Graphic Design of Scheld'apen - by Benny Meulengracht-Vrancx & Bent Vande Sompele (Paperback)

About the Book

From 1998 till 2013, a former railway canteen on d'Herbouvillekaai in Antwerp that was transformed into a cultural hub by youthful idealists, hoodlums and enthousiasts who called themselves Scheld'apen, was home to an eclectic stream of artists, with over 1300 events occurring in those 15 years, before inevitably being demolished by city expansion plans. All those events produced a flux of visual communication, an enormous flow of printed media that fascinated artists and Scheld?apen aficionados Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx and Bent Vande Sompele. Collecting items and building upon an already existing physical archive, they decided to pour a selection of works into a book: Graphic Design of Scheld'apen. Graphic Design of Scheld'apen is the result of two years of collecting, three archival residencies at Het Bos (the new home of the still existing Scheld'apen organisation) and a short scanning residency at Frans Masereel Centrum. The book contains over 200 graphical works from a variety of different artists, a preface by Pieter Willems and texts by Roel Griffioen and Pia Jacques.

Book Synopsis

Graphic Design of Scheld'Apen is a colorful and punchy poster archive book; a shining star for anyone who loves typography, graphic design, drawing and creative archive material.

Two artists / musicians from Antwerp worked together for two years, coordinating the poster archive of a former music and art venue in Antwerp called Scheld'Apen, an underground, rough and raw artist center where many creatives came together in the late 1990s and early 2000s. For each event, a fantastically cool and experimental poster was made and thanks to Benny and Bent, we have a publication that brings this energetic and legendary archive together.

About the Author

Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx's and Bent Vande Sompele's art practices revolve around various media: drawings, sculptures, collages, performances, paintings and videos, music, and DJ performances.