MUSIC
THE FLOREAL TRAILER PARK AS DISCOVERED
Spectral Memories
Spectral Memories is the first part of a tryptic series that questions the role of the home in the post-modern era. It is a memorial to the Floreal trailer park, in Boortmeerbeek, Belgium, closed by judicial decision, who has remained empty of inhabitants ever since. As the people had 3 days to leave the place, they left most of their belongings behind - making the Floreal a very unique ghost village. The park is currently being destroyed and turned into a tailor-made social housing (hybrid concept between social housing and trailer park). Spectral Memories is exploring transition of the last possible alternative housing in Belgium, and in extension, of Western Europe. We decided to combine the different empty spaces & the belongings left by the former inhabitants together with carefully profiled models in order to recreate the key atmospheres that made this place so unique in the Belgian landscape. The series comes with a music that completes the visuals. We are also displaying a few images of the different locations we shot, to emphase on how fiction embodies the expression of truth. The series was shot in medium format on portra 800 push +2. This site displays a digital version of our work which will be superseded by it's final printed destination.