Study Of Me, 2014

or 'A Mean Man'

Top Brynje
Trousers H&M

Maybe this is the essence. The substrate of maleness and maximum subtract of butch, applied to myself. The fetish of male psychology between Kafka and Klein, my literary and aesthetic food. You are what you put in your mouth.
/HORST

Wishful Thinking #1

Gosha Rubchinskiy Fall/Winter 2012

Things I would like to have. I wish I owned. Someone would find. And give to me. Dearly. Highly. Appreciated. Those who find their fulfilment within the fulfilment of others are warmly invited to realize and materialize this first wishful thinking of mine.
/HORST

Verschwende Deine Jugend, 2013

or 'Do Not Sit, Viciously'

Jacket Raf Simons
Shirt Miu Miu
Denim Shirt Dries van Noten
Trousers Cheap Monday
Shoes Prada

Indeed, I have a punk-heartfelt past. But mainly, it was revolting against oneself more than others. The anti-me-society. And within the (ripped) pages of magazines - pinned to the ripped wallpaper walls of a teeenager room - I found myself.
/HORST

Pole, 2013

or 'Not Safe For World'

T-Shirt Raf Simons
Shorts Comme des Garçons
Underwear Barcode

Madonna's 'Sex Book' by Steven Meisel, banned Calvin Klein commercials and Paris Hilton's sex tape - who is the judge, who's the voyeur? How can 'offensive' image material be so pleasing?
/HORST

A Short History Of Anime In Popular Culture II

This is what I see when I close my active browser window. A subconscious voice trying to convince me of continuing A Short History Of Anime In Popular Culture? This demonish impulse might be succeeding. Maybe?
/HORST

See also Second Life, 2013

A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture (Interlude)

1. Gren Zavjalov Portrait, 2010
2. Pierre Debusschere I Know Simply That The Sky Will Last Longer Than I, 2013

Preparing for the storm (of Paris), we will rest in contemplation on the comic(al) and ridiculous, the ironic and misplaced. What we have seen so far in the theatre called 'fashion' surely did not lack in drama or decoration, but maybe meaning and significance. For Spring/Summer collections, florals and shorts just don't do the cut. We laugh and cry inside, and wait (for Paris).
/HORST

A Short History Of The Comic Strip In Popular Culture IX

1. Snap! World Power, 1990
2. Snap! Mary Had A Little Boy, 1990
3. Snap! The Power, 1990
4. Snap! Oops Up, 1990
5. Snap! Mega Mix, 1991
6. Snap! Cult Of Snap, 2003
7. Salt 'N' Pepa Let's Talk About Sex, 1991

The constituting archive to this chapter can be found in my vinyl record collection. As someone said: I am creating my own future by writing this blog. Turning into 'The Cult of A Short History of Myself'.
/HORST

Convent Disciple, 2013

or 'A Reversed Chronology'

























Top Jil Sander
Shirt Raf Simons
Necklace Cockring
Shorts H&M
Backpack Topman
Shoes Raf Simons

After impersonating Pervert Priest, German Psycho and Golden Boy, I took a formal lesson in convention and discipline. I listened, I learned, I studied. The circle as symbol of an aesthetic school, my beliefs. Dressed in a crisp white shirt and polyester knit, dressed in Raf Sander.
/HORST