A retrospective of (de)
Last weekend (de)conceptualise was at the Vrijpalais art market and while it was a slow weekend, the two days were full of great conversations, feedback and...
Market Prep
This one is not going to be long as I’m short on time and busy preparing the two markets I will be participating in this month. So if you are in Amsterdam...
KIJK x 87 = ?
87 magazines from 1975-1982. Yes, yesterday was King’s day in the Netherlands and instead of wasting my money on beer, I wasted it on 87 issues of an old...
Nameless scans and art markets
This week I don’t have much to say. I tested positive for COVID-19 on monday, so my plans to screenprint two new works had to be postponed. However, I...
Virtual Portals to the subversi-verse
If you’ve been reading this newsletter, you know by now that I’m exploring new ways of integrating a third-dimensional dimension into my work. I’ve been...
Don't look now...
This week I tried to print a series of posters for wheatpasting. Normally, in order to paste them up, thinner paper is better. The problem is that, normally,...
Tagging the virtual
Google Earth export from Kruisplein in Rotterdam This one comes a bit late as my design research alter-ego was quite busy preparing a workshop alongside Hugo...
The Afterlife of an image
Framing (de) as ‘constructive vandalism’ lead me to question the act of creation of new work and how I can be more intentional about it. Not that everything...
Fluor Facelift
Weekly updates #10?
1. Finally managed to finish this unstretched acrylic painting (44x90cm) based on a scan that I’ve already written about before. The painting is available...
Economia
This last year I’ve been quite obsessed with scanner art and manipulation of found imagery, which is something that totally happened by coincidence. I bought...
The Gun as...
Scan and original from a collage I did last year While this collage is from last year (January 2021 if I’m not mistaken), with the events this week it seemed...
Thank You Mr. Bezos
I have an addiction with large format work. With Linocutting it was a pain to try to print large format prints at home without a press. But with...
"Constructive Vandalism"
Lately I’ve been exploring new techniques — like playing with transparencies by using tape to lift text from magazines ↑ — but mostly busy exploring what...
Focus on You
As promised, today I bring you a little bit of screenprinting action. This time, I did an adaptation of a collage that I had made a while before. It was...
Raw canvas, screenprinting and elevator music
This week I’m not writing on an specific topic or showcasing new work, but to give you a couple updates on some different things I’ve been up to. Last week I...
Unfinished fragments
One of the most interesting things about doing a collage, particularly analogue collages, is how you work with what you find. In my case, I only work with...
Notes from a conversation with HP PSC 750
NOIA Magazine showcase image NOIA Magazine, a publication where I contributed with my work, is on the verge of coming out and it’s now on pre-sale if you...
My Identity for Sale
My Identity for Sale, 2021. Collage, 297x420 mm. Funny enough, this particular collage was made four months before Facebook became Meta. Most of the cut-outs...
Disfruta La Fruta
Disfruta La Fruta, 2021. Risograph print, 297x420 mm, edition of 40. Printed by DeKijm. When life gives you lemons, you place them in a scanner and print...
Netflix without restrictions
Netflix without restrictions is an analogue collage with found materials casting a critique on the ubiquity of smart technology in the public and private...
Climate Fiction
This print belongs to the second series: "SUR(REAL): When the surreal is more real than reality itself". A series exploring the behaviours/events/things that...
Giving up Control
This print belongs to the second series: "SUR(REAL): When the surreal is more real than reality itself". A series exploring the behaviours/events/things that...
Stuck in the Now
Pythia, also known as the Oracle of Delphi, was a priestess that through her prophecies saw a glimpse of the future. Without Pythia’s (often ambiguous)...
INTERNET
This print belongs to the first series: "One concept, One print". As a designer we are taught to construct, to build, to innovate but with this series I...
ALTERNATIVE
This print belongs to the first series: "One concept, One print". As a designer we are taught to construct, to build, to innovate but with this series I...
FUTURE(s)
This print belongs to the first series: "One concept, One print". As a designer we are taught to construct, to build, to innovate but with this series I...
WORLDVIEW
This print belongs to the first series: "One concept, One print". As a designer we are taught to construct, to build, to innovate but with this series I...
POWER
This print belongs to the first series: "One concept, One print". As a designer we are taught to construct, to build, to innovate but with this series I...