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This was made for “The Ark”, an upcoming book published by IdN and curated by DPGH. The book is a collection of 200 renderings of animals from the home countries of an international group of artists.
Given that the Netherlands’ habitat lacks Manta Rays, I chose otter.
detail here
August 17th, 2009 | | Permalink | Filed under Art.
Post Panic, the dutch production house celebrating their 12 year anniversary, moved into a new big (huge, grand, marvelous) office overlooking the Amsterdam harbour and a horizon gracefully embellished with fluffy cloud formations but other than that so clear you can practically see the shimmering reflections of a tidal wave of fortune heading over to flush the lower parts of the tiny country with goodness.
That’s the view outside though.
Looking inside, into an enormous two-level space, are several elements of various properties and different objects of distinguished characteristics. As you might expect. And on the first floor, just as you made your way up a staircase, is a wall. And that wall, has a picture on it that I made.
above “mural” design
below Location views
June 23rd, 2009 | | Permalink | Filed under Art, Interior.
This Sunday was the last day of Before in place;Earlier in time, the most recent showing of my new work. The characteristically columned white box providing such a welcoming spatial framework for the paintings and videos is Lodown Gallery “West Berlin”. I thank all of you who came over to see it.
Below are some installation views.
UPDATE: video walk-through added
April 10th, 2009 | | Permalink | Filed under Art.
I enjoyed this nice and simple drawing tool on David OReilly’s page.
February 10th, 2009 | | Permalink | Filed under Art.
A
Temperatures have dropped a little over here in the Bundesrepublik (exhibit A). In the warm and comfortable environment of my home, I suddenly found the “inspiration” for a tiny update.
Each year production house Submarine gives their employees something special for Christmas. Something special, as opposed to, you know, …kitchen appliances.
For last year’s gift they asked me to do a drawing (exhibit B), printed and signed in a limited run of 40. As may be clear from viewing the picture, it has as a subject several instances of Jesus, portrayed performing the act of imaginative brain traveling. Yes sir. In the most cunning fashion, the drawing incorporates several visual themes that apply to the company’s work and spirit.
B
and finally
Starting next week, some of my paintings will be in a (still somewhat secret) group show in Amsterdam. Part of profits will be donated to charity and part of the profit will be donated to me. Below is one of the pieces in the show (exhibit C).
More on this soon…
C “A Forest”
January 12th, 2009 | | Permalink | Filed under Art, Moving image.
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Installation view
Excerpt of “Prototype of an unstable vision”
video in a box, version 1
November 15th, 2008 | | Permalink | Filed under Art, Moving image.
And so I have been painting.
Revolution Deformation is an exhibition of 20 original paintings, alongside prints and animation.
A 32-page exhibition catalog further explores the visual theme of the work.
Revolution Deformation
November 6 – December 21
Concrete Hermit
5a Club Row
London, UK
The work incorporates ideas and visual themes developed over the past few years, while I was working in design and animation. Exploring the subjects of transition, transformation and broken memory, the images linger between being recognizable and abstract. The so-called container character central to the theme of “Revolution Deformation“, is Jesus. Not the Son of God, but a small cartoon character previously dubbed ‘Badboy Lensflare – the albino in a wheelchair’. Jesus is an anamorphic figure that lends itself to the projection of ideas, and can withstand the intuitive process of painting, without losing its own features.
October 22nd, 2008 | | Permalink | Filed under Art.
Impression of a video loop played as part of “Projector Spectre” in Breda, NL. May 23-June 29 2008
Read More . . .
June 29th, 2008 | | Permalink | Filed under Art, Moving image.
Group exhibition during Dutch Design Week 2006
Starting point for Copypaste History is the strong tradition of Dutch design in the 20th century. Well-known designs are the Fokker F27 Friendship, the clapskate and the BRO 27 couch by Martin Visser. They have become true design icons. However, we have entered the next century and there is a whole new generation of designers working their way up. Most of them are building directly or indirectly on the achievements of the 20th century. There is an enthusiastic display of sampling and assembling, translated into funny references and serious examples. It is exactly this kind of building on traditions that forms the heart of Copypaste History.
Therefore, MU has in association with Thijs Bakker and Annemarie Klijn challenged five young Dutch designers to come up with a contemporary translation of a Dutch design icon. Educated at a range of different design institutes and working in various disciplines such as food design, fashion, graphic design, product design, and multimedia, each of them has chosen an icon from the past 100 years and redesigned the product from their perspective. Brought together in one exhibition, the source of inspiration (or aversion, as every generation reacts against the previous one) and the designs for the new century are a special addition to what the Dutch Design Week 2006 in Eindhoven has to offer.
My contribution was based on the banknote design by R.D.E. Oxenaar and J.J. Kruit.
2 x video installation:
Life size banknote: DVD PAL on 10″ lcd screen
Flower field: High Definition 1080p MPG2 video on HDTV
October 21st, 2006 | | Permalink | Filed under Art, Design.
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