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cinema is dead… it died on the 31st of september, 1983

last night british filmmaker (and amsterdam resident) peter greenaway gave a fascinating (if somewhat pompous) talk about his work and ideas on the visual arts to open the ‘theater awards festival’ in utrecht…

i was then asked (due to the absence of jury-chairman erik kessels) to go on stage and announce the winner of the here

m / 12-11-2009 13:10

10 years vk

the ‘volkskrant’ magazine is throwing a party in nightclub ‘trouw’ in amsterdam, this evening to celebrate their tenth anniversary and launch a new book celebrating ten years of dutch photography used in the magazine…

m / 12-11-2009 13:03

ok just one more…

meet the famous three legged man from podsedky in the czech republic…

m / 12-11-2009 13:00

coppelia

photographer ‘ruud baan’ and i are putting the finishing touches to the latest ballet poster ‘coppelia’ featuring a series of illustrations by ‘sieb posthuma’ who also designed the costumes and the sets for the ballet, we are making a tabletop set, meant to depict the artists drawing board… looking forward to seeing the end result (a mix of photography illustration and still-life) early next week

m / 12-11-2009 12:58

…and after, i don’t remember how many, days…

i think this is a beautiful little abstract BBC radio promo entitled the iraqi oil minister, which reflects exactly what you get with radio: no pictures, so you make your own image in your head… at least that’s my interpretation

m / 11-11-2009 14:29