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27.02.2010
drawing 70x100 cm charcoal on paper
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27.02.2010
drawing 19x28 cm charcoal op paper
27.02.2010
drawing 19x28 cm charcoal and pastel on paper
27.02.2010
still from 'Will you feed me to the crocodiles'
27.02.2010
DVD Julia/Guiliana
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20.09.2009
screenings during and after the summer!
I didn't have much time to update my site during the summer, fortunately there were some interesting screenings of the video clip "Will you feed me to the crocodiles" that I made for Goslink.
On the 5th and the 9th of October, the videoclip will be shown in the competition Advertising and Music Video at the Anim'est International Animation Festival in the beautiful city of Bucharest, Romania. I will attend and look forward to meeting eastern-european animators there!
On the 4th and 5th of september, a screening of Tax-videoclipfonds clips took place at the CasZuidas Urban Screen festival.
On the 28th of August a selection of videocips funded by www.videoclipfonds.nl was shown on Lowlands.
04.06.2009
Julia/Guiliana in Michelangelo Antonioni Retrospective
I am thrilled and honoured that my film Julia/Guiliana is selected for the Michelangelo Antonioni Retrospective, this June and July in eight mayor arthouse cinemas in Holland. It will be screened as supporting film before L'Eclisse!
The retrospective is organised by Filmhuis Den Haag and will kick off on June 4th. At Filmhuis Den Haag, the screenings will be on 18th June at 19:30 and 19th of June at 19:30. For the screenings at the other venues, please check their respective websites.
30.05.2009
StressedSpaces - opening on saturday 30th may 16:30
coming up soon, the exhibition StressedSpaces organised by artists' iniative KW14. Twentyfive national and international artists show their work, all disciplines are represented. The location is very special: an underground parking-lot! Krijn de Koning designed a temporary settlement of over 170 meters long, in which the visitors can follow their own parcours.
I'm very proud to be part of this show which includes artists like Karen Sargsyan, Saskia Olde Wolbers, John Bock and Charlotte Schleiffert.
for directions and more info, go here
29.05.2009
Urban Explorers Festival - 29, 30, 31 May
This coming weekend: the fourth edition of the Urban Explorers Festival! We have an exciting program, with artists like Abner Preis and Jeroen Jongeleen, Maskesmachine, Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra, Elfletterig Genootschap and many many more. The full program is online and can be downloaded on the website.
19.04.2009
Friendly Fire - opening sat. 25th april 16.00-20.00 hrs.
This saturday is the opening of Friendly Fire, a group show featuring works by eight Rotterdam-based artists in WDW63, the former Fotomuseum on the Witte de Withstraat 63 in Rotterdam. On sunday the 10th of may there is a public conversation between Anne Berk, art critic at Financieel Dagblad,and the participating artists, at 15.00 hrs.
The show will last untill the 17th of may and is open daily from 13.00-18.00 hrs, closed on monday.
08.04.2009
Videoclip for Goslink out! Goslink at Motel Mozaique this weekend
Finally, the videoclip I made for multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Goslink is online! Goslink will also be performing at Motel Mozaique in Rotterdam this weekend: on friday the 10th at 20:15 in de kleine zaal, Rotterdamse Schouwburg. Almost sold out!
You can see the clip here!
30.01.2009
New drawings online!
Sketches I made for the music video "Wil je me voeren aan de krokodillen" by Goslink. The video will be released this spring. See more drawings here.
13.11.2008
Pictura, saturday 15th November: Phantom Story
This coming saturday at Pictura, Dordrecht: Phantom Story, an evening with performance, film and music. With films by Manon Bovenkerk, Robbie Cornelissen, Jan Willem Deiman, Dan Geesin, Lon Godin, Tijmen Hauer, Inge Jansen, Jochen Kuhn, Olphaert den Otter and Babette Wagenvoort.
At 20:00 hrs and 21:30 hours, there will be the performance 'Phantom Story' by Nicola Unger: an intriguing piece of miniature theater using cut-outs and animated projections, about the meeting between a woman and 'the Jackall'.
Picura will be open from 17:00 untill midnight, for more info and directions go here.
23.10.2008
23-26 october: Streaming Festival
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Yet another online festival: the Streaming Festival! Based in The Hague, it has an international program with a lot of premieres. Check out the main program or execute your own program of choice, sit back and relax. You can find my film Julia/Guiliana here.
20.10.2008
Today: Julia/Guiliana is Film of the Day @ Portable Film Festival!
Today, 'Julia/Guiliana' is featured as Fim of the Day at Portable Film Festival, an online filmfestival based in Melbourne, Australia. Curated, direct and accessible to online audiences and portable devices, it's well worth checking out!
12.10.2008
Independent Drawing Gig #4, the Hague
This sunday the 12th of October between 13 and 19 hours: the Independent Drawing Gig #4 at Prinsegracht 234, the Hague. Only one day, dedicated completely to independent drawing & music. I will show some sketches from my upcoming animated music video for singer/songwriter Harm Goslink Kuiper.
The IDG #4 takes place simultaneously in different cities all over the world: Istanbul, Seoul, NY, Skopje and Vilnius amongst others. For more info about this project see www.indiedrawingsgig.com, idgnr4.blogspot.com, or idginformation.blogspot.com
03.10.2008
Kunstfort Vijfuizen - exhibition and lecture
The exhibition is a work in progress from the 24th of September untill the opening on November the 8th, featuring works by Wessel Westerveld, Kaleb de Groot, Boris Tellegen, Charles van Otterdijk, Ronald van der meijs, Manon Bovenkerk, Allard Zoetman and Marissa Evers. After the opening, the finished works will be on show untill the 14th of December.
On sunday the 5th of October at 14:00 hrs I will give a lecture on the influence of psychological horrormovies on my work!
For more info about the exhibition, opening hours and directions, click here.
16.09.2008
Julia/Guiliana at Nederlands Film Festival in Utrecht
'Julia/Guiliana' will be screened in the main program of the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht! On two days, saturday the 27th at 22:15 and monday the 29th at 14:00. My film will be followed by 'Het Moeras' ('The Swamp') by BarBara Hanlo, an experimental, nightmarish documentary of 61 minutes.
For more info about the Netherlands Film Festival, the full program, locations, and directions, click here.
I will be present at the saturday screening and I still have some free tickets left, so if you want to attend you can contact me by email.
06.09.2008
Wetering Galerie, exhibition opening saturday 6th of September 16:00-18:00
On Saturday the 6th of september is the opening of the exhibition at Wetering Galerie in Amsterdam, featuring work by Hinke Schreuders, Manon Bovenkerk and Awoiska van der Molen. I will show 40 drawings from the serie 'Julia/Guiliana', as well as some brand new works!
image: Hinke Schreuders
03.07.2008
Onderstroom: opening of exhibition at LUMC, thursday 3rd July
'Onderstroom' at Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum opens on thursday the 3rd of July at 16:30 hrs. The exhibition features works by B.C Epker, Manon Bovenkerk, Jos van der Sommen, Roland Sohier, Marjolein de Wit, Tobias Schalken and Jannie Regnerus, and lasts untill 31rd of August.
image: Jannie Regnerus
06.06.2008
TENT. Event: An Evening with Manon Bovenkerk, wednesday 11th of May
This TENT. Event is part of the exhibition La Luna Piena, currently in TENT. Rotterdam. I was invited to not only present my latest film but also to show earlier works, my inspirations, and collegues with whom I feel a certain connection. Albert Wulffers will do his beautiful performance about Romy Schneider, something will be said about and shown of Antonioni, and John Dear Mowing Club will perform!
The evening starts at 20:00, for more info and directions click here.
05.06.2008
Celluloid/Digitaal in Cinema de Balie - sunday 8th of May
This coming sunday Julia/Guiliana will be screened at Cinema de Balie in Amsterdam as part of Celluloid/Digitaal 7. This program is an overview of groundbraking films that were supported by the department of Research and Development (O&O) of the Dutch Filmfund.
My film will screen at 20:00 on the big screen. For more info and the full program, click here.
29.05.2008
Filmbank Finest on 'Amsterdam Shorts!'
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"De Filmbank presents a selection of the best Dutch experimental films of the past five years during Amsterdam Shorts! With film and video veterans such as Martha Colburn, Jeroen Eisinga en Garard Holthuis. But also with work by newcomers like Daya Cohin and a brandnew animation film by Manon Bovenkerk."
image: Martha Colburn
12.05.2008
Urban Explorers Festival - may 23-25
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the Urban Explorers Festival is coming up! As one of the programmers I am very proud of this years' edition. Come take a look at probably the most intimate and special festival around. Tip: the Animationlounge on sunday the 25th. No animation films here, but performances by Dick el Demasiado, het Langspeekorkest, Kasper van Hoek and more...
02.04.2008
LOVE and POLKA on Filmbanktv
This month (april) you can see my films LOVE and POLKA on FilmbankTV, the new digital TV channel of the Filmbank. The april program features spionage, murder, police on horseback - celluloid experiments, fiction without words, documentary poetry, animation and montage within the image.
16.02.2008
Impakt Event : Julia/Guiliana
On Tuesday the 19th of Februari I will present my new film Julia/Guiliana during an Impakt Event. The DVD, designed by Esher Kokmeijer, is beautiful! You can see the front of the cover below. Apart from my own film I will show works by William Kentridge, Dan Geesin, Chris Marker and others, there will be a performance by Albert Wulffers and the evening will be moderated by Bart Rutten.
The event will take place in Filmtheater 't Hoogt in Utrecht and starts at 19:30
for a full program of the evening and details about the venue (in english and in dutch), click here
12.02.2008
Standpunten - Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Friday the 15th of Februari at 16:00 hrs is the opening of Standpunten ('Positions') in Centraal Museum in Utrecht. This is a presentation of the museums modern art collection in a new context. The works are grouped by seven themes such as politics, freedom and elite. Seven artists gave their own point of view on a theme and the chosen works by making a mural. I made drawings directly on the wall for the theme 'Melancholy', featuring works by the Maris brothers, Henri Fantin-Latour and Theo van Doesburg.
Download the pdf with full info on the exhibition here
26.12.2007
Winter 2007 - artist-in residence at Impakt
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This winter I am artist-in-residence at Impakt in Utrecht, where I am working on my new film Julia/Guliana. This animation tells the enigmatic story of a woman who appears to be followed by a mysterious double. The film is a homage to the cinema of the sixties and a personal declaration of love to a certain actress from that period.
Julia/Guiliana is co-produced by Impakt as part of their Impakt Works programme. The film will be presented on Februari the 19th in Filmtheatre 't Hoogt in Utrecht.
12.12.2007
CASZuidas
This site is under construction! Please come back soon to see my films, drawings and books.
Meanwhile you can see my work in Amsterdam at CASZuidas, Moving Images in Public Space, a permanent outside projection at Zuidplein.
