus, Liège's latest psychedelic rock export.

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M.E.A.N.

M.E.A.N.

More backstage snap-happiness, this time courtesy of Antwerpers Middle Earth All Nighters

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Sic Alps

Sic Alps

A selection of photographs from the San Francisco-based four-tet's final tour.

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Backstage at Dour with Recorders

Backstage at Dour with Recorders

Inside Dour festival's artist village (sort of) with Recorders

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The throwaway project: The Word Magazine in Antwerp

The throwaway project: The Word Magazine in Antwerp

A throwaway camera, an oversized bottle of vodka and tons and tons of laughter. A few more pics from our rooftop party in Antwerp.

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The throwaway project: Roger Ballen

The throwaway project: Roger Ballen

South African photographer Roger Ballen adds his name to our throwaway project by taking us through the streets of Johannesburg.

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The Throwaway project: The second best edition preview

The Throwaway project: The second best edition preview

The second best edition is out on Friday. An exclusive preview...

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The throwaway project: Design Miami with Victor Hunt

The throwaway project: Design Miami with Victor Hunt

Build-up, beaches and Mustang backseats all feature in this latest palm tree-themed instalment of The throwaway project...

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The throwaway project: Thomas Bayrle at Wiels

The throwaway project: Thomas Bayrle at Wiels

Wiels curator Devrim Bayar documents the installation of a Thomas Bayrle retrospective with one of our throwaways...

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FIAC with Rodolphe Janssen gallery

FIAC with Rodolphe Janssen gallery

We gave a throwaway camera to gallery owner Rodolphe Janssen who copped us a FIAC eyeful on film.

Music The music throwaway project
New Build

New Build

Hot Chip- side project New Build has taken one of our disposable cameras on tour with them and produced this no-holds-barred gallery of everything from delighted fans to dinner tables.

Art The art throwaway project
Max Pinckers at Amsterdam’s De Brakke Grond

Max Pinckers at Amsterdam’s De Brakke Grond

We asked photographer-on-the-rise Max Pinckers to document the days leading up to the opening of his exhibition in Amsterdam using one of our ol' favourite throwaway cameras.

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Art Brussels with Aeroplastics gallery

Art Brussels with Aeroplastics gallery

Brussels-based gallery Aeroplastics continues our series of throwaway projects today. Kitted out with their very own plastic snap box for Art Brussels, here's their staff's behind-the-scenes diary at Belgium's biggest art fair.

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Art Brussels with Bodson-Emelinckx gallery

Art Brussels with Bodson-Emelinckx gallery

As part of our Art Brussels coverage, we've craftily equipped three Belgian galleries with nifty little throwaway cameras for a behind the scenes gander at the country's biggest art fair. Today: Brussels-based Bodson-Emelinckx.

Music The music throwaway project
Casiokids

Casiokids

The Word's throwaway project whisks you backstage for a peek at Norway's Casiokids doing their thang on their latest tour.

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M O N E Y

M O N E Y

After their gig in Paris' Point Ephémère last month, M O N E Y, Mancunian band on their way up, strip down naked for our throwaway project. Literally.

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Is Tropical

Is Tropical

London three-piece Is Tropical takes you backstage with our disposable camera project.

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Suuns

Suuns

Our throwaway project gets given the Suun's treatment.

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Connan Mockasin

Connan Mockasin

Boat rides, backstage antics and portraits of adoring fans: we step into the world of psychedelic popster Connan Mockasin through our disposable camera project.

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Civil Civic

Civil Civic

The backstage antics of Australian two-piece Civil Civic. Having headlined this year's Microfestival in Liege / Luik, the band undoubtedly had lots of fun playing around with one of our disposable cameras.

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Style spotters: Manu

For the fourth and last in our series of visual chapters on individualism and style, we hand the camera over to Manu from Mapp Store – one of those people who always has something good to say. He might have just given a new album a listen, and thinks you should too (we recently discovered Holidays […]

Style spotters: Damien Aresta

Style spotters: Damien Aresta

Part three of our series on everyday style, in partnership with Schweppes, sees us handing over the office disposable to Damien Aresta. A graphic designer, musician (he plays guitar in the indie folk/pop outfit The Ducati Lovers), art director and teacher (he teaches at ERG), Damien is a man who simply cannot sit still, continously […]

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Style spotters: Elisabeth Ouni

The second instalment of our style spotters series in collaboration with Schweppes sees us enlisting the tried and tested eye of former model-turned-blogger Elisabeth Ouni to scour the streets in search of taste. Best known as the brains behind A Polaroid Story (which we recently took a shine to), the Ostende/Oostende-based sharp shooter delivers a stunning […]

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Style spotters: Soumaya Dancemachine

In collaboration with Schweppes, we’ve recently taken a closer look at urban style, capturing the individuals that make and shape a city’s collective aesthetic. Asking several trusted style spotters to capture the singularity of their entourage’s dress code, we’ve scoured the country looking for evidence of an attention to detail, paying particular attention to the […]

Music The music throwaway project
Ping Pong Tactics

Ping Pong Tactics

The rural East Flanders region known as Meetjesland isn’t exactly famous for its musical exports (except the cringing Eurovision contestant Tom Dice). It is however home to Ping Pong Tactics, the country’s most exciting and noisy bright young things. Dries Dauwe (drums) and Bert Huyghe (vocals, bass) formed the band in 2008, recruiting the latter’s […]

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Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg

Despite having Tweet-mentioned us saying he preferred “Los Feliz chanteuse and ayurvedic healer” as a description, Hollywood actor Adam Goldberg (@TheAdamGoldberg) really is best known for his neurotic and incredibly hilarious performances as Chandler’s roomie on Friends and, more recently, as psychotic producer Nick Rubenstein in Entourage. Fresh from a showcase of his new outfit The […]

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Vermin Twins

Vermin Twins

Photography and captions Vermin Twins   With thanks to Ulrike Biets

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Bo Ningen

Bo Ningen

Photography Bo Ningen                                  

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Alexis Taylor

Alexis Taylor

Special thanks to Wilfried for making sure the camera safely got back to us.

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Jimmy Edgar

Jimmy Edgar

Photography and captions Jimmy Edgar

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The Black Box Revelation

The Black Box Revelation

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The (bloody) backstage at Lokerse Feesten

The (bloody) backstage at Lokerse Feesten

Photography Ulrike Biets Here’s some of the material we were able to get despite our limited access. It would be a shame not to share something that (questionably) deserved shedding blood for. After a hilarious two-hour show where he was beheaded, hung, stabbed by a sword, skewered in a nail-filled coffin, impaled by a giant […]

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Backstage at Dour festival

Backstage at Dour festival

The disarming femme enfant Uffie admitted to us she enjoys pretending to not understand a word of French, that way she can secretly eavesdrop all ongoing conversations in the press area. Lola Olafisoye, singer of Chrome Hoof, certainly has what it takes to be Grace Jones’ little sis – crazy as hell, but full of […]

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Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty

Here’s our man capturing the audience as he steps onstage. Fast forward to 1.00 for a load of the action.

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Backstage at Les Ardentes

Backstage at Les Ardentes

Pictures by Ulrike Biets The one and only Pharrell, listening to his iPod as he exits his ride to get into the dressing rooms. The iPod actually contained all of N*E*R*D‘s brand new top-secret material. No one was allowed anywhere near it, save for two very lucky journalists. Pete Doherty posing minutes before Babyshambles‘ concert. We […]

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HEALTH

HEALTH

Here’s what the boys took with our disposable camera right after the gig:

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Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell

Below are your usual festival pictures taken from the front stage area: And here’s your exclusive peak at what was happening backstage:

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