So as the story goes, a while ago Kaymir and I got invited to showcase our own photography at the X-streets show which opened yesterday (12/12). All the days of stress and preperations really paid of, because the 3 story high ABC treehouse gallery was looking great from top to bottom.
Yeah people, I promised you more pictures of doel so here they are! I hope you enjoy looking at the pictures as much as we did making them. So to tell you a bit about Doel:
Doel is the first town where the local council recognized the dangers of living near a nuclear power plant. A lot of inhabitants complained about aches and in some cases even mutations, at which point the council started researching... Okay this is a load of crap, I hope you bought it for a minute, but the real story:
Already back in the sixties they decided that the harbor of Antwerp had to grow, and the tiny little village of Doel was in the way. Luckily crisis and recession hit (multiple times) and it never really happened, till a couple of years ago. Now there are still a few people living there, but the biggest part of Doel is a Ghost village. Ives, Mr.176, Kaymir, myself and Bushit (dragged him along behind the car) went to snap some pics and paint over the town. Seriously I can't say anything else but that it's eerie and amazing!!
Just a small teaser...Kaymir, Ives, Mr.176 and myself have been to the ghosttown of Doel yesterday, near antwerp. It's f'in amazing, empty houses, everything done with street art and.. Well I'll tell you more about that soon! A lot more pics soon as well!
Damn I can not wait to get to Doel! It looks like an epic little village out there and it's all covered in street art. For those who don't know about Doel, read this. If all is well (you never know with those street artists) me and Kaymir will tag along with Ives and Fake and capture the last days of this town as well. In the meanwhile, enjoy the works of the good people from Lastplak.
Becasue it's in the 'too sick not to share category', a little bit more street art from the soon to be destroyed town of Doel, Belgium.This time, the pics are by Kriebel.
Wojofoto recently went to Doel, Belgium, and if you want to do the same I suggest you hurry up, because Doel is going down! It has been long known that Doel would go because the harbor of Antwerp 'needs' expansion, but now it's finally that time. But not before Belgiums finest have brought the village to life one more time. Check it out.
