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SUMMER OPEN AIR GIG ALERT!!! 🌊⛱️🌞💥 📅 16/07/2026📍Le Bouchon, Tournai Dom (@le_bouchon_tournai) & Lulu Sabath (@sabbathlulu), in collaboration with Wild Wax Shows (@wildwaxshows), are pleased to present NYC trash punks BALACLAVA (@balaclava_is_a_band) known for their analog-driven, grimy performances, supported by SCUSI from BXL! Don’t miss your chance to see BALA during their first European tour with only 2 dates in Belgium! Let’s rock! taken in Le Bouchon by @rayarayax
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4 months ago
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SCUSI Demo💥🍝💥out now! Available on cassette and Bandcamp - full digital release on the 27th! 🗓Come get it on our next concerts: 16/04 Cassette pre-release @ermitagenanobrasserie 🍺 @magic.rodeo.booking 27/04 Cassette release @ Cobra Jaune 🐍 @mafiosi7777 Recorded and mixed by @stmarc2547 Art by @rayarayax & @robignole Sleeve printed in 2 colour Riso at @ateliersdutoner Cassette made by Brutalica in Pleven, Bulgaria Edition of 50 copies ⛓️‍scusiii.bandcamp.com taken in Brussels, Belgium by @rayarayax
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5 months ago
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COMING UP… We couldn’t be more excited for our next concert. New explosive local Italopunk band, SCUSI join us along with tried and tested mega favourites CATHDRALE from Toulouse. CATHEDRALE recorded their latest album, ‘Poison’ last year in Bxl and come back to play it for us for the very first time since. With over 10 years of experience, one EP and 5 albums, CATHEDRALE finds a way to keep evolving and refining their sound so that each time we see them, we experience something exciting and raw, but comfortingly familiar! SCUSI played their first ever show at Le Petit Lion back in February, and what they lack in show experience is more than made up for in their full frontal energy and heady attitude. An honour to bring these two to the Ermitage stage. WHEN: Thursday 16 April DOORS : 18h30 SCUSI : 20h CATHEDRALE : 21h PAY WHAT U CAN –– 8€ suggested!! by @rayarayax
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6 months ago
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A few words we wanted to share with you about our latest book — Bulgaria 1985-1995: Everything but not fatigue 📓 Half of the edition is already gone. The rest is available through our website. Support our next project by ordering a copy! taken in Bulgaria by @rayarayax
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7 months ago
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𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 1985-1995: 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲 ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ What happens when the enemy disappears? "Bulgaria 1985–1995" is a hand-assembled photobook documenting the nation’s young counterculture, drawn from a two-year research project by Blood Becomes Water. The work compiles an archive of personal memories and "scattered evidence" from a tendency that began in the late 1970s. The greatest paradox unfolds after 1989: a movement that thrived on marginality was temporarily brought into the mainstream to serve as a symbol of the very society it had resisted. This publication sketches a decade of profound change, in which the rebellion against the monolithic state culminates in a rejection of the unsettling new reality as well. Limited edition of 50 copies — a collector's piece for historians, artists, and memory-keepers. ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ Get your copy from our website bloodbecomeswater.com Photos © @pukbooks #independentpublishing #bulgaria #counterculture taken in Bulgaria by @rayarayax
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9 months ago
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🎅 БРАДАТИЯТ 🎅 Срещнете се със забравения символ на българската зима! Присъединете се към представянето на "Брадатият" – джобна фотокнига, която ни връща към едно изгубено време и разкрива съдбата на Дядо Мраз. 🗓 Четвъртък, 18 декември ⏰ 17:00 – 21:00 📍 Място: BHS - София, ул. „Гурко“ 27 "Брадатият" е лимитирано печатно издание, съвместен проект между Blood Becomes Water и Imaginary Archive от Тихомир Стоянов. Чрез богата колекция от снимки, книгата изследва образа на Дядо Мраз от 50-те години до постепенното му изчезване след 1989 г. Както може би знаете, Дядо Мраз и Дядо Коледа са два почти идентични образа от далечния север, но чиито културни пътешествия в България са изключително различни. Книгата улавя училищните посещения на Дядо Мраз и „вълнуващия“ момент на раздаването на подаръци на децата през годините на комунистическият режим. Кратък придружаващ текст подсказва неговите вековни корени, проследявайки „добрия старец“ от древната митология, разказите на Елин Пелин и християнската благотворителност до момента, в който режимът завзема страната, което води до пълната забрана на Коледа и задължителното налагане на Дядо Мраз като единствената, идеологически „правилна“ фигура. Заповядайте на чаша горещо вино и неформален разговор в присъствието на авторите. #дядомраз #дядоколеда #santaclause taken in Bare Hands Society by @rayarayax
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10 months ago
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BBW collective at @brussels.assbookfair 2025 We had a great time at the fair! It was a pleasure to present our four new publications and hear your thoughts on them. Shout out to the organizers for the invitation and to all the visitors, creators, and fellow book lovers who made the atmosphere so inspiring. 📷 Photos 1, 11, 12, 14 by @veerleve I @kanal.centrepompidou 💋 📹 Video by @sepidehfarvardin Our participation was made possible by the Mobility Programme of the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria. #BABF2025 #kanalcentrepompidou #brusselsassbookfair #booksbooksbooks taken in Kanal-Centre Pompidou by @rayarayax
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10 months ago
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🎅 Get an exclusive preview of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐃 by Blood Becomes Water & Imaginary Archive by Tihomir Stoyanov at the Brussels Ass Book Fair! This book tells the story of Dyado Mraz and Santa Claus: two near-twin figures who bring gifts from the distant North, yet whose cultural journeys in Bulgaria couldn't be more different. Through a vast collection of photos, the book traces the image of Dyado Mraz until his gradual disappearance after 1989. 📍 Location: K1, KANAL-Centre Pompidou (@kanal.centrepompidou) 👁 Preview: Friday, 28th | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM 👉🏾 Public Opening: Friday, 28th | 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM 📖 Fair Hours: Saturday, 29th & Sunday, 30th | 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM #books #imaginaryarchive #dyadomraz #santaclause #perenoel #babf #brusselsassbookfair #bloodbecomeswater taken in Brussels, Belgium by @rayarayax
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10 months ago
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📅 📚💥 We're joining the Brussels Ass Book Fair 2025 at K1 from November 28 to 30! Make sure to stop by our table, as we’ll be revealing three brand-new publications! These are projects we’ve been quietly developing for months, and we can’t wait to share them with you. Organized by the Paris Ass Book Fair and KANAL-Centre Pompidou, this fair is dedicated to independent art publishing and features fifty-five exhibitors from around the world, plus a great public program of events, music, and talks. Come say hi and grab a fresh copy! Our participation is supported by the @nationalculturefund / mobility programme #BrusselsAssBookFair #BABF2025 #ArtPublishing #Zines #KanalCentrePompidou #BloodBecomesWater Photo shared by Blood Becomes Water on October 15, 2025 tagging @rayarayax, @kanal.centrepompidou, @nationalculturefund, @rosiedoesrugs, and @brussels.assbookfair. May be an illustration of magazine, poster, book and text that says "BRUSSELS ASS 28-30.11.2025 FAIR". taken in Kanal-Centre Pompidou by @rayarayax
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a year ago
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🎸 📕 Over the course of more than a decade, Brussels-based @rayarayax – co-founder of art collective @blood.becomes.water – built an accidental collection of setlists: a growing archive of torn papers, ripped cardboard and smudged ink, left behind by 70 bands across 13 countries. With the book ‘The Setlist Collection’, she brings this ephemeral trail to life – a time-travelling document of packed venues and sweaty crowds preserving a personal piece of music history. We caught up with the music-obsessed graphic designer to talk about it all. 🔗 seeyouthere.be #selfpublishing #interview #indie #music #books #setlist #design taken in Belgium by @rayarayax
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a year ago
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Our SETLIST COLLECTION has landed on the Dummy Award '25 Shortlist – selected from 395 photobooks across 48 countries! Shoutout to @pukbooks for organizing such an incredible exhibition here in Sofia and for bringing Frederic Lezmi and Markus Schaden of @the_photobookmuseum to our city!! 🌏 The @dummyaward25 shortlist continues its global tour with upcoming exhibitions in Milan, Barcelona, Cologne, Łódź, Prague, Dublin, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. #pukbooks #dummyaward25 #photobooks #thesetlistcollection taken in Goethe-Institut Bulgarien by @rayarayax
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I’m very happy to share that “The Setlist Collection” is part of the Dummy Award ’25 shortlist selection out of 395 books from 48 countries! The shortlist selection resulted in only 50 photobooks. The jury consisted of renowned professionals from the photobook industry, including a curator, designer, editor, publisher, photographer, collector, and printer! So, “The Setlist Collection” will be on tour for the next year!!! The @dummyaward25 shortlist will be presented around the world, with confirmed stops in Barcelona, Milan, Cologne, Łódź, Prague, Dublin, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile! But most importantly, the travelling exhibition will be kicking off in my hometown Sofia, Bulgaria on the 3rd of April, and it’s organised by our dear @pukbooks ! For more info be sure to check dummyaward.org by @rayarayax
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2 years ago
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