Pieter Numan - NO LOVE LOST
In today's society and with a somewhat familiar yet sinister outlook on what's to come, countercultures bring light into the darkness; with liberated ideas, styles, and opinions—freed from gender binaries and conservative norms of societal constructs. Fluid, so that identities are an ever-changing expression of freedom. Forming a collective solid, where mutual support and respect are essential. With NO LOVE LOST, Pieter Numan documents the Antwerp-based community around musician and all-around creative Kleine Crack. The casting consists of real characters, the people around him. Crack's music has attracted equal amounts of fans and listeners in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The collective's dark themes and aesthetic (inspired by 1980s Memphis rap and it’s horror themes) hit a contemporary post-punk nerve whilst referring to universal themes and capturing the zeitgeist—a collective with importance beyond national borders. At first sight, the sometimes sinister aesthetics and dark music of Kleine Crack might color expectations, but for this project, Amsterdam based photographer Pieter Numan and his team archive and capture characters that can move our society forward.
Kleine Crack observes his fans are drawn to the darkness in his work as a symbol for the times we are living in. But he and his collective purposely stay away from speaking about / supporting violence in the work - unlike Memphis Rap that has therefore only left aesthetic and musical traces. Inclusivity and the freedom to express yourself outside societal restrictions play a big part in the togetherness of this group of people. Within Kleine Crack’s collective you’ll find a potpourri of different expression - but while everyone is their own artistic creation they form a unity, becoming examples of how individual, yet collective the creative futures for young adults can be. NO LOVE LOST is an intimate and hopeful documentation of contemporary counterculture.
