Concepts of a dynamic society
Description
'Concepts of a dynamic society and the ultimate destruction of the earth' was an experiment to see how far I could go with detailed image manipulation. I tried combining different techniques with photography to create worlds inside of worlds. The closer you get to the print, the more little islands, people and stories you could make out of the whole. The print still isn't finished and measures currently at
900x300 cm (354x118 inches).
900x300 cm (354x118 inches).
Fields
Digital Art, Fine Arts, Photography
Date
2010
Other Projects
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A Liquid Landscape: Nightingale Express
A Liquid Landscape - Nightingale Express is a project in which music and (moving) images are combined to form a story. In this project, music from the Dutch band A Liquid Landscape is being combined with different sorts of visual interpretation, explanation and atmosphere. The project has three key aspects to it.
The first part of the project consists of a short movie which goes hand in hand with the concept album 'Nightingale Express' . This movie was released on the 24th of september 2011. The album itself is to be released the 20th of january 2012. In this film, the story being told by the music is accentuated by the images to form an overall storyline.
The second part of the project is a live performance. In this performance the band plays a 35 - 55 minute show accompanied by visuals from the film. The way of combining the music with the visuals is very powerful and creates a warm blanket of atmosphere which engulfs the audience. This show, while being in it's try-out phase, has received a lot of positive feedback so far.
The third part consists of the creation of the artwork that supports the album. This artwork
forms a bridge between all of the aspects in music, visuals and live show. It is the last piece to a big puzzle we've been working on for over a year now.
This is the first part of the project and consists of a short movie which goes hand in hand with the concept album 'Nightingale Express' . This movie was released on the 24th of september 2011. The album itself is to be released the 20th of january 2012. In this film, the story being told by the music is accentuated by the images to form an overall storyline. 2011 Cinematography, Film, Video Arts -
Pioneers of Love: Fear of Heights
This music video was created for the Dutch band 'Pioneers of Love'. The band wanted something visually stunning and wide landscapes, while keeping the attention on the band itself.
We chose to go to the Swiss Alps and shot the video there in three days. While it being a very beautiful place, the locations were at an altitude of 3000 meters and very hard to reach. In the end we managed to get to several beautiful locations, including a green valley, mountainsides and even a glacier including waterfalls. 2011 Cinematography, Editing, Video Arts -
Spotrockers: Vliegen
The dutch band 'Spotrockers' contacted me. They needed a clip for their new single which was due to release in two weeks.
So we only had two weeks to plan the production, shoot and edit the music video. When we started shooting, a lot was still unclear about the plot and de progression of the clip. In the end we kind of just rolled with it and shot a lot of shots on the fly.
In the end, the deadline was reached and the clip turned out pretty cool as well! I love it when that happens! 2011 Cinematography, Film, Video Arts -
Cine Premieres 2011
The Ciné Premières film festival asked me to make a leader and a trailer for their 2011 edition. Ciné Premières is a film festival which promotes French films in the Netherlands. The leader and trailer were put on 35mm film and played in moviehouses throughout the Netherlands. A French version of the trailer has been internationaly broadcasted by TV5Monde
2011
Motion Graphics, Video Arts, Visual Effects
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Noorderzon Leader
A leader for the Noorderzon festival 2011. The Noorderzon festival is one of the more renowned cultural festivals in The Netherlands.
2011
Digital Art, Film, Motion Graphics
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Groningen Schreeuwt om Cultuur
A registration of the protests concerning the financial cuttbacks on culture in the Netherlands. The music is by A Perfect Circle. Runtime: 2 minute, 29 seconds.
2011
Digital Art, Film
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IFFR Leader
A leader - which was also used as a trailer - for the International Film Festival Rotterdam in Groningen. Runtime: 11 seconds.
2011
Animation, Digital Art
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Format Gava: Kris & Lex Vesseur
For Format Gava 2010 I teamed up with my sister to make a show about our own family history. We combined our own family archive - which contained photos, letters and some super 8mm footage - with the massive collection of the Groninger Archives. This resulted in six stories performed with live music and live visuals. Kris Vesseur wrote the music, I designed the visuals. We performed the show twice on the Noorderzon Festival (NL) and once at 'The Best of Format Gava' in Forum Images, Groningen (NL).
To combine all these different elements I made a motion graphic storyboard in which the archive material was placed. This way the visual style remained intact throughout the whole show. Themes such as 'life' and 'death' were a common thing in the stories and I tried to reflect this in the visuals. This is one of the six stories. The Noorderzon festival is one of the more renowned cultural festivals in The Netherlands. 2010 Digital Art, Film, Fine Arts -
Elements
BeMedia asked me to design some movie-like visuals for the entrance at the Philips Consumer Lifestyle Building in Drachten (NL). The visuals are shown on 12 full HD screens which are embedded in the wall. I teamed up with Janine van Veen who came up with the Elements-concept. What started out as a simple project slowly grew to a massive undertaking.
In the end we managed to produce about 30 minutes of usable material which included super-slowmotion and underwater footage. All footage was shot in full HD. Below you can find an impression of the project with audio (this version was also used in the 'Aqua Luma project'). The entrance-version at the Philips Consumer Lifestyle Building has no audio and has a longer runtime. 2010 Digital Art, Film -
Baby Boom
Marthijn and Deborah Wolting asked me to do the design of the birth card of their second child. They wanted something organic without it being very cheesy or too sweet. I was honoured by their request and made them this tree.
2010 2010 Digital Art, Fine Arts -
Taton
'Taton' is a reaction on 'Concepts of a dynamic society and the ultimate destruction of the earth' in which I refined my techniques. I used a portrait of the producer Taton I took a while back and made two versions of it. It had a serious Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -feel to it. Taton himself later asked me if he could use the design for his 100 track EP and website design. The prints measure 240x174 cm (94x68 inches).
2010
Digital Art, Fine Arts, Photo Manipulation
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Greyline Promo
The band Greyline asked me to film and edit a short impression of the band and at the same time to promote their new album. Runtime: 1 minute, 16 seconds.
2010
Digital Art, Film
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June in December
A selection of two years of design for the band June in December. The works include among others silkscreen posters, t-shirt designs, cd packages and much more.
2008-2009
Digital Art, Graphic Design, Textile Design
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A Liquid Landscape - Long Lost Traveler
'The band A Liquid Landscape contacted me to do the artwork for their upcoming release. Water was an overall theme in the songs so we decided it could be applied to the artwork as well. We did an underwater photoshoot resulting in a very clean design. Later, I started experimenting with water influencing the photographs which gave very interesting results. For the final design we decided to create a mixture of clean and distorted images, giving it a grungy feeling but still keep the calm atmosphere of the photography.
2009
Digital Art, Fine Arts, Photography
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Format Gava: Kim Janssen & Lex Vesseur
A series of ten movies I made for Kim Janssen for the Format Gava project on the Noorderzon Fesival. All videos were shown in 4 performances in combination with live visuals and a live band performing the music. We tried to create a suitable atmosphere in which Kim's songs about his travels were accompanied by a visual interpretation. There was a catch though: I could only use filmmaterial from a database with old digitalised movies.
The video itself consists of a compilation of old 8mm, super 8 and 16mm footage shot in a period ranging from 1944 till the 1980's, edited into a new whole. All footage was shot by citizens from (and around) the city of Groningen, The Netherlands. The music is composed by the very talented Kim Janssen, which he performed with his 'Major Cities band'. The music in the video's was recorded live. The Noorderzon festival is one of the more renowned cultural festivals in The Netherlands.n of old 8mm, super 8 and 16mm footage shot in a period of 1944 till the 1980's all blended together into a new whole. All footage was shot by citizens from (and around) the city of Groningen, The Netherlands.
The music was composed by the very talented Kim Janssen and is performed by himself with his 'Major Cities band'. Since there are no studio recordings yet of these songs (except for Homesick), the music in the video's are rehearsel recordings, so my appologies for the bad quality. 2009 Digital Art, Film, Music Production -
Untitled Project
An untitled project which I'm still expanding with new works. With the concept of the Sounds of Separation as guideline, I'm combining photography, silkscreens, watercolour paint and digital techniques to portrait the relation between nature and culture. All prints are highly detailed and printed on PVC at 80x56 cm (31x22 inches).
2009
Digital Art, Fine Arts, Photo Manipulation
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Sounds of Separation
A series of photography/silkscreen hybrids.
2008
Digital Art, Fine Arts, Photo Manipulation
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Static Noise
A promotional image for the band Static Noise.
2007
Digital Art, Graphic Design, Photo Manipulation
