Misty morning

It's official

Sitting outside in the sun, yesterday afternoon, I realised spring really has started. :)

Street art, March 17th, 9:30 AM

After visiting the doctor I made a short impression of the street art in the Spuistraat.

Doing the crash test

After writing for most of the day, I was ready to get some sun and head out to the Westergasfabriek. Luckily Linda wanted to join me. We walked passed the fair and on a whim decided to take the ride Crash test. During the ride a picture is taken automatically. The results of this test are quite clear I would say: we had fun. :)

Amsterdam cliches

I guess most people will think of the canals and typical 17th century houses when thinking about Amsterdam. Downtown, those cliches are most true. I love the canals though. Since I live nearby the Jordaan, I often take a stroll through these streets.

From Outer Space, March 14th, 4:30 PM

This afternoon Linda and I visited the 'From Outer Space' exhibition by Poster Rex at the Amsterdam Stadschouwburg (Amsterdam City Theatre).

This is the info I got from the SSBA-Salon Site about the project:

Falko Gerlinghoff (Halle), Lars Harmsen (Munich) and Markus Lange (Leipzig) met for the first time when they were involved in the print-workshop, ARIAL (2012), at the University of Applied Sciences, Dortmund, Germany. Half a year later they travelled to Havana, Cuba, to collaborate on the Cuban issue of SLANTED Magazine (published 2013). Lars, and his partners at Melville Brand Design, Munich, Germany, designed posters for the exhibition MoreMoreMore (2013). Each piece was a unique print, playing with accidents that occur randomly due to the process of overprinting different screens.

In summer 2014, Falko, Lars and Markus returned to Havana, to see the designers whom they had met the previous year. For three days they silkscreened posters, mixing Salsa with Bauhaus, and form these experiments the idea for POSTER REX was born.

POSTER REX was founded in 2014 by Lars Harmsen and Markus Lange and its objective is to offer print workshops in different cities. POSTER REX works together with artists, print shops and galleries to achieve original and unique prints, made my by hand, using analog techniques and processes.
The first workshop took place in Leipzig, Germany, in the Rainbow screen print workshop together with Frank Höhne, an illustrator from Berlin, Germany. The theme for the first workshop, and exhibition, at the Graphic bookstore MZIN, Leipzig, was ATOMIC. The next issue will take place in Amsterdam together with Edwin van Gelder from Mainstudio and the results will be exhibit in the SSBA Salon. The workshop is supported by Igepa and Pröll KG.

Magic bubbles

At the Westergasfabriek there's a fair for the next couple of days. I think this would be my favorite ride if I was still a ten year old. Fuck it, it's still my favorite ride. :)

Writings on both sides

That's right

That's right, little wall-writer, you are in...

Gnap! Gnap!

Watch out for those black Smurfs!

Three green dudes

Looking up in the Leidsestraat, you see something special every once in a while. Be careful not to stand in dogshit while looking up, this is still Amsterdam, you know.

Tree of gold

In the neighbor's backyard stands this beautiful tree, which I can see from our living room window. Thursday morning the sun gave it a golden glow. The small branches make the tree look like a wooden nervous system.

Window Drawings, March 6th, 3:30 PM

The windows at the Amsterdam bookstore Scheltema have been dressed up.

Morning Glory, March 5th, 9:10 AM