Geography is a Flavour

Taking its title from the famous Starbucks slogan, Geography is a Flavour presents images of references in design and architecture to other geographical locations.

The series shows abandoned sets which attempt to represent other cultures. Is it possible to import specific elements of a culture and to give the impression that one is really somewhere else? Or does such a setting become something else, a kind of utopian vision which is in fact no longer really at home anywhere?


Mechelen, BE

This question is explored in photography, video and printed matter. In the video registrations the original sounds of the location play an important role. Together with Julie Peeters I published the first leporello with 12 photographs like a touristic folding booklet, this series will be continued.


download pdf References US #1

Screenshot of the online publication of References (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum). In the navigation the images are to be found on the place they represent instead the place they were originally taken.