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Other performances  Palabras Nights,
Paradiso Amsterdam
(International nights for lyricists, poets and wordsmiths).Crime Jazz Nights,
Nighttown Rotterdam, "Hart"
at club Panama, Amsterdam, Jazzismz Nights,
at the former Pompoen Jazzclub,
Amsterdam, Poetry in de Consul in Rotterdam, Breathing Bijlmer nights in
Amsterdam ZO, etceterara.
Member of the
Digital Poetry Group, a group of young poets where DJ'ing, VJ'ing and
poetry is combined (non existent now).Performances on
nights like 'Ziel and Zaligheid (Paradiso), Women in Paradise (Paradiso),
videoscreen performances (actual live cutting with scissors haha) and
re-organizing texts and images under a direct connected camera lens, making
instant poems for Club 11 (11) and Liefde in de Stad (Paradiso)).Various Dutch
theatres and clubs, as a guest artist. (The Ministry, the Rozentheater, de Doelen, Krater theater)
Some other words, I… Wrote, and acted
as the narrator throughout three short independent films (see what's for
dinner/VIDEO
to find links to these films, directed by different people). These have been
shown from Berlin to Amsterdam, to the Saatchi and Saatchi Gallery in
London to small festivals celebrating poetry films. Co-wrote/co-thought a theatre
piece called Powerplay, produced by Made in da Shade.
The piece included interactive media, film, music,
two actors and a poet (me)(2002).Wrote a
short theatre piece 'A Mad Tea Party' inspired by Alice's Adventure's in
Wonderland, performed by actors of the Toneelgroep Amsterdam and played
at the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam at the TamTam festival in (2003). A story told through music, actors, film
and illogic logic. Different solo
performances at the Battersea Art Centre in London (Song of the Siren
night), at the Contact theatre in Manchester, at the International
Literature Festival in Berlin with my poetry and samples. Wrote my interpretation
of Shakespeare's Othello from Desdemona's point of view using poetry,
storytelling and samples. The piece called "Desdemona Died" was
performed together with actor Hajo Bruins in the Stadsschouwburg in February 2003 (City Hall
Theatre of Amsterdam), in the Contact Theatre with actor Marcus Hercules
(2005), in the Paradiso and Bitterzoet with MC and artist Jimmy Rage (2006).Have given
various poetry/creative
writing classes for Nowhere in collaboration with Palabras.Was commissioned
by the PmPLab project to write a cross media performance piece. The piece
named "An attempt at understanding the universe" was written for
two modern dancers (Kelly Hirina and Dylan Newcomb) and me. Using existing
songs, imagery, poems and movement, creating a new language to tell a story.
We performed this piece in the Milky Way theatre and on the big stage in the
Paradiso for Ziel and Zaligheid.
Delivered a track
on the Mothership Connection 12", with the Off da Dome record Label
in Amsterdam, available through www.shade.nl.Was artist in
residency for the Contact Theatre in Manchester in 2007. Oh what a
blessing!Put the
Desdemona Died stage piece to vinyl and CD and looked for the boundary in
making a storytelling album. This album was created with producer mr.vilt
and features various poets speaking on the spine tingling subject of love.
For more info: www.manicmonkrecords.com Paintings. I do.
I paint. I paintpoet. Exhibited at bar West when it still existed as the
nightly creative hang out (closed down now), exhibited at the DIY gallery
'Van Goghol', exhibited at the BG in the 11 building (on the alternative
museum night) exhibited at the Maison Royale Festival, at the Contact
Theatre in Manchester for the Doodlebug Collective and
have delivered some art-work and words on vinyl sleeves for the "Up
Our Sleeve" project, on a T shirt for the Kersvers project and
lots of other stuff I've forgotten.
Media Feature on Rotterdam
TV, on Salto TV, on AT5 news as tiny independent artist programmed for a large
festival, on Net5 where they broadcasted a short portrait on the Palabras nights, featuring
me as
an independent artist, on The Box Music Channel (Moccah!) about the
record.Live
performances on radio, 3FM BUZZ radio, Lijn 5 Radio, some local stations, FunX radio, Salt Petre Radio on London's Resonance FM,
tracks played on BBC3 and BBC4. Feature article
and cover for Passionate Magazine, you can read it here.
Article in Dutch underground magazine "Leftfield Magazine" about
the Desdemona Died project and my little label. BBC Radio 3's show
'Mixing It' first airing of one of the tracks of the album Desdemona Died
after it's release in September 2004.
For press and write-ups related to my Desdemona Died album (reviews and
articles) please visit the www.manicmonkrecords.com
website (small able label with a heart).
An article in SoulStage magazine about words, painting and art (newsletter -edition nr. 3- of the Music
Mayday Organization).
A short portrait of me as an artist and my thoughts in this world for VPRO's
Television, the Nachtpodium program (The Nightstage). You can watch it
online now, just click on the April 10 here.
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