Darth Vader has a posse

Some of you might be aware of the OBEY Giant campaign, some might even know that it came from a stencil project in the 80's called Andre The Giant has a Posse. It has now turned into an icon of not only the advertising world but maybe even more the subvertising world, culture jamming and all that cool jazz.

I felt that Darth Vader, as an icon of popular culture and at the same time commecialism which the whole Star Wars franchise is would make a great icon for a revival and tribute to the OBEY campaign. So I went and had some fun.

Alpha Dog

Whaddaya know, got dragged to see "the new Justin Timberlake movie" by my girlfriend yesterday. It turned out to be a pretty damn good movie actually. The movie seems very true to life, the thoughts, the emotions, the actions, it all seemed very believable to me. Don't be put off by the fact that Justin Timberlake is in it, he actually did a good job.

The trailer actually doesn't do the movie justice at all, they make it look way too over dramatic:

I'm from Holland...

4000 miles

It was about a month ago that I flew back to Amsterdam from the Caribbean where I had spent a year working at a studio. I have been busy setting up my life here again in Amsterdam, meeting with friends, finding an appartment and moving into the appartment. All the crazyness seems to be clearing up slowly so I will start updating my website more regularly again and posting new work in the near future.

Anti-pirating commercial

Fine, I can't say I don't do it myself, but still this is as close a anti-pirating commercial has ever gotten to me paying attention to it. It's just really funny, the clue is "Original Software Works Better" or something to that extend:

Just Enjoy 2

The 2nd edition of Just Enjoy sold out last Saturday, Just Enjoy is a party concept by Jetreaction Productions that I am glad to do the visuals and part of the concept development for. JE2 selling out is a great motivation after the excellent but far from sold out first installment. The location was different, but still in the same town. Word of mouth was a good thing, the promotion for JE2 worked great, the organization was fantastic and afterall... the concept really worked!

I'll be back in Holland for JE3, so it'll be the first of the parties that I will actually be around to see. Maybe we'll come up with something extra special to celebrate!

28 Weeks Later

Went to see the movie "28 Weeks Later" a two days ago. I really enjoyed the first movie in this series called 28 Days Later which was about a virus called "RAGE" that turned humans incredibly blood thirsty, and transferred through blood or saliva. 28 Weeks Later picked up a few months after where the first movie ended, hence the name 28 Weeks Later. Have a look at the trailer:



If you're interested you can see the trailer of the first movie "28 Days Later" here:


Wonder if there is another 3rd installment in the planning. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised. I think these two movies are some of the most potent horror movies around, combining elements, genres and with a huge potential for experiments.