David Ellingsen

Canadian David Ellingsen is more than a well-regarded commercial photographer. His artwork has been shown all over the world, and he has been awarded on several occasions.
Born into a small rural community on Cortes Island, surrounded by forest and  ocean, Elligsen himself says his photography is rooted in his rural upbringing. David Elligsen uses the discontinued 55PN Polaroid film, his solarized images are of great tonal range.
David; "I am a photographer and environmental artist creating images of site-specific installations, landscapes and object studies that speak to the natural world and Man’s impact upon it."

Tim Mara

Tim Mara (1948-1997) professor and printmaker, born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. His screen prints could take up to three months to finish.
One of Tim quotes says a lot about his work or the way he approaches printmaking in general; ‘In the hierarchy of fine art, printmaking is usually associated with craft skills – with technique. And that gets in the way. My work was always about the ideas more than the medium‘.
Colourful multi layered screen prints, a bit like pop art, but still feeling up to date. Most of his work was accomplished using the (photo)screen printing technique, sometimes combined with lithography or intaglio printing. Repeating patterns and loads of colour, Tim's legacy to the world of printmaking.

...And sometime a little less colour....

Herbert Ponting & Salto Ulbeek Publishers

'Thanks to a collaboration between Salto Ulbeek publishers and the Scott Polar Research Institute, a selection of Ponting’s Antarctic photographs are presented for the first time using the platinum printing process, a photographic technique renowned for its exceptional aesthetic and archival properties.'
The Herbert Ponting glass negatives were scanned an digitalised by the Belgian Salto Ulbeek team, lead by George Charlier. A selection was reproduced as platinum prints. I was able to see them at Salto's headquarters, and they are just amazing.
You can have a look at them over here.

There are five thematic sections:

- Explorers:

- Man and Sledge:

- Terre Nova:

- Cape Evans:

- Antarctica:

Kim Byungkwan

  

Painter and digital artist Kim Byungkwan deconstruct iconic images of (Hollywood)stars that are imbedded in our cultural consciousness. The smeared recreated images are of a strange beauty, fascinating, and playing with one's mind . Kim wants to change the way we look at these images, rip out the familiarity,
In Kim's words; “My work is trying to destroy, tear up, and reconstruct this habitual vision so that our vision can be expended to other images.”

Kreng

 Kreng "The Summoner" it's their third release. First saw the band performing at 'Kunstencentrum Belgie' in Hasselt Belgium. They worked closely together with  theater company 'Abbatoir Fermé'.
The Summoner is dark, chaotic and fascinating. The composing of Pepijn Caudron comes packed in a beautiful sleeve.
After five stages of mourning..... number six introduces Amenra!


Kreng - The Summoner (Promo Teaser) from Kevin Trappeniers on Vimeo.

Meijs

Meijs Motorman, a Dutch company going the extra mile for the environment.
Ronald Meijs; "More than half of the world population lives in
cities where traffic is jammed. That simple fact got my designers mind thinking: which vehicle would be the perfect, most simple solution for city transport? I decided it should be a light electric motorbike. A bike that makes lifelighter and easier, yet elegant and at a high level.
The solution for the city, and a joy in the countryside."

Meijs Motorman on the road.