Northwestern Europe Coal Mining Area
New book compiling 4x5" color works in Germany these last years. Around 70 pages, includes the series Postcards From Limbo, Lignite, Wohlfahrt and Hamburg. Available from Blurb. I get 20€ for each copy sold. German Works By Constantin Dubois Choulik
Northeastern Germany opencast mines, 2013. German Works By Constantin Dubois Choulik
Shown in the 9/9 Bis (Oignies, FR), collective exhibition "Lumières Sur le 9/9 Bis / Regards croisés sur le 9-9bis."
Super 16 shortfilm, black & white, hand-processed. Broadcasted in HD video. Duration : 17mn (looped). Shooting images courtesy of Aurélie Brouet. The shortfilm included in the installation Postcards From Limbo was shot in a disused coal mining site in Belgium. It’s a simple promenade led by a black dog ; four different versions of the… Continue reading The Ghostwood Project
Cartes Postales Des Limbes digital booklet (PDF). German Works By Constantin Dubois Choulik The images of Postcards from Limbo were made in the Ruhr in Germany, a region that chose to keep and maintain, after their closure, some of its largest industrial sites. Fully functional and un-ambiguous, places wholly covered by the sign, without… Continue reading Cartes Postales Des Limbes
Project produced by the 9/9 Bis (Oignies, FR), and shown in a solo exhibition in Aquaterra (Drocourt, FR) and other cultural sites of the area. Download PDF book. English version below. Photographier les terrils - une proposition vertigineuse, c'est-à-dire à la fois dangereuse et tentante. Car qu'est-ce qu'il peut bien se trouver là-bas à voir… Continue reading Paysage(s)
Serie of 8 color photographs, made in Odomez.
During and after our visits in Odomez, Aurélie Brouet and I have collected a consistent amount of drawings and writings. n.o.t.#12 gathers a selection of them. The Kuhlmann Factory's demolition works have lasted from september 2007 to april 2008. The factory was located in Odomez, in the North of France ; a chemical-textile plant,… Continue reading A.O.I. The Odomez Diary
In 2006, I found the « Kuhlmann » disused factory, a former chemical-textile plant in the countryside of Odomez, in the north of France. The factory had been running from 1926 to 1965, and then abandoned for more than fourty years. Completely apart from the sole function that gave sense to it, a built territory… Continue reading Odomez
