STREET ART ARTICLE PAROOL

Article in Parool by Liedewij Loorbach, including interview with Anneloes van Gaalen... read here

CINERAMA FILMTHEATER TURNS 50!

Op woensdag 19 december viert het laatste oude filmtheater van Rotterdam dit heuglijke feit met een unieke dag voor haar bezoekers. Vanaf 10.00 uur in de ochtend tot 22.00 uur in de avond zullen er doorlopend films vertoond worden in alle zalen van het theater. Voor slechts € 0,50 per film kunnen alle liefhebbers zich tegoed doen aan de beste speelfilms en documentaires.

Wo 19/12 om 14:45
Faces, een film van GMax (Jorens Ivens competitie IDFA 2007)

Voorpremière, daarna te zien vanaf 21 febr. In de filmtheaters
Een door snelle beats voortgestuwde film over de Franse fotograaf JR en zijn team die met de grootste illegale foto expositie ter wereld op een hilarische manier Palestijnen en Israëli naar elkaar laten kijken.

FACES: THE FILM POSTER

WORLD PREMIER FACES AT IDFA

World premier of the documentary Faces at IDFA on November 28. The movie will be screened at Tuschinski Theater in the presence of the director and JR. Tickets for the screening can be bought at the IDFA site.

Date: November 28
Time: 19:30
Location: Tuschinski Theater, Hall # 1

The documentary ‘Faces’ tells the fascinating story of French photographer and street artist JR who in March 2007 embarked on the biggest illegal photo exhibition ever. Together with his friend Marco, JR pasted enormous smiling portraits of Israeli and Palestinians who hold the same job on different sides of the wall. From the first photo shoots to the eventual pasting in such hotbeds like Bethlehem, Tel Aviv, Hebron and Ramallah: the camera was there, capturing JR’s work, the pasting, but also the emotional reactions of the people of Israel and Palestine.

CONCRETE CANVAS AMSTERDAM PREMIERES NOVEMBER 26

Voom’s Gallery HD, the only high-definition channel devoted to the visual arts, is taking it to the streets for an in-depth look at the visually stunning and often controversial world of street art in a new half-hour weekly series, Concrete Canvas. The series explores the works of each city’s most famous -- and in some cases, infamous -- street artists, including London’s D*Face, Amsterdam’s Laser 3.14, New York’s Swoon, and Paris’ Blek le Rat, the “Godfather of Stencil Art.” Miss van Gaalen served as creative consultant for the Amsterdam episode.

Episode 6: Amsterdam
TV-G
Premieres November 26 at 8 pm ET and PT/7C
Beever’s 3D work in Holland’s most picturesque port-of-call brings to life the city’s most famous icons – tulips, canals, bridges and of course, its Dutch master painters. This episode also presents noted street artist Laser 3.14 and his “Aerosol Symphonies” exhibition, where the works of 14 street artists are married with music, as well as Faith 71, whose spray can pieces graduated from the streets to the galleries.

BLAADJE + MAGAZINE PARTY

The release of Blaadje # 4 is upon us. For this year’s magazine, Miss van Gaalen got to interview Dutch fashion darling and designer Percy Irausquin, as well as the incredibly inspiring Diederiekje Bok of renowned advertising agency John Doe.

Blaadje # 4 will be launched during the Magazine Party.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
WestergasTerras, WesterUnie, WesterLiefde
21:00-04.00

THE AFTERMATH: DEBATE ON ART IN PUBLIC DOMAIN

This summer the city council of Amsterdam objected to the JR exhibition. What followed was a very public debate about JR's work. Following the controversy, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts - one of the sponsors of the JR exhibition - is organizing a debate on art and the public domain.

Parooltheater
November 5, 2007
20:00

BOOK LAUNCH: MASTERS OF RIETVELD

This book contains an overview of a selection of great and important designers who have emerged from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. This book is almost a work of art in itself, full of visual references ordered by form, as if it were a morph. The visual concept by Coralie Vogelaar refers to the idea of an encyclopedia as we once knew it before the digital revolution. The designer’s task today is not so much to make new images as to give new meaning to the bombardment of images around us.

Book launch: Saturday 27 October at 20:00

Contributors include:
Martijn Engelbregt, Anneloes van Gaalen, Mieke Gerritzen, Oscar Kocken, Ank van Loon, Geert Lovink, Rob Schröder, TINKEBELL, and more.

WE'RE GOING TO IDFA!!!

Our new JR documentary ‘FACES’ has been selected for the 20th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2007 which will take place from 22 November – 2 December.

‘FACES’ has been selected for the Joris Ivens Competition. This means that it will be eligible for the Joris Ivens Award and the IDFA Audience Award!!

This is the best news ever!!

BLEND, STEDELIJK MUSEUM & ANDY WARHOL

Forty years after the first major European Warhol exhibition in Amsterdam, the Stedelijk Museum has organised an exhibition to shed new light on the oeuvre of the celebrated Pop Art master. With film, photography, video and famous icons ranging from Marilyn Monroe, Mao and Campbell Soup Cans, Andy Warhol – Other Voices, Other Rooms is a window onto the artistic thinking of this trendsetting artist, revealing the ‘conceptual soul’ of his work.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue (NAi Publishers), the Andy Warhol Newspaper and a special issue of Blend magazine, which will be edited by Anneloes van Gaalen.

JR ITEM PART OF BARCELONA FILM FESTIVAL

The VPRO item we made on French street photographer JR was once again selected for screening, this time at Docupolis, the International Documentary Film Festival of Barcelona, which will be held October 3-7. The documentary is in competition.

JR ITEM PART OF BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL

The VPRO item we made on French street photographer JR was selected for screeningat Rhythm of the Line, the International Graffiti & Hip Hop Film Festival, which will be held in Berlin from October 12-14, 2007. The mini documentary will be screened together with the film 'From Mambo to Hip Hop' by the legendary Henry Chalfant.

JR ITEM PART OF NEW ZEALAND FILM FESTIVAL

The VPRO item we made on French street photographer JR was selected for screeningat DOCNZ 2007, which will be held in Auckland 27 September - 10 October. The mini documentary is in competition so who knows, we might even win an award!

NO REST FOR THE WICKED!

I was supposed to enjoy a nice quiet holiday but there were just too many cool projects thrown my way! There's a UK-based television production, as well as a couple of new clients. Blend Magazine asked if I would do their Art pages and I have also just started writing for American magazine Good! Also bought an HD film camera and have shot my first item on graffiti legend Miss Van. And then there are some other projects, which I can't discuss too much at the moment but they include a documentary, book projects, new exhibitions and some other exciting projects.

JR: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

The results are in...the JR posters shall remain on the city walls until September 2, when the exhibition ends.

LE COOL IN THE ECONOMIST

A few months ago I met up with a journalist of The Economist and this week there's a great article on le cool in the print edition of the authoritative weekly paper.

GIRLCORE

I'm a proud member of Girlcore, which is basically a bunch of girls from the worlds of media, music, fashion and performance art helping each other out with different projects. There is a blog, a newsletter and every last Thursday of the month a party, which for the 3rd time in a row was listed in Time Out as the best party in all of London.

JR: THE CONTROVERSY

A bit of media attention is nice but the current amount of media interest is pretty overwhelming. The city council has come to the conclusion that JR's photos are illegal advertising. We were told to remove the posters within 2 weeks or pay a 15.000 Euro fine! A press release was written, which was picked up by all papers (Volkskrant, NRC, Parool, AD, Amsterdam Weekly and De Standaard) and other media (NOS op 3, RTV NH, AT5) and days later the debate about JR's work and art in the public domain is gaining momentum.
"This controversy is brought to you by JR, Emile, Marco and Anneloes."

MEDIA INTEREST IN JR EXHIBITION KEEPS GROWING

There has been plenty of media attention for the JR exhibition. And there seems no end in sight. US Magazine Clear will do a piece on JR, there was a mention in Linda Magazine, Viva and Miss van Gaalen was also interviewed for a filmed segment by FunX.

SAATCH & SAATCHI: 4C SIGHTSEEING TOUR

A unique selection of work from some of today's most talented emerging visual artists promises to help brands seeking to understand contemporary leading-edge urban culture. Sightseeing Tour is a selection of work from 24 emerging artists from across the world. The city is their artistic playground and offers the ingredients of a contemporary tale: rules, signs, habits, private and public spaces are the starting point for narratives.
Curated by CULT-GEIST, with the help of Miss van Gaalen, the body of work explores how urban culture inspires creativity. It is the first published output from 4C; a long-term programme from CULT-GEIST and Gum @ Saatchi that celebrates the convergence of culture, content, communication and commerce.

STREETLAB FESTIVAL + FESTIVAL GUIDE

From Friday July 27 till Sunday July 29 2007 Streetlab will present the first edition of a new international festival on street fashion and street art. The festival will take place at the Westergasfabriek during the Amsterdam Fashion Week with over 100 young designers and makers participating in the field of fashion, design, film, photography, street art and music.
Miss van Gaalen was the editor of the accompanying festival guide, which has a print run of no less than 80.000!

OUT NOW: FOAM MAGAZINE #11

Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Vandejong Communications proudly present Foam Magazine #11 Young. The issue will be available in bookstores and newsstands from 26 June on.
With portfolios by: Raimond Wouda, JR, Lauren Greenfield, Oliver Sieber, Viviane Sassen, Ryan McGinley.
Essays and interviews by: Marcel Feil, David Campany, Adam Baran, Anneloes van Gaalen, Christoph Schaden, Max Houghton, Merel Bem, Catherine Somze.
Click here for a short impression.

JR FACE 2 FACE GETS RAVE REVIEWS

It was a year in the making but the JR exhibition in Amsterdam and at Foam is a huge success. We've spent a whole week (both day and night!) pasting buildings all over the city. At the extremely busy opening party there were rave reviews. In fact, the reactions of the public and critics alike have been positively overwhelming! Thanks to everybody who has helped to make this happen...

MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MEDIA INTEREST IN JR EXHIBITION

There has been plenty of media attention for the JR exhibition. We made the cover of De Groene Amsterdammer. And there were articles in De Groene Amsterdammer, Nieuwe Revu, NRC Handelsblad, Het Parool (twice), Amsterdam Weekly, Identity Matters, Bright, GUP, Foam Magazine, Reload Magazine, De Volkskrant, Echo, Goodies, De Morgen, State Magazine, Glamcult and there are more to follow...

RTL BOULEVARD AND NOS

See some wonderful Face 2 Face items on RTL Boulevard, NOS and the Parool website.

VPRO RADIO INTERVIEW

Radio interview with Anneloes van Gaalen and JR on VPRO's De Avonden. Also did a radio interview with Amsterdam FM...but no link for that one...