https://www.michieldevijver.be/storytelling daily 1.0 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1591714522929-Q85FPXYW5GFV6HJARJRX/IMG_6734_web+2500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg visual storytelling - Albania When visiting Albania, I was impressed with its sheer natural beauty and the lust for life of its inhabitants. This was not what I expected from a country that recently went through a diaspora and violent turmoil and depicted as controlled by crime and corruption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1591715220755-N9A13VKOK997XDG6VC4N/IMG_4584_web+2500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg visual storytelling - Goodmorning Thailand (Copy) To see a country wake up. When I traveled through an unfamiliar country, I got up every day at sunrise and let curiosity be my guide during the first hours of daylight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1591979158326-EFSP5I28TMX4MFCVAIU3/IMG_6560_web+2500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg visual storytelling - Encore What's to be seen after the curtain call of a circus show? A commissioned series for Circuscentrum Vlaanderen, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the circus decree in Flanders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1589553942911-BW6AXTK4UGFSJRGRMW68/IMG_9661_web+2500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg visual storytelling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1591549998350-LRWS380CMFM64A1AHSGY/IMG_4067_web+2500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg visual storytelling - DOK An old part of the Ghent harbour will be redeveloped into a completely new city district by the waterfront. From 2011 to 2019, between the relocation of the last industrial activities and in anticipation of the first new development projects breaking ground, DOK transformed a former concrete plant and shipyard into a temporary free space. The former industrial site was used as a meeting place and a platform to experiment. Rules seemed to be absent. Individuals or collectives who had a clear idea involving a creative urban dynamic, (artistic) innovation, experiment and encounter would find a host in DOK. From may to september, residents could use the site’s facilities and experiment. To visitors, this felt like an oasis close to the city centre. In its early beginnings, I got a cheap camera and started photographing the site. Never having studied photography, DOK’s mission as a place for experiment became very personal when I started documenting the place and learned photography by doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1642694875953-AMY1MAYSBEOUSFRAOVBN/IMG_9903_web+1500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg visual storytelling - Time. And again. by Ken Lum (2021) A commissioned series of portraits for the Public Art Collection of Antwerp. Time. And Again. was curated by Samuel Saelemakers, curator of the Public Art Collection of Antwerp. Work is one of the few truly universal and common aspects of human life. Work is a necessity, and a source of pride and self-worth. But all too often, also a source of the contrary: uncertainty and stress. The people portrayed in these new works are representative of what Ken Lum (1956, Canada) recognizes as “persons who are inheritors of the contradictory and too often pernicious effects of modernity. The contemporaneity they find themselves in is often oppressive and the characters have to struggle against it, often feebly.” The job market is an important indicator of major changes in society, such as the emergence of the so-called gig economy. By observing working men and women, Lum reveals the often merciless nature of corporatism and capitalism. And yet, there is a humanity and largesse to these works, due to the fact that we recognise ourselves in the people shown. While each individual is portrayed in relative isolation, Ken Lum tells us we are not alone in our dealings with everyday struggles and challenges. The current global health crisis and its impact demonstrates once again how all of our private and professional lives are deeply entwined. In this and other series by the artist, text and image together invite us to look differently at the other, and so, at ourselves. Lum’s work shows us that the line between the recognisable and the cliché or the stereotype is a thin one. The contrast or tension between what we see (image) and what we read (text) makes us question prejudices about identity and offers us alternatives that expand the field of public imagination and representation. This new body of work is titled Time. And Again., evoking time as a fundamental backdrop or horizon of human life. Not so much linear time though, but circular time: in our lives, we often encounter the same concerns over and over. The title alludes to the often excessive amount of time we spend working and worrying (about work), reworking, and rethinking. Lastly, repetition is also stylistically present in the writing of the short texts included in each new work. Like a mantra or a prayer, through repeated phrases each individual tries to come to terms with what they are feeling. Time. And Again. was on view at: Cockerillkaai, Antwerp (BE) from 4 June until 3 October 2021 Kruisplein, Rotterdam (NL) from 5 November until 5 December 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1639671800213-92ISYH5H2Y1UA7SGQJQP/IMG_5822_web+2500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg visual storytelling - Streetlife Scenes collected on the streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1591715220755-N9A13VKOK997XDG6VC4N/IMG_4584_web+2500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg visual storytelling - Goodmorning Thailand To see a country wake up. When traveling through an unfamiliar country for a month, I got up before sunrise every day and let curiosity be my guide during the first hours of daylight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1658595796856-5MOZFFNBRFZ6O9A15Q84/IMG_2945_web+2500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg visual storytelling - Mirage Photographs about how a familiar environment looks different in artificial light, and finding the beauty within. https://www.michieldevijver.be/portraits-2 daily 0.75 2024-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1615825037410-PMRL7MBLDGEXZ9S05H00/IMG_9693_web+2500+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver-2.jpg portraits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1590410347247-UHH2XW8F4SZT6KNI03M9/IMG_1904_web+1125+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg portraits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebd404aa32df23283e8a8a1/1732725638547-ELG8TIYP3GI0WKCUAS5P/IMGL9474_web+%28c%29+Michiel+Devijver.jpg portraits https://www.michieldevijver.be/contact daily 0.75 2021-04-29