If you haven’t all ready visited the If You Could Collaborate exhibition in London, we really recommend making the time before Sunday 23rd January. One of the stand out exhibits in the show is this film by Letman (Job Wouters), his brother Roel and art mechanic Rene Bakker.

21 January, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Letman, Moving Image | - Tags: 1234567 Letman Job Wouters & Roel Wouters If You Could Collaborate Rene Bakker | Permalink

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“1,2,3,4,5,6,7.” A short movie by Job & Roel Wouters
Roel and me will present a short movie on the rainbowgun: a tool which allows you to paint simultaneously with seven spraycans. A calligraphic monsterbrush so to speak. The idea derives from the desire to paint larger and faster. Also the rainbowgun is a result in my recent search for new aesthetics in writing. I made some rough sketches of the machine, and after that I took my ideas to  Rene Bakker a genius mechanic who did the actual constructing of the tool.

The gun is a little heavier than I expected, and that makes is pretty hard to control. Also I didn’t take into account that spraycans don’t work when held in certain positions, so the movements one can make while writing are more limited than I initially thought. But over-all it comes really close to the sort of ‘giant-brush’ idea that I had in mind when starting up.

If You Could Collaborate exhibition runs from 15 — 23 January.

14 January, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Letman | - Tags: Letman If You Could Collaborate Exhibition | Permalink