Vincen Beeckman / Claude & Lilly photography Starting from her archive

Starting from her archive

or why the man and young girl flinch before the camera’s gaze

Artist Kristof Van Gestel developed a collective and participative workshop: starting from abstract shapes

“The Cabinet of Traces” is a collection of 73 traces that were left behind by various artists in residency at Air Antwerp from 2012 onwards

often there is a lack of words to talk about death

Vincen Beeckman / Claude & Lilly photography Starting from her archiveI met Lilly when I was working at the Foire du Midi fair in Brussels, says Claude van Halen of his late partner, Liliane Maes. I met her on the 14th of July 1995. The boss of a bar asked me, Claude do you want to go with her because her man is beating her? I said yes. I even left my job for her. I went with her and and we stayed together for so long, for 23 years. Lilly passed away on 6th June 2018, Claude by her side till the end. The romance between