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chaumont style

the 23rd annual, international chaumont poster festival is being visually represented by this anarchic work by local ‘jean marc ballée’, as the organisers themselves put it:

…the communications, whose role is to foster dialogue, were in themselves a subject of discussion. Their design and publication was a two-way piece of work with Jean-Marc Ballée, and this dialogue laid bare the 2012 Festival project: its gaps and flaws as much as its strengths and its embrace of the event’s established identity…

(tip via ‘michiel schuurman’)

m / 19-05-2012 17:02 - tags: , ,  

garden of the gods

these beautiful and tragic landscapes of delapidated urban sprawls such as detroit are merely part of the output of american artist scott hocking, who collects objects and abandoned possessions from deserted industrial locations to create large-scale ‘art trouvé’ installations

(tip via ‘léon hendrickx’)

m / 18-05-2012 17:22 - tags: , , ,  

a special collection

the ‘special collections’ department of amsterdam university has acquired the archives of my friend, mister andre thijssen for their archives…

m / 18-05-2012 16:01 - tags: , ,  

foto chroma eilers

here’s a new post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, today…

see also this related post from me back in ’10

m / 18-05-2012 13:41 - tags: , , ,  

jump cut

we had a great day in the studio tuesday & yesterday, firstly with mister ‘hans van manen’ eigthy years young and a real gentleman… then three young dancers who we have never worked with before: sasha (UK) megan (USA) and james (canada) the results are looking really good so far, another day ahead of us today

m / 17-05-2012 11:13 - tags: , , ,