2012: New office @ House for Image Culture:

HAPPY 2012! New office address per 1.1.12: MeRy/Artstudio23 • Huis voor Beeldcultuur • Reigerstraat 16 • 4811 XB Breda, the Netherlands --> feel free to send me mail! :)

Wishing you love, happiness & health in 2012, (hope you) LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE.

My office December 2011, 1st floor, left window (w. the lights on) @ Huis voor Beelcultuur (House for Image Culture).
Left: Tapperijke (famous Breda pub)









1870-1875, the pub was a normal house still, Huis voor Beeldcultuur is de 4th building from the right, with tympanum.









1960's, 3rd building from the right












1979 -

Wordle: my Twitter, June '11

funny! My first wordle, of my Twitteraccount :) De en van are Dutch, meaning 'the' and 'of'.

Grand Theatre Breda

Grand Theatre Breda 2007 by © MeRy/Artstudio23 Melanie Rijkers | Blurb

Grand Theatre in Breda was closed in 2007...I then made this lovely portrait (and now this photobook) of the abandoned cinema. 28 April 2011 there will be a re-opening 'old style' check grandtheatrebreda.nl ...you can now wine & dine there, but no more cinema...



Check out all urbex photos from 2007 in this Flickr album.