I came across this inspirational simple idea. Why think ‘old media’ when dealing with music video’s? At a time when the music industry and it’s media output are at crisis with (and because of) the internet, the great band Arcade Fire commissioned an interactive music video.
check it out.
the next half of 2008 the Secret Cinema bandwagon will be all over Holland again. For these events i’ll be doing som new style flyers & posters again. We’re also working on a brand new website for S.C. since the old flash site has become slightly aged. So many good things coming up! Below a reject, though a pretty one.
Voor bevriende band AC Berkheimer heb ik de eer gehad om de hoes te ontwerpen. Dit ontwerp moet ik snel eens op mijn portfolio site zetten… de tijd de tijd.
Anyways, dit is wat mij betreft nu de beste band van Nederland, met muzikale referenties als My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead is het right up my alley. Natuurlijk ben ik geheel objectief met deze waardering. De release van het album ‘In a series of Long Days’ is in Rotown (Rotterdam), en ze zitten inmiddels bij het Subroutine label. Dus checken deze shit… er bestaan bandjes in Nederland die echt de moeite waard zijn (en nee, Kane hoort daar niet bij…), dit is er een van!
Jammer dat al die Nederlandse radiostations daar trouwens niets mee doen. Met Kink.FM en geneuzel in de marge op 3voor12 (hoe geweldige dit initiatief ook is - hulde vpro) komen we er op de een of andere manier niet met die Nederlandse indie scene.
Dus dan maar live, stap op die fiets of in de trein en kom geheel GRATIS! deze geweldige band zien en beluisteren (vooral dat laatste, want ze nemen het ’shoegazen’ letterlijk). Neem meteen een paar eurootjes mee om meteen het album te kopen! In de Reload al getipt als HET debuut van 2008.
I’ve put the seven works online on a website called Dripbook. It’s a series of screenprints I created under the working title ‘Hardly Art, Hardly Garbage’. (taken from the brilliant song by the Thermals)
I was invited to use this application Dripbook by Chris Wright, a friend from New York, who’s involved in setting it all up. The Dripbook site combines the network idea with generating online portfolios. By now it is featuring high quality artwork and photography from artists from over 55 different countries, so have a look when your inspiration has run dry! www.dripbook.com
British publisher Laurence King ltd is releasing a book on the art of sneaker customising. The book features sneakers customised by artists from all over the world, and also yours truly - with the ‘Katipalism Kicks’ featured earlier on this blog. The book is designed by Groningen based buro Maki.
The release date is now set to May. It’s already on pre-sale on Amazon and many other online stores. The launch event in Holland is planned on Saturday June 28 on the Spui square in Amsterdam.
The first of march I will exhibit all my ‘free’ projects and works that I’ve made from 2001 onwards, when I was leaving the Rotterdam Art Academy and exhibited at V!P’s gallery - then located at the Witte de With. The title of the exhibition is ironic, but on the other hand… it is a good time for me to reflect on projects like Stereo publication, City Structures, Katipalism, and other commissioned work. I did so by addressing old material for one more time. Deeming it useful or useless - the last meant the trashcan, so it was either ‘art’ or ‘garbage’. The result is seven new screenprints in a limited edition of 10. (two color prints on 300gr Somerset paper)
opening: 1st of March (during Museum nacht venue). Galerie V!P’s, Westelijk Handelsterrein, Rotterdam.
I made an illustration for the Rotterdam Climate Initiative Calendar 2008 - an initiative started by Bill Clinton and the city of Rotterdam - with the purpose to ask and stimulate inhabitants of Rotterdam to think about taking care of our planet and to act accordingly. My ‘month’ is september and shows it’s better to cook wisely (more info about the project here).
After starting the TEAMrecords label last year, techno-producer Jeroen Verheij is now boasting his activities as Secret Cinema. Together with Zeligman artist management a new series of parties will be held in 2008, kicking off 12th of januari in the Sugar Factory, Amsterdam. Also my Secret Cinema robot Character will be at the center of the development of the Secret Cinema brand. Below is a design I made for a series of banners to be hung in the clubs.
The WORM newspaper posters keep on coming. Check them out for the actionpacked WORM programme, or for the nice poster backside to pin somewhere on the wall. The newspaper is to be found all over Rotterdam in cultural establishments, and appears at least once every two months.
The third edition was made around the WORM WILD WEB theme, this takes a critical stand towards the web 2.0 phenomenon (like MySpace, YouTube etc.). This edition also heralded the coming of the newly developed WORM.STATION, a streaming webstation for music and visuals. This is developed by WORM.
The fourth edition was made around the MOTORS OF INVENTION theme. This programme features a movement of musicians who create their own instruments, and they are quite something! I referred to the ‘age of invention’ by incorporating 19th century imagery in this poster design.
