Assoiffes, theater play

The theater play that I attend was pretty good actually. Assoiffes' is a nice show written by Wajdi Mouawad and edited and directed by Benoît Vermeulen.

On the stage we saw 2 actors Marie-Eve Huot and Benoît Landrythat with special skills for singing, playing music, physical theater and classical acting.
Ambient music composed and played from the main actors on experimental, (looks like) hand made instrument, with few drums and easy electronic samples was waiting for the audience to enter and sit on their places.

In the beginning when I saw the big screen like part of their scene design, the music in the background I thought it would be more performance or experimental theater then classical theater supported by the other contemporary forms.

Very soon the first start and the first dialog put us in the story. With the level of french that I know even hard to understand everything I catch the idea of the intro. Modern story, nowadays character living his „normal day life“ and secret part, alter ego connected with historycal character. Day freak in the regular life, musican, thinker..that goes very often deep inside his crazynest. Forensic antropologist reveals a strange discovery that changed his life and his beliefs. Throughout the history of Murdoch Norwegian teenager who can not stop talking, a person afflicted with a transparent vulnerability. He guides as trough the similarity of this guy and look into his own adolescence which resurfaces the ghost of a dream abandoned.

* Press

"Hungry or Assoiffes is one of those essential products that is not coming out unscathed, a kind of grand masterpiece. Why a great vintage? Because we will not soon forget the strong cry that it hears. Because Murdoch, the young rebellious teen, is one of the finest theatrical characters ever seen here. Because the staging of Benoît Vermeulen is stunning [...]. Because the staging of Raymond Marius Boucher is exceptional and that the whole talking to teens in a language that is their and comes to look into what is the revolt." Michel Bélair, Le Devoir, November 21, 2006.




A theater show in a French Quebec style, full of vitality. There is that invisible line between this two stories that are mixed in one..the story of two young mummified bodies found in the St. Lawrence and also the story of two teenagers Murdoch and Norway: in one way when they decides to tell everything or stopping to talk and more adults return to the absurdity of their behavior, the other hidden and silent, locked in their room.

Hmm, et voila, s'est tout. :D

Freeze ton Pompidou [flash-mob performance]

This is one of the few things that I attend during my stay here and I haven't still write anything. The flash-mob performance 'Freeze' happen in Metz while after the opening of the center Pompidou. The idea about this performance come from the Municipality of Metz, actually from Mr.Tomas Scuderi who invite the prim dancer from the national opera and ballet from Paris, Vincent Chaillet to lead this freeze/ performance/ flash-mob.

It start in a front of the train station in Metz - one of the central points in the city and it was planned to finish in a front of Pompidou. Separated program in 3 steps, the first warm up freeze in a front of the train station, the walk together (all in white t-shirts) using the special road made from the station to the center Pompidou and in a front of the center the ballet dancer is waiting for the crowd in frozen pose.
The municipality was expecting to see around 1000 people from the city involved in this flash-mob but on the end there were maybe around 100 people.

In basic I didn't catch the main idea for this flash-mob, it was confusing, the direction, the steps, the orders..on the end I decide to be passive observer and try to analyze the moves, the dance and the forms that the participants were doing leaded by this guy. The experimental sound start and the people try to bring wind of creativity, acting birds, animals, some physical theater moves that like choreography was nice but like whole still (for me)..even after long time, I'm still looking for the connection of the idea and the realization.

Named freeze' even that we were not frozen in one moment, pretty contemporary,a? You can check the video, anyway it was good experience. Mix of meditation trough the nature, the beginning, the learning how to fly (live) and good experimental sound. I like the music a lot.

Expo de Frederic Laurent '

Last week I saw wonderful exhibition. On the second floor in the city cultural center or some place for exhibition and different cultural events were exposed works/ paintings from Frederic Laurent.
Born 10 January 1972 in Metz he study graphics and after plastic art in the university Paul Verlaine in Metz. Nowadays he is part of atelier with more artist and they do different art courses for painting, design and art in general, also as organizing expositions an other art events.

Interesting artist/ painter that paint the regular day life living of the people in France. Friends conversations in local bars, drinking wine with deep expression on their faces. Almost you can hear what are they talking about. His works are full with humor and intelligence, portrayal of everyday life, daily work, everything becomes an excuse for stories: the streets, places, especially the people who attend them.

The noise of visitors, journalist, alternative lovers of art standing in a front of Pompidou picture the time before the center was open. There were really people who standing 10 hours in line waiting to enter inside. The concerts like inspiration, bunch of people standing around, dancing, singing, shooting photos. Every part of the painting can be one small story, but he make amazing combination, plays with the perspective, on one of the paintings he even present the secret story of the mind of one girl. Acrobats, jugglers, guitar players, vibe that inform us about the alternative way of living, without borders, limits etc.



He paint the loneliness in the eyes of his characters, you can feel the melancholy of the modern society. Depressed people drinking red wine alone in bar, waiting..













It was interesting for me to see how he make the illustration almost real. Like pictures from the newspapers informing about what's happening around. He is reflecting the society as good as the mirror do. Beautiful way of showing the pieces of our lifes.

more photos you can find [HERE]

Great exhibition!

European Voluntary Service - may I ask what that is?

European Voluntary Service (EVS) is a program that gives young people the opportunity to spend up to 12 months abroad as volunteers, helping the local community with projects in various fields. It represents Action 2 of the Youth in Action program and includes all countries in EU and Neighboring partner countries*. The volunteer can participate in activities in all kind of different fields: environment, arts and culture, activities with children, youngsters or elderly people, cultural heritage, sport and etc.


“So…what? I don’t have money to live abroad, to be volunteer and to pay my costs.”

Actually it doesn’t cost you anything (at least no money). Accommodation and costs, language courses, guidance, medical insurance and travel costs to the project country are paid for you. In addition every volunteer has pocket- and food money which amount depends on the concrete country.

“Cool, but maybe I’m too old. I’m not a teenager anymore with my 27 years of age.”

Breathe! EVS is for young people aged between 18 and 30.

“Aha. Ok. And if I like to do sport and I like to draw where and how can I find a suitable project for me?”

You can search on the web site of your National agency, or in the following database sources. There you should find short descriptions of the projects, when it starts and finishes and contacts of the host organization.

http://ec.europa.eu/youth/evs/aod/hei_en.cfm



“And when I find a project I have to contact the organization and they will take me?”

Almost. First they have to approve your candidature. It is a bit similar like when you apply for a job. Maybe they will ask you for CV and motivation letter. In case you were approved you have to find a Sending organization. Imagine – without a Sending organization you will be like a letter without post stamp.

“Ok, so I just see the list of NGO and take one and ask them to send me, ah?”

It is necessary that your sending and hosting organizations are approved. You can check this on the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/evs/aod/hei_en.cfm. In Macedonian the organization that has the accreditation to host and also to send European volunteers is Together Macedonia and here Together France.



“What about if I’m just interested in some project, but I don’t have any experiences or proper education?”

It doesn’t really matter. YOU are more important than your education! One of the main aims of this program is the non-formal education (the one that doesn’t take place in institutions like schools) and intercultural dialog, sharing values and building bridges between you, your interests and the new environment. To be honest, your project is the frame, you can draw inside it or you can spread your ideas all over. You will be supported by your hosting organization and your personal mentor to realize and express your vision and values.

“Will I be like an ordinary worker or does it depend on me how much time and when I will work on the project?”

EVS doesn’t provide extra workers for the participating organizations. This is not what it is about! But you will have some fixed working hours per week, that shouldn’t be more than 35. To be a volunteer abroad will help you to experience your identity more sharply, to acquire new knowledge, to try new things in a safe environment, to being exposed to intercultural challenges that can lead you to intercultural shock as well. Changes will be part of your life.

“It is in a way responsible.”

Yes, but first you’re responsible for yourself to clarify rather you like this kind of experiences or not so much. To help you a bit, think on those questions when you’re making your decision and you can discuss your answers with the people from your sending or hosting organization. They can help you anyway.

What does volunteering mean to you?

• Do you have enough information and clear vision what is EVS?

• Have you ever lived abroad and for how long? Did you have any international experiences before?

• Are you studying or working or doing something else? How will you combine this with EVS?

• Have you discussed this possibility with your family and friends? Do you have their support?

• Do you mind to live in a hosting family or to share a room?

“I will think of this, but maybe somebody already told about his or her experiences…”

Of course. If you need MORE~ information from first hand sources you can read some stories from EVS volunteers online. Type in google “EVS" and enJOY! otherwise don't hesitate to contact TOGETHER for more info :)

International Volunteer Day [IVD] '1o

International Volunteer Day (IVD) - (December 5) is an international observance designated by the United Nations since 1985.

The declared aim of this activity is to thank the volunteers for their efforts and increase public awareness on their contribution to society. The day is celebrated in majority countries of the world.

The International Volunteer Day is marked by many non-governmental organizations, including Red Cross, scouts and others. It is also marked and supported by United Nations Volunteers.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Volunteers, this is your moment. Celebrate International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2010!

IVD offers an opportunity for volunteer organizations and individual volunteers to make visible their contributions - at local, national and international levels - to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Over the years, rallies, parades, community volunteering projects, environmental awareness, free medical care and advocacy campaigns have all featured prominently on IVD.

...

_through the Online Volunteering service volunteers can take action for sustainable human development by supporting the activities of development organizations over the Internet. Every day thousands of people are volunteering, online or on-site, contributing to peace and development and working to achieve the MDGs.

Share your IVD ideas, events and resources.

from World Volunteer Web

well, I'll not share story connected with the United Nation program for volunteering or I'll not tell stories about been working in Africa and saving kids suffering from poverty, HIV/AIDS and other problems but here on this blog you can find a lot of other things that I do in Europe and are from the same character _ I do them as volunteer. Till now in my life I have had opportunity to work with different social excluded groups and this work give me motivation for pushing for more.. the #changes are here, we are the one that can make the change that we want to see in the world. I know I'm not so smart this were someone else words but for volunteering there is more then words that is needed. Ideas, free will, plan, capacity and yes motivation to make someone life better. I do my European Volunteer Service [EVS] in Together, France.

Working with Roma kids in my city is one of the things that I accept without regrets, every time. Making different activities for them and organizing events where they are the stars for me is one of the most inspiring time in my life. Also the work with kids and youngsters with different disabilities for a year in hospital as volunteer was something that change me as a personality.

Being surrounded with people who have more clear visions for the society because they already felt the negative results. Environment that we all need to create. The hours that we are free we need to use them, to make something that will make some one happy. Working with all this categories of people that have problems ia a good volunteer work that is respected or doing anything else that will raise the awareness between the people, This will be a good move for our CIVILization. Let's make good moves!

happy VolunteerS Day!

check them on facebook and if you really are a volunteer u'll like this song :)

"Volunteers" - Jefferson Airplane [Live at Woodstock 1969]

In d house with @Quatuor Ebène

In the beginning I didn't know what kind of concert I will attend. I was thinking that will be classical music, then they told me that will be jazz or classical on the end it was unique misuque played by the famous Quatuor Ebène. Chamber space and chamber music. Theater in my mind. :)

I was thinking that I'll listen classical music and on the end I was listening adapted versions of famous artists and songs. They start the concert with footprints by Wayne Shorter and in their repertoire we hear: C. Chaplin, Eden Ahbez, Nicolas Roubanis, Brad Mehldau and Jevetta Steel.
I will mention somewhere between the perfect interpretation of Beatles that made our mood even more deep into the stye of sound that they create. The composition Nothing Personal form Miles Davis was the best ever that I listen live [maybe the only one, who knows :P]. The Libertango from Astor Piazzola and the last from the list, David Holmes 7-29-04 the Day Of, part from B.O. Ocean's Twelve were amazing. They change the atmosphere in the audience, on the end most of the public was supporting and follow them with applause. That was not enough for the audience to return them 2/ 3 times on bis :)

about the band:

"A classical string quartet that can easily be transformed into a jazz band" New York Times



Amazed, the critic describes how the four musicians played Haydn and Debussy first then move on after the break, their arrangement of music from the movie "Pulp Fiction" an improvisation on "Spain" by Chick Corea, and finally, recalling, by revealing the voice of a great a Capella quartet.





“Sie spielen, als ob sie eine fünfte Person wurden.” [The quartet plays as though there was a fifth person.] Ensemble- Magazin für Kammermusik, June, 2oo7

• Pierre Colombet, violin

• Gabriel Le Magadure, violin

• Mathieu Herzog, viola

• Raphaël Merlin, cello

"In everything we always wanted to do in music, there was deep within us during these hours spent in repeating Haydn, Beethoven and Bartok, a hidden dream to improvise and create a new way of seeing the quartet String.

Accompanied by drummer Richard Hery and our sound engineer Fabrice Planchat we now offer an entire program with different pieces and improvisations on the theme of jazz, film music and pop. "


Quatuor Ebène has studied extensively with the Ysäye Quartet, with Gábor Takács, and with Eberhard Feltz and György Kurtág. The Ebènes won in 2004 the ARD international competition in Munich and the Forberg-Schneider Foundation’s Belmont Prize in 2005. In 2007/2008, the quartet was invited into the most prestigious venues in Europe, Japan and the United States, they are among other products in the Vienna Musikverein, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Berlin Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall in New York in 2009 and participated in a cycle of Haydn's Wigmore Hall in London, with the Hagen Quartet, Emerson and Arcanto. In the beggining of 2009 they start their collaboration with Virgin Classics and since then they do their world famous tours and win the most important music awards.


I record the full song from Miles Davis, hope u like the recording :)




It start being to hard to catch all of the things/ events that are part of the cultural program for autumn/ winter season in the region Lorraine. There are still few more exhibitions that follow and yes trying to catch this pips in future. They have their own style, the night before they had a concert in a front of more then 1500 people, the songs that they play are familiar to the contemporary world and they are interactive with the audience. Friendly as the music they play.

You can check more about them on their official page or follow them on facebook

11ème Prix International « Charlemagne » de Thionville

Doing my regular Sunday or weekend walk around the center of the city, in the park and also by the river, I found about one photo exhibition where were exposed works from the International Federation of Photographic Art.

Exhibition of the 11eme Prix International 'Charlemagne' de Photographie de Thionville – 2010 where from the Jury where selected photographers from six countries: Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Russia and France. Maybe more then half of the works in my eyes were masterpieces like the photography by Gennaro Taddei 'Rencontre de l' HEPHEMERE' , 'Cross' by Vasily Peremezhko, Alexandre Parrot with 'Souvenirs d'Elle' but like all the set of photography there is just perfect. Amazing works also from Guy-Henri Vanden Eynde, Ole Suszkiewicz, Nikola Esposito, Marko Cohen, Pierre Pedelmas and Jacques Vanneuville.

the official info for this expo is ~ From 09/10/2010 to 14/11/2010 there's the Photography biennial in Thionville. Since 1989, the Prix International Charlemagne became a popular appointment for photographers, amateurs and professionals. The theme for this edition is "Dating". Participants were asked to provide a series of photography 8-10 (black and white or color) on the topic of their choice, respecting the theme.

Guy-Henri Vanden Eynde

The name of the exposition is 'RENCONTRES' and was open till 14 November. I didn't know from before that they use this space for exhibitions also, I attend concert there before. This time the space was designed and adapted for this exhibition. The interest for the expo is also big the public was the one who attracted me to enter inside and see whats happening.

Gennaro Taddéi

the first photography is from Alexandre Parrot

#twitterartexhibit in Norway

This is call for artists organized by the Norwegian colorist - expressionist artist @DavidSandumArt. He send this call on twitter for A real life Twitter art exhibit! and his main idea was to getter artists from all over, who will create card/s with their style of work and support the organizer in making a big exhibit in the city library in Moss, Norway. The library (bibliotek in Norwegian) is located in a part of town called Møllerbyen that used to be part of the towns industry (years ago).

I really like his idea, because he wants to make the expo, and our art works to be for sale but the money to be used in charity. The prize for all the cards will be the same, that was also one of my basic motivation to participate. And also 140 artist (the first idea), call via twitter in 140 characters, the final result, amazing idea that I waned to support.

..so far for the #twitterartexhibit he received art from 173 artists (few days left until the deadline, November 27th, and the wall that is made inside the Bibliotek it will be able to show 240 cards.

In the beginning I didn't know what to send from the things that I constantly made here in France but most of them didn't fit the size, so I decide to make one week of dynamic creative producing so I can have few works from which I can choose which to send.

I made about 20 paintings/ cards, acrylic on paper-board and for final there were 3 that were telling we are the one that we'll go. The other one that are part of this collection (private for now) you can see it here ~ #artExhibit.

This are my friends, my characters that will present @kihuPotru on this expo.

 I_Go. I; I_Go. II; I_Go. III;

In meanwhile, I had one more idea in my mind. Sometimes I made art/ painting workshops with the kids that are coming in the association Jacques Prevert. For me was perfect idea, in perfect time. I was doing my cards when the kids were inspired to paint with me also. I didn't wait a second after I had 4-5 kids around me. I take big paper and give to all of them one color in big 1l bottle. Every kid was having one color in his hand and brush in the other.

I explain to them that I want to have one big abstract painting made by all of them in 140 seconds. My idea was also in 140 moves, I had already 9 kids on which I was trying to tell to don't make more then 10 moves, so I can reach the number 140, not all of them listen and will stop with 10 moves. :)

It was workshop like start, go, go, go..STOP!

 Butterfly Wing

zen_mOOn

We repeat the process on 3 big paper-boards. For the new paper they were changing their colors, so they can have opportunity to express them selves in different way. I catch that in the box with brushes there were also some teeth brushes and some of the kids in their hands were having them. Pretty experimental for me, so happy about the idea for the exhibition as for the idea of this action painting workshop were the kids were making collective pieces of art.

more about the organizer and his art ~ David Sandum Art

art canvases @ d Fair

I'll just mention here with 2 photos that the same canvases that I already made and wrote about here were part of the stand that AJP made for presentation of their association, program and activities on one local fair for association and organizations that work in this field – education and animation of kids, teenagers and youngsters in general.

I was very happy searching the photos on the ajp camera and finding how they use the things that I made for them multiply times.

So, voila..mood: happy :D

Monsieur Benjamin Lacombe avec His illustrations

About this exhibition I find out after I saw the invitation. There was on the cover perfect illustration on young witch with magical ambient in the background. In the same moment I wish I can see more from this illustrator as I like the illustration a lot and share a lot of links on twitter connect with illustrated art.

I actually write about Benjamin Lacombe born in Paris in 82, one year older then me. As a student in ENSAD in Paris he already illustrated few books with his works and is well known for the world scene. He published for Walker Books (USA) and is also nominated for prestige award in Time Magazine. With his style of works yet to come even more famous he works constantly for Albin Michel, Barefoot Books (USA), Edelvives (Spain), Hemingway Korea (Korea) and much more and also you can find him very often in the galleries around the world centers as New York, Paris, Roma, Tokyo...



the exhibition named ' Portraits de Sorcieres' took place in Bibliotheque Municipale de Thionville in the open space called l'Espace Invitro and on the expo were exposed more then 30 illustrations from this illustrator, most of the books that are illustrated by him and a lot of posters and cards with his work.















Great artist/ illustrator that is very young and unique in his style of work and message that he brings with his illustrations. Happy that I saw this!

more about Benjamin Lacombe you can find on his personal PAGE or on his BLOG. There is a fan page on facebook also. I saw this animation on his profile I like it and I decide to share it here too.

"Once Upon a Time.."



Teaser of "Once Upon a Time.." Pop Up Book published November 5th 2010 in France by Seuil Jeunesse. Also published the 5th november in Spain by Edelvives and in Italy.

Resumé:

Eight classical tales evoked by a double page with ingenious mechanism, in a magnificent book which associates technical exploit and artistic talent. Find the characters of the most famous tales: Alice, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty , Blue Beard, Peter Pan, The Little Red Riding Hood, Mrs butterfly , Poucette staged by Benjamin Lacombe and in volume by José Pons. At the end of the book, Jean Perrot's point of view, an expert of the tales and the youth image, will come to light the work.


Folow the White Rabbit....

d new ajp graf'

There was this part of the wall under the big painting that was not in good situation and also with half of the color out. We had one event last week and the president of the Association Jacques Prevert together with the program coordinator ask me about any idea how we can arrange the big room for this event.

I give idea that I can make graffiti under the painting so with that we can cover the destroyed wall and also make a promotion with writing the name of the association. For the other walls I propose to select the best works: paintings, collages, sketches that we do with the kids for on their painting activities.










All at all cleaning the space in the room, give new function and adapt for the event that follow. I succeed to finish the graffiti for maybe 5 hours work in 2 days and in the other time helping the others with making the cartoon frames for the kids works and also trying to make the composition of all this 20-30 paintings from them. We decide that the sheets that I've paint and write before we can use with putting them on the walls too. We made colorful ambient and perfect atmosphere for the event.



I have new idea, for the wall that is still empty, maybe it will be realized soon :))

food #installation & online #performance

Today, for few hours starting the online performance in which I'm the one of the participants. Is idea of one transdisciplinary artist from Macedonia, with 40+ exhibitions and festivals in USA, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey, France, Spain, Puerto Rico, etc. Featured in TV programs, newspapers and magazines. His name is Zoran Poposki and I'm happy that I'll took part of his idea for installation and online performance.

More from the info bellow & absolutely in the article with the first impressions after the _one hour online communication with the alternative people from Portland who'll visit the food installation. Start thinking about the topics, should I make some plan, should I improvise... :)) [tik-tak] the time is NOW!

One-day food installation and performance by Zoran Poposki @ PNCA

By Way of Introduction

November 12, 2010, 12 PM PDT (9 PM CET)

PNCA | Pacific Northwest College of Art

1241 NW Johnson St | Portland | Oregon | 97209

www.pnca.edu

BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION is a food installation and happening aimed at collective participation and focuses on creating dialogue between individuals from different cultural backgrounds through food, web applications for communication, and music.

With: Damon Ayers, Marija Barisin, Nadia Buyse, Ivana Dragsic, Patrick Driscoll, Biljana Ginova, Mitko Gogov, Aleksandar Grozdanovski, Apostolova Ivanka, Juleen Johnson, Vladimir Martinovski, Julia Naskova, Ana Piponska, Stefan Ransom, Timothy Stigliano, Filip Stojanovski, Goran Taleski, Michael Welsh, Tessie Word.

The show marks the completion of Zoran Poposki’s month-long artist residency at PNCA, as 2010 ArtsLink Fellow.

Zoran Poposki (MFA New Media, TI/DUK Austria) is a transdisciplinary artist based in Skopje, Macedonia. His work has been presented in more than 40 exhibitions and festivals worldwide. In his videos, performances and digital prints, Poposki explores issues of identity, territory and public space.

www.poposki.info

#experimental_nighT

Amazing finding was the concert that we attend this Wednesday []10.1110] d day before my BIRTHday. One friend of mine told me about the program of this event called 'festival Musiques Volantes' few hours before the start and it was great that for such a little time after he told me he found the invitation for me, so I could attend too.

It was concert for electronic, ambient, experimental music on which I had opportunity to listen two artists with different styles of electro and to watch one vj..

The first or the resident were KOMPARCE from Metz and they were perfect combination of experimental video and sophisticated electronica ambient with sound that flow and create positive fluids in the atmosphere. Progressive with some industrial, even moments with melody that's rich with musical mix beats, samples, analog sequences over the lines etc.. amazing project by Christophe Biache (MR BIOS) & Samuel Ricciuti (DOG BLESS YOU)

this is the video that I made from small part of their set_

JAN JELINEK is a German electronic musician who also operates under the names of Farben, Gramm and The Exposures. His music is usually categorized as minimal techno, glitch or microhouse, and is characterized by deep basslines, extensive use of samples from earlier jazz and rock recordings, and clicks & cuts effects. He is the founder of the German record label Faitiche. (f...wikipedia is doing a good job sometimes)

..he had some problems with the live..some of the cables were not working proper and every time he wanted to go up with the frequencies the sound was scratching and stopping. Even that he had this problem during his set he made amazing work too..for me interesting, because of his bit dark mood in the sound, on moments making it out of the definitions – psychedelic.

KOMPARCE myspace

http://www.chezkitokat.com

JAN JELINEK @ ~scape-records or faitiche

#streetart workshop @ voiceOfaRt

This Youth Exchange [YE] is something like vol.II of the YE Power of art. On the first one I lead sticker art workshop and on the open space in discussion with the participants there was the interest of learning more about street art. For this one [Voice of Art] we decide to accept the idea and to share more information for this wave in the contemporary art.

The participants firstly have the opportunity to hear something about the sticker art and the different styles of creating them and during the time for workshop they had the chance to try to create pieces of art in which they will mix different materials as sprays, markers, paper, colors, stencils etc..for the one that were interested in vis a vis conversation I explain more about the old school graffiti, colorful, 3D, characters etc. My idea was to try to mix both styles on one board. Big stickers vs. Colors, sprays, stencils..composition. They were pretty interested in the idea also as in the topic and all of them invent creative and unique ideas. One of the participants on the workshop for art installations decide to use stickers in her installation, so basically she was attending 2 workshops in same time and create and learn more about 2 new forms for her. Also there were participants who create more then 10 stickers that after we scan and apply on big board that was also part of the exhibition in 'maison de la familles'.





All of the participants mainly understood the meaning of street art because besides this program that guides them directly trough the process of creating art piece they also learn more about the Youth in Action (YiA) program that actually finance this kind of youth activities in which the young people via informal way learn. On this exchange the participants hear new things about the contemporary art that comes from their countries, their culture, tradition etc.
The final results from my workshop I see as very progressive. All of the pieces on different way are bringing the message for solidarity. The works are nice and unique as their understanding the meaning of solidarity filtered trough this techniques.

Art #installation @ Voice of art

The installation workshop come as result after the first project 'Power of art'. It was obvious that the young people are more inform about the contemporary art nowadays, and even that they made great stuff on the painting workshop, they had a deeper concept and more progressive ideas. It was the same with my workshop 'sticker art that this time was updated in street art..

The idea that Bruno de Sario [Italy] on the first project give to Us [Together] was a perfect method/ process of creating conceptual/ contemporary art works/ installation from organic and recycled materials. Project very, very ecoLOGICal, trying to invent art concept from low budget materials that are easy for recycling or already recycled for me is science. The connection of them with organic stuff, associate me on connection with nature, one of the first rules that we need to respect if we are aware persons. That was excellent starting point for raising better youth values trough this specific art.

The participants who attend his workshop [I wish I was one of them] were amazed from the way of getting into the materia, from the explanations about the history of this field of art, and the knowledge that without reserve he share with them. ;)
He help them bringing their ideas in the cleanest and purest forms that were catchy for the eyes of all of us (participants) and also the public on the opening of the exhibition.
Solidarity as topic is important for the civil society today. We must be active in creating society in which solidarity is accepted in way of producing it, not just on a level of understanding it as definition.

This post is written just because I'm grateful to Bruno for being there and being that what HE is :)
check his blog to see more of his art works - Bruno de Sario

Enjoy few more photos:

MultiMedia @ VoiceOfaRt

On the multimedia workshop @ Voice of art the participants had opportunity to learn more about the process of creating a video. From writing the scrip, recording the material and the editing process that comes on the end. The [multimedia] workshop was leaded by Agnieszka Piatczak, Poland and Ramses The Lonelywarrior, France.

They choose to show stereotypes about some of the countries in Europe that were taking part in this YE, so they decide to use the stereotype about the love and the breath (baguette) for France, drinking coffee as stereotype for Turkey, the green salad for Macedonia, the music of Shopin as stereotype for Poland etc.
In one of the scenes there is the circling around the trees that as metaphor for me means a lot..and also the universal circle from all of the participants that shows the Solidarity that connect all the nations. I really like the moment with the pronunciations of Solidarity on different languages, is so similar, almost the same..to bad that I didn't have time to make the shooting for the Macedonian version „Солидарност“, but let it be for some other time.

In very short time, like 24 hours at all, more or less for 3 days the team from this workshop made great video. Congrats for them! The solidarity as Voice of Art. We really made master pieces on this exchange.

Enjoy the video :)

the union between many ideas and concepts from different nationalities to achieve something together.

L'union entre plusieur idées et concepts de differentes nationalitées dans le but de réaliser quelque chose ensemble.

Monster.S for soliDAR*ity

For the exhibition that took place in the Maison de la famillies in Metz I decide to create art piece that will be mix of the three techniques/ workshops that were actually part of the youth exchange connect with contemporary art called Voice of Art.

Voice of Art was a youth exchange organized by the association Together, on my blog for my stay in France you can find other articles connected with it. In this exchange participants from 6 countries were able to learn more about contemporary art and also to create part of their ideas participating in three workshops: street art, art installations and multimedia.

The street art workshop was leaded by me and can find more about here. The other two workshops were leaded by Bruno de Sario, Italy [art installation] and Agnieszka Piatczak, Poland and Ramses The lonelywarrior, France [multimedia].

I have some expirience with video/ multi media and installations from before and I felt perfect opportunity to try to play with this three forms and create mixed media work that will be connect and will express the way how I accept and understand the topic of this excange 'solidarity'

The last period I use my facebook status to write some shorts about monsters and monster mood and somehow I find connection between the monster.s and solidarity. I try to show the main feelings that I have when I think about solidarity. I made monster[s] that [are] push[ing] for solidarity.



In the painted form I played with graff, stickers and expressionistic techniques. The stickers that I made before I apply in the wooden board same as sometimes I put them on the walls around the places where I travel.. ..

In the installation I try to use as less as possible, because one of the aim in my works is to show that a lot of things can be created from low budget materials, most of them organic and easy for recycling.This ecoLogic.al way of creating art in my eyes is the future of the contemporary design, art & living.



In the short conceptual and bit experimental video I give a soul to the monster that I already have it in 2 forms..that comes to my concept like finishing the circle of 2D, 3D with bringing the monster in moving and giving him life. I create monster with feelings..

The combination of this 3 forms bring my idea and concept in final result in which the message is clean..if u understand it good if not again good :)


Monster for Solidarity from Kihu Potru on Vimeo.

DAR* - in Macedonian means gift..most of the time not material one..

marbling or EBRU art @ vOICE OF aRt

One of the things that the Turkish group present on the intercultural event , part of the youth exchange Voice of art was interesting technique of playing with colors and inserting the mixed color on different materials.
The first time I saw the same technique in live on the Balkan Youth Festival in Bulgaria, few years ago as part of the street art program. They make for all of us, participants in the program, scarfs every one of them with a different design.

This time the group from Turkey show us video in which the artist apply the color on paper. I saw this video while ago, I like it and I decide to share it :)



This technic is famous as.TURKISH MARBLING or EBRU art ..Marbled paper, called ebru in Turkish, was used extensively in the binding of books and within the calligraphic panels in Turkey.

The existing word ebre in Eastern Turkish, meaning variegated, points to the fact that marbling might have been known by the populations of Central Asia. Its origin might ultimately hark back to China, where a document from the T'ang dynasty (618-907) mentions a process of coloring paper on water with five hues. In the early examples from the 16th c. in the Ottoman-Turkish era, ebru appears in the battal (stone) form, namely without any manipulation. Interestingly, several variations developed in time, giving us types such as gelgit, tarakli, hatip, bülbül yuvasi, çiçekli (respectively come-and-go, combed, preacher, nightingale's nest, flowered, etc.) An attempt has been made here to show some of its principal patterns, with samples by the master marblers of this century chosen from our collection.

Ebru technique consists of sprinkling colours containing a few drops of ox-gall on to the surface of the bath sized with kitre (gum tragacanth) in a trough. By carefully laying the paper over the bath, the floating picture on top of it is readily transferred to the paper; thus, each ebru is a one of a kind print. To obtain beautiful ebru results, one needs to have a light hand, refined taste, and an open mind to the unexpected patterns forming on the water. Patience and a good knowledge of traditional culture are characteristic of ebru masters.



After the 1550's, booklovers in Europe prized ebru, which came to be known as ‘Turkish papers’. Many specimens in their collections and in the several album amicorum books are visible today in various museums. Also, early texts dealing with ebru, such as “Discourse on decorating paper in the Turkish manner”, published in 1664 by Athanasius Kircher in Rome, helped to disseminate the knowledge of this kind of marbling art. There is agreement amongst scholars that the so-called Turkish Papers played a colorful influence on the book arts in Europe.