Lumen | Lights and projection

With participating at the minor Still Moving this year, it all resolves around the thin line of moving and still image. Getting loads of theoretical and philosophical input, while trying to reflect these views into your own work. The challenge with this little experimental video was to look at Aleph, by Wallace Berman and use his way of converting `still into motion`. Short montage, uses of the Verifax and still as moving. 

My interpretation revolves around the theme: lights in the dark. As seeing little lights in the dark, especially when travelling makes me at ease, comforting still. I always volunteered as a little kid to accompany my dad driving if he needed to do that, just to watch. Also, I'm looking into projecting image in different ways.

24 festival | lectures in Amsterdam

So Tuesday the 7th of October the 5th edition of 24 festival happened in Amsterdam,  first time I attended.

My day kicked off with a talk from  Christian van Thillo, who started with the problems and solutions that come with cross medial thinking. As a publisher within the Persgroep Nederland, active in the Netherlands and Belgium, the question: 'Is print dead'? comes across quite a lot. Christian didn't seem to have a proper yes or no answer. With the up rise off all platforms that can be used, he stated that the question for magazines is still there, yet do realize what people are expecting nowadays. A magazine isn't only a print matter anymore, interactivity and different platforms can be used to sell a brand even more. Which was a theme in the joining talk later on hosted by Mathijs van Nieuwkerk, where the Voetbal International magazine for example exists partially (mostly even) with its supporting TV program.  Many different CEO's and editors from magazines, The Vogue, Linda, Volkskrant came to talk.

I was pleasantly surprised with the presentation of Terres des Hommes in the after noon, the creator of Sweetie. The virtually created girl who helped tracking down 1000 of sex offenders, committing sex crimes through the webcam to kids in the Philippines. The moment that project came to public somewhere half a year ago, I was enthusiastic anyway. However, the way he talked about this project really gave me a good feeling. How he, as just one individual, once had the idea to 'solve a world problem', and did it.  Amazing.

Quick side note to the day, I've never been in the Schouwburg Amsterdam, but what a lovely surrounding to be in....

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Magazine cover tryout. Inspired by the dutch lady: Loesje.