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How America sees Amsterdam...

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:38:00 +0000

Little star

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:48:00 +0000

Little star, originally uploaded by tania.neves.

Future dating

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:32:00 +0000

I have plans.

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:36:00 +0000

I haven't gone missing.

My results are back, and even though they could be better, I'm more than happy with it. And I have new plans for life. Recently I've been thinking that what really makes me happy, is travelling and sharing experiences with others. I want to raise this to another level... I want to get involved on a professional basis with the travelling business, writting and doing photography.

I'm editing the Paris photos, they will be online soon.

I'm setting up two new websites, one for my portfolios in media, and one just for my travels.

My summer course at the University of Amsterdam will start next week, so I am getting prepared for that as well. I'm currently taking photos of Bristol to present on the course... I always get really stressed, because of my lack of self-confidence. I want to do well!

I've been staying at James' flat (thank you!!!) in Bristol, which as been lovely, peace and quiet, not much to do or stress about. These are my little holidays :)

I will soon post the Paris photos and update all these portfolios and stuff... I really want to get organized. Paris was great, and I really want to get back there with more time, and do a lot more photos.

[PARIS] Live from the train...

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:51:00 +0000

Now that I have started taking photos and making videos with lousy Photo Booth (Apple's webcam application) that's all I want. I never realized before how "personal" this is, and that's the kind of approach I apreciate in photography :)

The train left Amsterdam Centraal approximately half-hour ago... I still have 3h30 ahead. Have no clue where we are... Train will stop in Antwerpen and Bruxelles before heading to Paris-Nord. I'm a happy bunny, I love trains!!!

I just don't know why I always have a seat facing backwards... Guess it's Murphy's Law! Thank goodness they don't have the same seating layout on planes. Can you imagine how it'd be?!

It's a nice "landscape photography" day outside. Plenty of sunshine with those lovely fluffly clouds in the sky... big blue skies contrasting with the bright green fields. What a joy...

It's a shame I had so many bags couldn't find my camera, wanted to take a "cliché" photo to the train times. Oh well...

Catch later!

[PARIS] The parties list...

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:49:00 +0000

Samedi:

WIHM Events et ELECTRO CHIC présentent

SAMEDI 20 JUIN 09

à partir de 22h avec les live de THE ANKERS BAND et HANNA HAÏS

puis à partir de minuit:

WHAT IS HOUSE MUZIK ?

avec:

"LITTLE LOUIE" VEGA (MASTERS AT WORK / Vega Records)

CHARLES SCHILLINGS (Pschent)

STEPHAN (Back To Basics - A Night - WIHM)

TIBO’Z (House Nation - Back To Basics - A Night - WIHM)

En ce mois de juin ensoleillé, quoi de mieux qu'une soirée rafraichissante sur les quais de Seine ? Et pas n'importe quelle soirée car WIHM a l'honneur de recevoir Louie Vega, producteur et Dj virtuose qui aura marqué l'industrie de la dance music. Petit par la taille certes, d’où son surnom de « Little » Louie Vega, il est bien sûr le co-fondateur des Masters At Work, tandem légendaire au sein duquel il a produit des artistes de renommées planétaires tels que Janet Jackson ou encore George Benson. Sa carrière solo est dernièrement consacrée par un Grammy Award pour son remix du cultissime "Super Fly" de Curtis Mayfield. Ecrire la biographie de Little Louie Vega c'est un peu comme écrire l'Histoire de la House Music new yorkaise. Vous aurez donc l'occasion d'assister à une véritable leçon de mix donnée par l'un des Dj les plus doué et charismatique de son époque, dans un club taillé à la mesure de cet artiste légendaire. Louie sera accompagné par un ami de longue date, Mr Charles Schillings et des deux résidents WIHM, Stephan et Tibo’z. It’s alllllright ? I feeeeel it !

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Dimanche:
TERRASSA reçoit cette semaine :

- Le plus Playboy : ARGY
http://www.myspace.com/argymusic

- Le plus international des Dj's parisiens : D'Julz
http://www.myspace.com/d_julz

- Le plus Berlinois : Shonky
http://www.myspace.com/shonkar

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On ouvre dorénavant à 13H pour profiter pleinement du soleil dès le début d’après-midi avec un : BRUNCH !

Le club lui ouvrira à 21H afin de jouir d’un clubbing de qualité à des heures qui ne fâcheront personne le lundi matin !

Evidemment Terrassa restant Terrassa les soirs ou la folie ambiante sera au rendez vous nous fermerons quand bon nous semble ☺
3H00…4H00…6H00… Pas de limites !

Donc on récapitule :

Ouverture de l’apéro et du brunch à 13H00.
L’entrée sera Gratuite comme chaque année.

Ouverture du Club à 21H00 avec la programmation internationale de la TERRASSA !
L’entrée sera de 10 € comme chaque année.

Rendez-vous à Paris?!

[PARIS] Playlist on my iPod...

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:31:00 +0000

Café de Flore - Rendez-Vouz à St.Germain des-Prés
Astor Piazolla Remixed
Bossa 'N Stones
Bossa 'N Marley
Parov Stellar - Charleston Butterfly EP
Cinematic Orchestra - The Man With the Movie Camera
John Coltrane - Coltrane Jazz
John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
Giannabest 2
Groove Armada - Greatest Hits
Mario Biondi - Handful of Soul
Jazz 'N 80's
Jazz 'N 90's
Parov Stellar - Kiss Kiss EP
Parov Stellar - Shine
The Tarantino Experience
Verve Remixed 2, 3 and 4
Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali
Yann Tiersen - Amélie OST

[PARIS] Ten top Paris pavement cafes

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:22:00 +0000

Ten top Paris pavement cafes

In spring Paris's pavement cafes come to life. John Brunton picks his favourite terraces to soak up the scenery and the sun

As spring arrives, so Parisians head to their favourite cafes to while away the day on a sunny pavement terrace - a Gallic ritual that begins with a strong black coffee in the morning, through to a kir or pastis at lunchtime, and then chilled rose or a ballon de blanc for the evening apero. Ever since smoking was banned, pavement terraces have mushroomed and now some worried neighbourhood town halls are trying to enforce strict limitations on how far a terrace can actually stretch across the pavement. The police are even trying to ban the evening picnics that are so popular on the city's most beautiful pedestrian bridge, the romantic Pont des Arts. But rest assured, cafe owners may have to pay a few fines, but this is one Parisian tradition that is never going to disappear. Everyone has their own secret address, but here is a selection of landmark locales, fashionable hangouts and popular neighbourhood cafes.

1. Cafe de Flore

Enjoying a cafe and croissant on a shady pavement table outside one of Saint Germain's great literary cafes is one of the ultimate Parisian experiences, and even though the prices are totally over the top, it is worth splashing out at least once in your life. The great dilemma though is whether to choose http://www.lesdeuxmagots.fr/Les Deux Magots or Cafe de Flore, side by side but perennial rivals to attract the Rive Gauche intelligentsia for over a century. Best choice has to be the Flore, which was the favourite rendez-vous of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, and today, its discreet charm is still just that little bit classier than the more ostentatious Deux Magots.

• 172 boulevard St Germain 75006, cafe-de-flore.com, +33 1 45 48 55 26

2. Aux Folies

While the City of Light may not be an ethnic melting pot like London and New York, the brilliant Belleville bar, Aux Folies, offers a dazzling multi-cultural slice of Parisian life. Whatever time of the day or night, there is always a buzz sitting out on the crowded pavement terrace here. Belleville is still nostalgically remembered by the French as being the gritty home of the likes of Edith Piaf and Maurice Chevalier. But today it has become a far more authentic Chinatown, mixed in with North African food stalls and couscous restaurants.

• 8, Rue de Belleville, 75020, +33 1 46 36 65 98

3. Au Petit Fer a Cheval

The Marais is the oldest part of Paris, with opulent palaces and mansions that date back to the time of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. While tourists flock here for culture and chic shopping, locals know the Marais more as the city's prime gay neighbourhood. Au Petit Fer a Cheval - the Horse Shoe Bar - is a friendly, cosmopolitan locale that attracts a stylish clientele, and the couple of tables out on the pavement are desperately sought out as the rue Vieille du Temple is the Marais' main drag. Just opposite the bar, check out La Belle Hortense, a bookshop that doubles as a winebar.

• 30, Rue Vieille du Temple , 75004, + 33 1 42 72 47 47

4. Le Sancerre

Steer well clear of the tourist-trap bars around the Sacré-Coeur church in Montmartre, especially the Place du Tertre, and instead wander over to the much funkier adjoining neighbourhood, Abbesses. Open seven days a week, from 7am until 2am, Le Sancerre is a feisty mix of bohemian locals, bikers and transvestites, students and bemused tourists. Sitting out on the pavement terrace gives you a brilliant view, though you're better off with a glass of wine or a beer than the over-priced cocktails.

• 35 rue des Abbesses, 75018, +33 1 42 58 08 20

5. Chez Prune

The bars, cafes, boutiques and restaurants that line the bank along the Canal Saint-Martin have transformed what was once a sleepy part of town hidden away off the Place de la République into one of the hippest parts of Paris. Chez Prune has become an institution, looking out over the canal, so arrive early if you want to grab a table outside. Across the water at the Jemmapes Bar, prices are cheaper and everyone sits right on the water's edge, but they don't have the same licence as Prune, so you have to make do with plastic glasses, not the best way to enjoy a chilled rose wine.

• 36, Rue Beaurepaire, 75010, +33 1 42 41 30 47

6. Pause Cafe

There are sprawling pavement cafes all around the impressive Place de la Bastille, but to really put your finger on the pulse of this cool "quartier", search out Pause Cafe, just off the bustling rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine. With its sunny terrace, this is the perfect spot to chill out with a lazy breakfast of orange pressée, café au lait and melt-in-the-mouth croissants. Ever since it featured in the cult Parisien movie, Chacun Cherche son Chat (Everyone's Looking for their Cat), the Pause Cafe has attracted a fashionable Bobo (Bourgeois Bohemian) crowd.

• 41, Rue de Charonne, 75011, +33 1 40 21 89 06

7. Le Select

Montparnasse has changed a lot since the decadent days of the Belle Epoque when an explosive mix of chic cafe society and bohemian artists flocked to grand Art Nouveau locales like La Coupole and the Closerie des Lilas. But today, it is still worth grabbing a table on the terrace outside legendary literary cafe, Le Select, once the haunt of Hemingway, Picasso and Henry Miller. The place really hasn't changed much since it opened in 1925 - apart from the prices which are not cheap. For sure, there will be plenty of tourists, but you'll also be rewarded with a delightfully cliched, but authentic, slice of Left Bank life, with students earnestly discussing philosophy, businessmen holding an impromptu meeting or elegant fashionistas taking a break from shopping.

• 99 boulevard du Montparnasse, 75006, +33 1 45 48 38 24

8. Cafe de la Paix

If you really want to see just how crazy Parisian drivers can be, there is no better spectator seat than the front row of the terrace of the historic Cafe de la Paix, which looks right out over the frenetic crossroads at the Place de l'Opera. Sit back and watch the free cabaret, though if you splash out to enjoy half a dozen oysters and a glass of Chablis, expect a hefty "addition" of €31. The Cafe is part of the Le Grand Hotel, which was built in 1858 by the same architect as the sumptuous Opera Garnier, so be sure to at least have a look around the incredible interiors of the cafe and the splendid Winter Garden in the hotel itself.

• 5 Place de l'Opera, 75009, cafedelapaix.fr, +33 1 40 07 36 36

9. Cafe Charbon

Rue Oberkampf is a long, narrow street that runs all the way from near Bastille up to Belleville. During the day it is a quiet laid-back place, but when the sun goes down it transforms into one of the funkiest nightlife sectors of Paris. You can choose between hip locales like the Mecano, Chez Justine and Nouveau Casino, but the place that first began the Oberkampf revolution is the Cafe Charbon, and a table on its pavement terrace is still the ultimate spot to be seen and for people-watching.

• 109 Rue Oberkampf, 75011, +33 1 43 57 55 13

10. Cafe Beaubourg

The Costes brothers are style gurus who have been behind pretty much every trend-making cafe, bar and hotel in Paris for the last two decades, beginning with their seminal Cafe Costes through to the uber-chic Hotel Costes on rue St-Honoré. When the sun is shining, it is difficult to beat their cool Cafe Beaubourg, whose terrace has a prime view over the Pompidou Centre and assorted mime artists, musicians, fire-eaters, puppeteers and comics performing on the Esplanade in front of the museum. Prices are not cheap, but you can linger as long as you want over a chocolat chaud.

• 43 rue Saint-Merri, 75004, +33 1 48 87 63 96

• All photographs by johnbrunton.com

in The Guardian

Feckin amazing.

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:52:00 +0000

This is a bunch of videos from youtube, that a guy has edited together., and created ThruYou I admire people who spend their spare time so wisely!

Vondelpark with Ivo and Fabienne

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:03:00 +0000

Spencer Tunick...

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:54:00 +0000

12 months after, I finally got my print!!!
Spencer Tunick instalation on the Dublin docklands. I was there!

My first ever video

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:05:00 +0000

A school project from when I was studying at António Arroio Arts School. Good times...

It was all analogically mixed on tape, we hand built all the sets, mixed, written, directed... only the song was from an artist, and still we had permission and got in a competition with it. Loved every second of it!

Photography Negociated Project - Final

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:05:00 +0000

Do you have a scar?

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:28:00 +0000

Hi guys,

I'm starting a new photographic project. I'm researching on people and culture, and how people interact... just for fun. Scars are usually great conversation crackers, they are massive story-tellers. From war-scars to those naughty ones from when we were younger, I think most of us have a scar that makes us proud of something we've been through in the past!

If you are the proud owner of one of those story-teller scars, I want to photograph it

If you're getting this email, is because I know I will probably see you at some point this summer. As a reminder, here are the dates of where I will be:

10 - 17 June || 5 - 23 July || 28 July - 1 August - Amsterdam
18 - 22 June - Paris
23 June - 4 July || 2 - 12 August (TBC) - Bristol
24 - 27 July - Budapest
13 August - 7 September (TBC) - Lisbon

Looking forward to hear back from you!

Love,
Tânia

My birthday ...

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:53:00 +0000

Birthday at the Kruller-Muller park, near Arnhem.

29th May, cruising on Amsterdam canals. We rent the Old Queen, and from 8.30pm til 11.30pm we were round Amsterdam's canals, enjoying a great sunset and listening to some great music (by Edgar). Was a really good one :)

It's been so long...!

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:19:00 +0000

I honestly can't find time to do anything. My project is now finished, and my last day at the gallery will be on Wednesday. I so glad everything is ending! I need to breathe and to find my place, and with so much to do I only feel down, and everytime more.

I enjoyed coming to Amsterdam, mostly because of the people and the resources they have for arts around here. But I feel it was such bad timing... The work experience module was absolute sh*t, I have had next to none support from the module tutor, and having people that were making coffees as a placement being applauded and me completely criticized and crushed. Not one single positive comment was made about my presentation, and after how they looked at me I felt like I was 2 years old again, I just wanted to run away and cry!

I would also have wished they have given me A LOT MORE WORK TO DO at the gallery, especially more resposibilities. I don't think it was worth, in the end, to be here 4 months sitting in for 1 or 2 days a week... The Art Amsterdam week was good, but that was it... I could have done a much shorter period of time, not having lost my AMAZING flat in Bristol, been in Uni a lot more often and not having the shitty grades that I see coming.

Well, this is basically why I haven't been writting here. I'm so scared I might be losing the year... I don't think I can keep studying if I fail this, mainly because it would take me a long time to forgive myself for so many wrong decisions. So I am nervously sitting waiting for the results :(

I hope I feel better soon to upload the blog with other stuff (photo project, marks, birthday photos...).

Whoever's been following this, please bear in mind my main blog is the minimaldesire, and I shall go back to that one after the Dutch experience is over.

The Hassie Photos

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:23:00 +0000

I have to say, I was quite anxious with how these photographs were gonna come out... Considering the camera was so cheap!! 450 for a Hasselblad with lens included it's quite a bargain, but I am super relieved! Photos show a little light leak, especially on the left side, but I will take it as a signature - just like Nietzsche's typewriter! I actually kinda like "faulty" analogue systems... And I'm sure that indoor photographs using tripods will turn out to be a lot better. Summing: I'm very happy!!!

Selling your stuff (before you become a profitable artist)

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:12:00 +0000

http://www.redbubble.com/

RedBubble is an online art gallery that makes it easy to sell your art, photos, designs and illustrations as high-quality framed prints, mounted prints, greeting cards, posters, designer T-Shirts and more.

http://www.artbreak.com/
Artbreak is a community marketplace for artists and art lovers. It's a place for artists to share and sell their stuff, tell the world about themselves, get feedback, and make connections with other artists and people who like their work. It's a place for art lovers to find incredible work from emerging artists from all over the world.

http://www.artistrising.com/
Get ready to jump onto the world stage. Artist Rising gives you a platform to show and sell your art as well as connect with a global community of artists.

http://www.pikistore.com/
Pikistore is the first t-shirt store creation site that lets you create your own real independent site, not just a site that is part of a larger portal with no real control. - sell t-shirts with your photographs / art work

http://www.ivoteforart.com/
I vote for art, a new online gallery, where you can vote for your favourite art. Plus you can buy art and sell art too.

Further readings:

40+ Places to Sell Your Designs Online - http://mashable.com/2009/02/28/sell-designs-online/

Tweetable Art: 10 Twitter Tips for Artists - http://mashable.com/2009/02/23/twitter-artists/

Coincidence!

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:23:00 +0000

Yes, I'm writting a report... yes, it's due on Thursday... no, I'm not as focused as he is!!

35mm

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:09:00 +0000

I went to pick up a 35mm film today, photos that I took with my Nikon FM2. Can't get enough of that camera!!!

My first

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:53:00 +0000

...big art event pass! :)

ART Amsterdam 2009 - before opening

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:56:00 +0000

Today was the last day to mount the exhibitions at ART Amsterdam 2009. Everything was looking really cool! Ten Haaf Projects is exhibiting Oliver Lanz's work (he was the first to have his work up when Ten Haaf started in November). More details about his work on the Ten Haaf Projects website.

Tomorrow morning will be the private opening with the Queen, and I will be there to get some more photos!! Will also go to the public opening in the evening, so I will hopefully have a lot more to share with you.

I amster...dada?

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:18:00 +0000

Outside Amsterdam RAI, where ArtAmsterdam is going to be held.

street signs

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:57:00 +0000

You all know how I love street signs (remember Vienna? ahhh). Well, I had to share with you the famous Amsterdam street signs then! This is a no-pot-smoking and no-drinking street. And apparently, the weed one is the most stolen street sign in the world. I wonder why...

possibilities

noreply@blogger.com (kandikills) — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:51:00 +0000

My friend - photographer João Bráz - had this on facebook. Interesting!