ƚBM (INSPIRED BY BLACK METAL)

ƚBM focuses on the influence of black metal anno 2014 and is a response to the current prevalence of the genre. Not coincidentally 30 years after the establishment of legendary Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. Nor coincidentally 20 years after the release of their debut ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas’ - one of the most influential black metal albums ever.

CHRISTOPHE SZPAJDEL

EXPO as from friday 11 APRIL > AB Resto > free
LECTURE saturday 3 may > AB Resto > 5:30 pm > free

Of Polish origin, living in Exeter (UK), but born in Belgium. In the ’80s, Christophe Szpajdel became fascinated with the logos of bands like Venom, Possessed and Kreator.
A few years later, he started designing himself – for bands he knew – and so that was how, in the early ’90s, he came into contact with a number of main players from the 2nd wave of black metal. Soon he was designing logos for most of those bands and had become a well-known figure in the metal underground.

Fast Forward to 2010. After Christophe had spent many years providing many thousands of bands with a unique logo, German publisher Gestalten (known for its very fine publications on design, art and architecture) put out Lord Of The Logo’s. It is a book bundling a few thousand of Szpajdel’s logos and it gives a fine overview of his oeuvre.
Yet again, the multiplicity of his work is remarkable and we can clearly see influences of Art Nouveau, Gothic, nature (Szpajdel studied biology and forest management), eastern culture,…
As of April 11, in the AB Resto, you can come admire an extensive selection by a unique figure in metal design of recent decades.

On May 3, Christophe Szpajdel will come give more explanation about his work methods, artwork and contacts with the artists. This will take place in the AB Resto, at 5:30 pm.