“Schrank8 proudly presents its third exhibition. The cabinet will be invaded by the graphic beauty and terror of Michiel Schuurman.
You are invited for the opening on Friday June 11th, 17.00 – 20.00 hrs Wagenaarstraat 331, Amsterdam”
“At the competition «The most beautiful Swiss books» of the Federal Office of Culture, the independent jury chose a total of thirty books as the most beautiful Swiss books of 2009. Subsequently, the awarded books were entered in the international competition of the Stiftung Buchkunst in Leipzig, Germany, where they were appraised by an international Jury. A total of four Swiss books were ranked among the most beautiful: The gold medal for Thomas Galler. Walking through Baghdad with a Buster Keaton Face (edition fink), a silver medal for Die Stimme der Natur. 100 Jahre Pro Natura (Kontrast Verlag/Edition Slatkine), a bronze medal for Voids. A Retrospective (JRP Ringier Kunstverlag) and an honorary appreciation for Jules Spinatsch (Kodoji Press).”
via http://www.bak.admin.ch/aktuelles/01832/02328/03183/index.html?lang=en
Expo Filip Tas 28.05.10 – 05.09.10
Photographer Filip Tas (1918-1997) is an icon of Belgium post-war photography. His photographs gives a perfect impression of the past fifty years. His oeuvre is now on display from 28 May till 5 September 2010 in FOMU in Antwerp.
“Last year we wrote about a recording artist who hit us up after hearing his work used in the Madvillain Remixes – “Excuse me, but I believe you’ve sampled my funk” – and the licensing agreement that followed. Here’s the happy outcome…”
via http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2010/04/matthew-larkin-cassell-the-complete-works
“New Order toont werk van een selectie grafisch ontwerpers, die recent zijn afgestudeerd aan de opleiding Graphic Design (HKU) en inmiddels een paar jaar bezig zijn. Een generatie ontwerpers die werk maakt met een sterk persoonlijk karakter. Centraal in deze expositie staat de vraag hoe je als grafisch ontwerper het evenwicht vindt tussen je creatieve vrijheid als kunstenaar en het werken binnen het vastomlijnde kader van een opdracht.
De expositie New Order is samengesteld door grafisch ontwerper Herman van Bostelen.
Deelnemers:
Autobahn, Brigiet van den Berg, Kris Borgerink, CleverFranke, Kim Eggens, Hoax, Simona Kicurovska, Nick Liefhebber, Rosa Mathijssen, Bram Nijssen , TjerkJan Oord, Yuri Veerman, Petra Warrink, Lennart Wolfert, Choi Wong, Leanne Wijnsma, Jurga Zelvyte.”
“Ernst Haeckel. Biologist. Zoologist. Artist. Irregular symmetry dominates his work.”
“Mash was founded in 2002 Adelaide, Australia by Dom Roberts & James Brown. This seems a lifetime ago now, and since 2002 Mash has done some growing up, working in many facets of branding, design, visual identity, web design, photography, art direction and copywriting.”
“For an ancient Chinese game legendarily invented by Confucius in the year 500 B.C., mah jongg enjoyed an extraordinary efflorescence in 20th century America, where it became a cultural phenomenon and fixture in Jewish-American communities. Abbott Miller has designed “Project Mah Jongg” a new exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York that explores the traditions, history and meanings of the game in Jewish-American culture.”
via http://pentagram.com/en/new/2010/05/new-work-project-mah-jongg.php
“Mara De Luca is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work investigates the aesthetics employed in the promotion of political, religious, and societal ideologies.”
” “Why design now?” is the title question posed by the new National Design Triennial, opening Friday at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.”
via http://pentagram.com/en/new/2010/05/national-design-triennial-2010.php
Moemlien is the solo project of Hannah from Amsterdam. She is exploring the many sides of the cassette tape as a medium for capturing and manipulation of sounds. Fieldrecordings and melodic sequences are layered into uplifting sonic spheres of the extraterrestrial kind, with a warm and open feel to them. “
