As you may have noticed, things have changed around here.
This new version of the site comes after a good two years with the old one, equaling about twenty in internet-years. This time around, things are cleaner, the grids are more clear, and the whole content hierarchy has been cleaned up. Oh, and the new one loads four times faster than the old. I have some additional speed improvements coming up shortly too, so hang tight.
Oddly, the hardest part was getting the footer just right. So scroll all the way down and feast your eyes on that beauty, eh? Too bad it’s the last thing people see in here.
The shop have also gotten an overhaul, with nice new photos of all the prints, and some other minor improvements here and there. For new readers, this is how this place used to look(yuck!):
How do you like the new looks? Feedback is appreciated!
I just got back from By:Larm, a scandinavian festival for up-and-coming bands and artists. I am the “visualist” for the band Put Your hands Up For Neo-Tokyo, and the whole festival was mostly about getting more stage time and accumulating experience on being on the road.
My own visual presentation is far from finished, and is presented as a work in progress. The festival didn’t allow for visuals actually, so we had to cut special deals with the venues directly, which worked out OK, with me putting up projections in the ceiling and the side of the stage. The band played like there was no tomorrow though, the two best gigs I ever heard them play. And the reviews were pretty awesome too.
I just started the first work on my final exam project, and I’ll post regularly about it as it moves forward.
In the project, I try to explore ways to bring the audience of an electronic concert closer to an understanding of the music, through visualizing and interpreting the performance.
In electronic music, most artist stand on stage (many even sit on chairs while playing, what kind of signal is that) look like they’re checking their email. Electronic instruments are ubiquitous objects, usually incomprehensible to the audience. So I try to engage the audience more, and give them a larger understanding of what happens, through visual communications.
Right now I’m kind of stressed out, since the definitions of the product itself is still completely unknown to me, and I have a mountain of work to do. But it’s fun work, so I’m not really worried. Here are some of my initial inspiration, if you would like to watch where my head is at right now. I’ve also set up a process reference blog at javalightmagic.tumblr.com, and I’ll post my own sketches and further work right here. See you soon!
Time for a little giveaway! I’m sending off two copies of “ut å løpe”, my latest print, to two lucky winners. All you have to do, it to go to my store and click the facebook “like”-button on the bottom of the page.
If you would like one of the prints, I assume you already like them, so it should be pretty easy, right? Winners will be announced shortly.
EDIT:
Congrats to Kristin & Håvard, who won the prints. Hope they fit well on your wall!
With this new site layout, I can write these little bits on all sorts of stuff, and put them in the sidebar. Expect tour dates and links to current projects to pop up.
The project represents the fruits of my 3-week stay in Copenhagen, being a guest at her photography business, and was finished in exactly one week (that’s fast!). When Hanne and myself are working together, we use the name JAHA, as it is a composite of both our names, and more projects will undoubtly come in the future (you better watch out).
One of my very best friends, Jørgen Håland, who just happens to be a prodigy with a mouse and a wacom pad, just finished another of his short films, working in Cinema4D and After effects to make this beautiful room of classic furniture pieces. If you like what you see, have a look at his Vimeo page, which has plenty of nice things of all genres.
I asked him what the idea behind whas, and this is what he said:
The thought was to create a room, using natural light opposed to global illumination, with ambient occlution. After some research and modeling, it seemed classic furniture pieces would be a nice way to go. It became a bit “twin peaks”-like, with the dark drapes in the background.
It’s time for the big reveal! After the better part of six months of work, the finished visual profile for Bergen’s finest music and art collective, Nabovarsel, stands erect. It’s been a hoot working on such a project, and as you can read over at Behance, a windy road to the finish. I’m really happy about the finished product, and the client were as well, so nothing’s better.
Sorry for not showing the logo right in your face here, but it would be kind of a spoiler. It’s more fun to see the whole process!
Ho ho ho! Just in time before the guests arrive for our Christmas dinner, I’m sending the prices straight down, to evoke a nice holiday reading experience for you all! The nabovarsel magazine/zine is now available for 3€, practically given away! Plus you get 10% off anything and everything with the code ELEFANTFJES.
We are currently working a lot with pictograms, so I made this small series based on the local music scene, using Otto Neuraths ISOTYPE standard from the early 1900’s. See if you can name them all, without looking at the names!
Let’s start with the biggest international icon of all, to warm up:
Here’s another international act, slightly harder. Bald guy with a blazer, come on.
All right, enough playing around. Here’s the rundown of the Bergen Hall of fame (images link to their websites):
By the way, did you notice they’re all white boys? Sorry girls, there’s a lot of talented chicks in town, but none of you have any really big noses or small heads or something. Sure, I could put up four girls and a guitar, but that would be every girl band out there. Annie, can’t you start wearing a rubber duck costume at all times? Would make my job easier, thanx.
How do you like the new looks? Feedback is appreciated!
