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I’ve always liked MC Paul Barman’s music since I first heard his album ‘Paullelujah!’ in 2001. He’s got to be the funniest, most dry and intellectual rapper ever. His new album, ‘Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud’ is super-good, and produced by Memory Man, a continuation of Paul’s journey to be the wordiest man in Hip-Hop. I just emailed him and asked if I could do an animated video for one of his songs. He said yes, and here it is! Man! animation is a labour of love but an honour to be part of a project that also lists Michel Gondry as a contributor.

Read this review in Village Voice.

07 January, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton, Moving Image | - Tags: Jody Barton MC Paul Barman Owls Pellets Animation | Permalink

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I was asked to do some sort of artwork to decorate the main event room in ‘Huset’, a multi-disciplinary arts space in Copenhagen. I wanted to do something to emphasise the value of voting. We take it for granted and are rightly cynical about it’s effect, but many people have risked and sometimes lost their lives fighting for democratic rights. In England for example the members of the Women’s Suffrage movement went on hunger strike and were fed by nasal tube when imprisoned for minor acts of civil disobedience like breaking windows. My three posters are to commemorate those acts. they are 2 metres by 1.4 metres and are painted by hand in one go.

11 November, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton | - Tags: Jody Barton X-Felt Copenhagen Project | Permalink

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I painted 28 super-quick A2 posters in support of a new campaign in Copenhagen, Denmark called X-Felt. The point of X-Felt is to encourage young people and politicians to talk to each other. Then hopefully, young people get what they want and also get involved in the political process. There was a private launch in the Cafe Gallery ‘Din Nye Ven’ and I put up the posters for a one-night-only surprise show.

There’s a good story behind some of the images – to find out more visit my blog page.

28 October, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton, Music | - Tags: Jody Barton Democratic Pop-up Show | Permalink

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The owners at Track Bike Shop Copenhagen asked me to do their T-shirt for the 17th World Cycle Messenger Championships in Tokyo this year. They found a printer who would do ‘as many colours as I wanted to use’ so I specced it with 4 colours on the front including a really glittery metallic – and a two colour back print as well… It looks great and it’s a totally limited edition. You had to be in the team to get one… I’m going to do their lycra jersey next… I’ve never done a lycra jersey before so it’s pretty exciting. The template is like a diagram of the human mind it’s so complicated. That’s my friend Angus in the photo – he’s won something. Printed on a carbon neutral T-shirt from Neutral.com

12 October, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton | - Tags: Jody Barton Track Bike Copenhagen T-shirt | Permalink

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This came out a few months ago but I was asleep under a chair for July and August so forgot to tell you that I designed the big zeppelin bomb inflatable thing in this video. I didn’t make it – somebody else did that, but I drew it, on a piece of paper. Clear?

23 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton | - Tags: Jody Barton Phoenix Lisztomania Video | Permalink

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Balls to the wall! A nice film made for Hummel – the Danish ball-sports brand. There I am painting a wall with my glamorous assistant.

Jody Barton – Hummel CPH Moves Wall Painting from Jody Barton on Vimeo.

07 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton | - Tags: Jody Barton Balls To The Wall Film | Permalink

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I painted this amazing wall last week in Copenhagen. It’s for the CPH Moves Festival. You use it to play a game called ‘Wall’ – where you have to kick the ball at the wall… it’s for sports people so it has to be simple. CPH Moves is a festival of street sports like Football, Handball and Street American Touch Football. There was even a tournament for young women’s Football where everyone played in fancy dress. Pretty strange – but these are foreigners you must remember.

01 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton | - Tags: Jody Barton Big Balls To The Wall | Permalink

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I’m publishing a book for a Zine Fair in Australia called ‘Zine Age Riot’. It opens 8th August at SeaCell Surfboards, Byron Bay and is organised by Craig Rochfort at TeeLuxe and Paul McNeil.

07 August, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton | - Tags: Jody Barton Zine Age Riot | Permalink

Eco Labs the new magazine about climate change issues is out now. Ecolabs is a network of designers and visual artists addressing sustainability & systematic change. This summer they take their Climate Road Show on a UK tour to help people understand the implications of climate change. A group of artists have been picked to illustrate various scenarios related to the changing of the environment. Jody Barton’s work illustrates a mass exodus of humans due to a change in habitat.

21 July, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton | - Tags: Jody Barton The Fifth Degree Ecolabs | Permalink

Jody Barton has been confirmed to appear at Sweet Talk Copenhagen on May 19th which, for anyone who doesn’t already know, is an international gathering of image makers, designers, film makers and more.

15 May, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton | - Tags: Illustration, Jody Barton | Permalink