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jump start
our latest poster for the newly launched kids fanclub for the dutch national ballet called simply ‘jump’
ministry of ballet
last friday i paid a visit to the huge office building in the hague of the ‘oc&w’ ministry (education, culture and sciences) where i was given a guided tour of their homebase and in particular the (permanent & temporary) art collection spread around the large numbers of offices and division within the ministry
they have acquired a number of our ballet posters for the collection and it was great to see them ‘in situ’ and hear some of the reactions from the people who look at them everyday
handle with care
two weeks ago, we spent a day in the studio with dutch stand-up comedienne ‘ellen dikker’ shooting the poster image for her new show ‘horten en stoten’ an expression which translates in english as ‘fits and starts’, the literal meaning however is more something like ‘bumps and scratches’
the day mainly involved wrapping ellen in protective foam sheets, covering her in plasters and bandages but we eventually settled on a rather uncomfortable and large orthopedic neck brace, the brief for the image in terms of styling was ‘mid sixties record sleeves’ and the image was shot by rietveld photography student ‘martine folkersma’ with assistance from ‘bernard van dongen’, we will be working on the actual poster during the coming months…
