Red Cathedral

Het landschap van de boekenbeurzen in Vlaanderen is de afgelopen jaren fundamenteel veranderd , mede door het wegvallen van de traditionele Antwerpse Boekenbeurs die ik jarenlang trouw bezocht voor werk en plezier. Na het faillissement van die oude Boekenbeurs ontstond er een groot gat. Dat is niet zozeer opgevuld door honderden kleine rommelmarkten, maar wel door een nieuwe generatie thematische, intieme beurzen én de razendsnelle opkomst van Boektopia.  In plaats van één gigantische hal waar alles samenkwam, kiezen nieuwe initiatieven resoluut voor één genre of doelgroep (zoals Fabel Fest voor fantasy of StoryHeaven in Brussel). Voor Belgische (en vooral Vlaamse) auteurs zijn deze beurzen cruciaal geworden, maar op een andere manier dan vroeger.  Enerzijds is er het  direct lezerscontact.   Grote auteurs stonden vroeger urenlang mechanisch te signeren in Antwerpen. Op de huidige, compactere beurzen staan beleving en interactie centraal. A...

"Don't believe anything you see. Don't believe anything you hear. Don't believe anything you believe. There was no 360° videobooth on Geek Village: it is all AI!" Can you believe somebody actually took the time to send me that message?  Hilarious.. and it was faster deleted than they typed it . On 20 +21 December it's  the 3rd Geek Village fair in 13 months and the 1st one not in Thor Central Genk.  And YES, a spin on #theRED360 of Deep Red Noise vzw will be FREE/GRATIS/GRATUIT again. So come visit our tiny corner of the Trixxo Arena in Hasselt, and if the booth has enough room, I'll might even make some cosplay portraits again. If you can & want to donate 1€ for your 360°-spin, that money will be used to help local stray cats. Last edition's donations helped with food, a castration, treating a hurt paw and finding a kitten a safe home.. and bonus: one stray entered my bedroom on a tuesday and simply decided to become a house cat. The fol...

Geeks & Freaks is a new brainchild from the team behind El Mundo Fantasia and loads of Halloween events. This is the 1st edition and I must admit that the foyer of MECC Maastricht is a nice location for an indoor event. Since only 1 day has past and I haven't made a tour ( yet ), I'd better wait till Sunday evening to note down my remarks? Let's give you some useful links before you scroll down to the gallery: ▷ All photos can always be found on/downloaded from my Flickr and here ! ▷ A " How to download stills from Flickr " tutorial was posted here . ▷ Some highlights might go to Instagram , Threads or Bluesky . ▷ A video might go to Clapper & to Tiktok ▷ Buy Red Cathedral a whisky on Ko-Fi ▷ Updates are on THE Facebook . ▷ Give a follow to this young creative foundation: Deep Red Noise vzw/asbl and take a spin on #TheRed360 ( incl. a Tiktok account ) The full gallery (Click on the arrows on the side to scroll) :  Update : 100% of all s...

A heads-up: on November 17th 2024 we'll be hosting a videobooth on Geek Village ( Thor Central, Genk ) in room 12 ( named Trovao ). It will be the 1st time we put the 360° videobooth on a fair.. so it's somewhere between in between scary & exciting. Since it's the 1st time and we have a full room at our disposal, we might set up a small photobooth aswel as a free bonus for our clients. Come visit us! Meanwhile you can look at some videos from #theRed360 on Instagram ( a few ) and on Tiktok ( loads! ) Have some links while you wait for everything to be edited: ▷ All photos can always be found on/downloaded from my Flickr and here ! ▷ A " How to download stills from Flickr " tutorial was posted here . ▷ Some highlights might go to Instagram or even Threads . ▷ The video will go to Clapper & to Tiktok ▷ Buy Red Cathedral a whisky on Ko-Fi ▷ Updates are on THE Facebook . ▷ Give a follow to this young creative foundation: Deep Red Noise vzw/asbl ...