i just stumbled upon this great flickr set called dutch bicycle history
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the black & white perspective
here is an impression of the ‘black & white are not colors’ exhibition last saturday in the hague, organised by fontanel and the ship of fools gallery
these were my contributions to the expo (images courtesy of ‘fontanel’)
butchers boy
the documentary on ‘anton beeke’ aired on dutch TV last night can now be seen online (dutch only) and well worth a watch it was… featuring a lot of anecdotes and background on his oeuvre
musical chairs
a group of young art students from the ‘sint lucas’ academy in belgium paid me studio a visit this morning to have a chat and see some work, what was going to be a ‘small’ group turned into nearly 20 people, even if i had that many chairs they wouldn’t fit in the studio… still it was nice to meet the next generation of designers and talk shop…
millepied x glass
…dancer Craig Black writhes his way through a period apartment in upstate New York’s Mount Kisco in Benjamin Millepied and violinist–turned-creative director Timothy Fain’s saturated short. Set to minimalist composer Phillip Glass’s rousing score “Partita for Solo Violin,” the film is part of Fain’s immersive multimedia film series, Portals. The experiential performance, in which Fain played live, was presented at New York’s Symphony Space at the end of September and met with rave reviews. “I’d always been fascinated by how ‘visual’ Phillip’s music was, and I knew I wanted to pair it with film in some way,” says Fain. “Not to mention it’s just some of the most passionate, dark, expressive music I know.” New York City Ballet principal Millepied, now the face of YSL’s L’Homme Libre perfume, was Fain’s first point of call for some direction and complimentary footwork after previously collaborating on the set of Black Swan. “Philip’s new solo violin works are very beautiful, haunting and heartbreaking at the same time,” says Millepied of the music inspiring his works. “Images came quickly to mind, stories and intimate moments reflecting life.”…
(link via ‘david snellenberg’)