fanfare tetatet: Recent Episodes
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fanfare is a platform and design studio for graphic design and cross-disciplinary research. tetatet is fanfare's audio platform on which we cherish reflections on the relevance of surroundings, drives, sustainability and creative platform definitions.
self-taught tools, disciplinary boundaries, organic platform understandings, organization as an alliance, accessing communities, being unfamiliar and tapping local groundedness – “who’s on what?”
We’re happy to share a long overdue friendly tetatet conversation with Seth and Akil from RESOLVE. RESOLVE are an interdisciplinary design collective that combines architecture, engineering, technology and art to address social challenges and provide platforms for the production of new knowledge and ideas, whilst collaborating and organising to help build community resilience.
https://www.resolvecollective.com/
In Episode 2/2 of ‘After the Maestro’ with Xenogothic, Wyrd Signal and Tom K Kemp, the Pineal Gland, Toxiplasma-gondii, Spermatazoa and Heart face a profoundly existential threat to their newly reformed anatomy. Biological processes are re-rerouted, secrets are unearthed, and the future of the emancipated City hangs in the balance. In this special edition of tetatet, artist Tom K Kemp is joined by writer and blogger Matt Colquhoun (@xenogoth, @buddieswithoutorgans) and hosts of the podcast Wyrd Signal (@wyrdsignalpodcast) to play a session of his roleplaying game ‘After the Maestro’, set within an ‘anthropomorphised anatomy’, as seen in animations like ‘Once Upon a Time.. Life’, ‘Osmosis Jones’ and ‘Cells at Work!’. Players adopt the roles of groups of microbial and cellular workers during the aftermath of a successful labour emancipation within the inner body, where the ‘Maestro’, or centralised vital force of the body, has been removed. Each session of the game generates a new narrative of anatomical and social re-organisation, complicating and estranging common body-politic metaphors into a tale of emancipatory body-horror. Music for the episodes - Legal and General Life Solutions, kindly provided by Percival Pembroke (@oiseaux) These episodes are hosted by fanfare, recorded at Rupert Residency, Vilnius, and supported by Radio Orsimanirana at MKG Hamburg (@mkghamburg). The After the Maestro project is supported by the Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industries @stimuleringsfonds.
In Episode 1, of ‘After the Maestro’ with Tom K Kemp, Matt Colquhoun and Wyrd Signal, we meet the emancipated coalition of the Pineal Gland, Toxiplasma-gondii, Spermatazoa and Heart, and are introduced to the challenges of the post-Maestro City. Radical actions are taken, agency is questioned, and biological, social and physical laws are re-written.
In this special edition of tetatet, artist Tom K Kemp is joined by writer and blogger Matt Colquhoun (@xenogoth) and hosts of the podcast Wyrd Signal (@wyrdsignalpodcast) to play a session of his roleplaying game ‘After the Maestro’, set within an ‘anthropomorphised anatomy’, as seen in animations like ‘Once Upon a Time.. Life’, ‘Osmosis Jones’ and ‘Cells at Work!’. Players adopt the roles of groups of microbial and cellular workers during the aftermath of a successful labour emancipation within the inner body, where the ‘Maestro’, or centralised vital force of the body, has been removed. Each session of the game generates a new narrative of anatomical and social re-organisation, complicating and estranging common body-politic metaphors into a tale of emancipatory body-horror.
Music for the episodes - Legal and General Life Solutions, kindly provided by Percival Pembroke.
These episodes are hosted by fanfare Amsterdam, recorded at Rupert Residency, Vilnius, and supported by Radio Orsimanirana at MKG Hamburg (@mkghamburg). The After the Maestro project is supported by the Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industries @stimuleringsfonds.
@buddieswithoutorgans @oiseaux
On invitation from The Palace of Typographic Masonry, fanfare represents the Playground of the In-Between. This playground creates space for chatting, gossiping, and sharing.
Based on questions given to all contributors of The Palace of Typographic Masonry, the Playground of the in-between presents a soundscape and set of jingles and 14 vocal advertisements that hijack and play a part in the official museum audio tour.
Playground of the In-Between is designed and developed by fanfare, (Miquel Hervás Gómez & Freja Kir) sound made together w/ Fabian Reichle.
The Palace of Typographic Masonry is an imaginary museum for graphic design. Within the narrative of a building with nine departments (Sign, Symbol, Ornament, Construction, Poetics, Game, Order, Craft and Practice), the project continuously develops new additions in which a certain aspect of graphic design is highlighted. The Palace is initiated by Richard Niessen.
On invitation from The Palace of Typographic Masonry, fanfare represents the Playground of the In-Between. This playground creates space for chatting, gossiping, and sharing.
Based on questions given to all contributors of The Palace of Typographic Masonry, the Playground of the in-between presents a soundscape and set of jingles and 14 vocal advertisements that hijack and play a part in the official museum audio tour.
Playground of the In-Between is designed and developed by fanfare, (Miquel Hervás Gómez & Freja Kir) sound made together w/ Fabian Reichle.
The Palace of Typographic Masonry is an imaginary museum for graphic design. Within the narrative of a building with nine departments (Sign, Symbol, Ornament, Construction, Poetics, Game, Order, Craft and Practice), the project continuously develops new additions in which a certain aspect of graphic design is highlighted. The Palace is initiated by Richard Niessen.
On invitation from The Palace of Typographic Masonry, fanfare represents the Playground of the In-Between. This playground creates space for chatting, gossiping, and sharing.
Based on questions given to all contributors of The Palace of Typographic Masonry, the Playground of the in-between presents a soundscape and set of jingles and 14 vocal advertisements that hijack and play a part in the official museum audio tour.
Playground of the In-Between is designed and developed by fanfare, (Miquel Hervás Gómez & Freja Kir) sound made together w/ Fabian Reichle.
The Palace of Typographic Masonry is an imaginary museum for graphic design. Within the narrative of a building with nine departments (Sign, Symbol, Ornament, Construction, Poetics, Game, Order, Craft and Practice), the project continuously develops new additions in which a certain aspect of graphic design is highlighted. The Palace is initiated by Richard Niessen.
On invitation from The Palace of Typographic Masonry, fanfare represents the Playground of the In-Between. This playground creates space for chatting, gossiping, and sharing.
Based on questions given to all contributors of The Palace of Typographic Masonry, the Playground of the in-between presents a soundscape and set of jingles and 14 vocal advertisements that hijack and play a part in the official museum audio tour.
Playground of the In-Between is designed and developed by fanfare, (Miquel Hervás Gómez & Freja Kir) sound made together w/ Fabian Reichle.
The Palace of Typographic Masonry is an imaginary museum for graphic design. Within the narrative of a building with nine departments (Sign, Symbol, Ornament, Construction, Poetics, Game, Order, Craft and Practice), the project continuously develops new additions in which a certain aspect of graphic design is highlighted. The Palace is initiated by Richard Niessen.
On: self-definition, ownership, intellectual property, distribution of profits, scalability of models, play and the merits of hierarchical and non-hierarchical organisations.
Happy to share this fanfare tetatet talk with Louis Schulz from the London based multi-disciplinary collective, Assemble (https://assemblestudio.co.uk/)
The conversation is part of tetatet – Making it Work, a series of talks that explores the obstacles and drives that sustain creative practices in different surroundings. While this investigation is rooted in observations from fanfare’s immediate surroundings, the conversations extend to different cities and countries, to discuss the understanding that the struggle to sustain a creative practice is universal – as is the tendency to forget that creative work is still work. The conversations have evolved from the original tetatet episodes from 2017, which sought to address the concerns shared by fanfare and it’s peers and collaborators. Bridging their backgrounds in architectural criticism, graphic design, and new media the collaboration between Freja Kir (fanfare) and Charlie Clemoes (Failed Architecture), forms the thematic basis for the series as it develops.
tetatet is the sound channel of fanfare and hosted by Charlie Clemoes & Freja Kir, with a crisp jingle by Fabian Reichle
About solidarity, hybrid business plans, doing the boring work so other people don't have to, the Concorde syndrome and deciding to decide to leave
Some of the topics covered in our conversation with Esen Karol of Manifold Press (https://manifold.press/)
tetatet is the sound channel of fanfare and hosted by Charlie Clemoes & Freja Kir, with a crisp jingle by Fabian Reichle
Educational responsibilities, learning conditions, positioning skills, and international influences.
The focus on learning derives from the observation of design initiatives which are driven by the desire to convey and circulate knowledge. Seen in this light alternative educational structures, experiential learning curves, and a drive for approaching learning in an activating, playful and reflective manner is the centre of attention.
Freja Kir (fanfare) and Femke Dekker in conversation with: David Bennewith (Gerrit Rietveld Academie), Jurgen Bey (Sandberg Instituut), Roosje Klap (Royal Academy of Art the Hague)
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Seductive, navigating, narrating skills. The field of graphic design contains powerful tools that direct our everyday life and ways of sharing knowledge. With this in mind, we dedicate a focus to graphic design projects that dare to explore the ways of forming, sharing, triggering and parasiting communication solutions.
"Unlearn" presents one out of three conversations produced for the fanfare exhibition, Unlearn, Display, Connect, for VABF, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR 2020!➰ 🔵
Generosity of reproduction, organisational structure, explorative freedom and publishing as democratic business
The focus on "connecting" devotes space to collaborative design practices where tools and networks are used for the benefit of expressing, exploring or manifesting opinions into a societal context. As the field of design reacts to societal and technological developments, we devote attention to the collaborative nature of the graphic design discipline. By borrowing from various disciplines, these projects draw on graphic design tools to transform aesthetics, purposes and meaning into shared systems.
Freja Kir (fanfare) and Femke Dekker in conversation with: Anja Groten and Juliette Lizotte (Hackers & Designers), Roger Willems (Enter Enter/Roma Publications), Karolien Burrman (NXS and Paradyme)
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Seductive, navigating, narrating skills. The field of graphic design contains powerful tools that direct our everyday life and ways of sharing knowledge. With this in mind, we dedicate a focus to graphic design projects that dare to explore the ways of forming, sharing, triggering and parasiting communication solutions.
"Connect" presents one out of three conversations produced for the fanfare exhibition, Unlearn, Display, Connect, for VABF, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR 2020!➰ 🔵
Hijacking platforms, navigating visitors, re-owning spaces, graduating displays and audience limitations. ➰ 🔵 Whether naming it as "selecting", "curating", "editing", "publishing", or hosting, the attention to the display shines a light on curious ways of presenting content. This section focuses on the intermediary role of graphic design for bridging information, navigation and space. Here we include projects that activate the relevance of the audience, participants and social interactions.
Freja Kir (fanfare) and Femke Dekker in conversation with: Yana Foque (Kunstverein), Richard Niessen (The Palace of the Typographic Masonry), Frederique Pissuis (Cosmos Carl)
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Seductive, navigating, narrating skills. The field of graphic design contains powerful tools that direct our everyday life and ways of sharing knowledge. With this in mind, we dedicate a focus to graphic design projects that dare to explore the ways of forming, sharing, triggering and parasiting communication solutions.
"Display" presents one out of three conversations produced for the fanfare exhibition, Unlearn, Display, Connect, for VABF, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR 2020!➰ 🔵
unsexy administration / marginal stories / sugar-coating / obscure making / humour / and strategies on not being strategic :
On this note, we are happy to share this fresh conversation with Slavs and Tatars
The conversation comes along with their contribution “Who are you” to the fanfare series: The Art of Documenting Art. The work can be visited on appointment with fanfare during the month of October, after which only the documentation will remain.
tetatet is the sound channel of fanfare and hosted by Charlie Clemoes & Freja Kir, with a crisp jingle by Fabian Reichle
https://fanfarefanfare.nl/category/talks/1753-tetatet-13-slavs-and-tatars
We happily introduce this friendly and easygoing Summer tetatet talk with Andrea Garcés and Luca Carboni about their newly formed Sardinian located studio and independent publishing practice, Oreri.
During a moment of Summer break and auto reply, part of the fanfare team went on excursion to investigate the (rather suiting summer break) topic and future fanfare inc. edition of Pause and Leisure.
Occupied with beach research, pecorino cheese, and archaeological visits, a good chunk of time was spend in company with the two Oreri founders. Andrea and Luca together connect backgrounds related to design, translation, and independent publishing, which though the conversation come to reflect, nuances, drives, and urgencies considered when starting a studio practice. Along with these topics the conversations goes around: poetry and language local global movement roaming education systems tools and design services new markets and the importance of belonging.
Credits:
The setting of the conversation took place an hour drive outside Cagliari in friendly surroundings on the rooftop and temporary holiday home of Lua and Nick.
Remarks to the recording were added by fanfare Charlie and Miquel
Documentation made by Paolo
and finally kind friendliness and insights provided from Andrea and Luca
The tetatet episode was carried out by Freja Kir
- Links: Oreri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oreri/
The newsletter mentioned in the beginning has been send to peers and friends of Oreri. In moment of sharing the conversation it has not yet been published to larger circles, but should there be an interest in further reading, you are welcome to contact Oreri for reading possibilities.
The printing place Knus is mentioned by Luca, the printing place is also known as Extrapool: http://extrapool.nl/
Dutch Art Institutes roaming education model: https://dutchartinstitute.eu/
For the month of January the design and farming collective The Soft Protest, Digest have taking over fanfare and carried out their research within this context. For this episode of tetetat we spoke to its founders Nickie, Jeremie, and Robin.
The conversation move from meta topics on food industry, such as governmental and global impact, to unfold more specific dutch meals, the relevance of storytelling and specifically the Dutch surroundings in which fanfare is based and the research and residency of The soft protest took off.
This conversation took place in parallel with the first fanfare residency made in collaboration with the international artist residency M4 gastatelier. The residency is launched to support curiosity and urge for room for sharing thoughts, beliefs, and concerns through explorative visual communication.
List of farms visited by The Soft Protest, Digest: — Boederij de boterbloem (Lutkemeerweg 262, 1067 TH Amsterdam), for small scale well produced vegetables
— Fruituin van west (Tom Schreursweg 48, 1067 MC Amsterdam), medium scale farm with large range of organic vegetables, dairy products and pantry essentials
— Boerderij de Groene Griffioen (Lange Muiderweg 18A, 1382 LA Weesp), dairy farm to visit for its unpasteurized milk, cheeses and cow meat
— Molen De Vriendschap (Utrechtseweg 11A, 1381 GR Weesp), active windmill to get organic freshly grounded wheat flour, oat, spelt and nuts
— Geitenboerderij Ridammerhoeve (Nieuwe Meerlaan 4, 1182 DB Amstelveen) for organic eggs, goat milk, yogurt, butter and goat yoga (!)
— Molen De VLIJT (Harnjesweg 54A, 6706 AT Wageningen) for dutch spelt whole grain flour
For the final day of fanfare’s Manifesta commununal breakfast conversations we spoke to Mariateresa Setaro, curator and Director of Triad, a charitable organisation whose stated aim is to develop and support artistic practices globally, by commissioning and staging new projects with upcoming artists addressing today’s most important social, political and cultural issues. For Manifesta, Triad has organised an exhibition of Einat Amir’s work Enough About You, which runs until November 2018.
https://thetriad.org.uk/
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
Following our final Manifesta breakfast conversation, we took the opportunity to talk to our host Sara Gianguzza along with her partner Jacopo and their friend Pedro, all of whom had been passing through throughout the days we were present in Palermo. Taking advantage of Sara’s local knowledge in particular, we delved a little bit deeper into local knowledge, graphic design survival, history of the city and speculations on its future.
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
After our second day of breakfast conversations we sat down with our chef Nickie Fenja Sigurdsson to talk about the food she’d been preparing. Since it represents a refreshing little interlude, be prepared for a more irreverent, unstructured conversation, which with creative freedom provide insights to conversational foods, and streetmarket interactions.
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
For this episode we spoke to artist, writer and dominatrix Reba Maybury, in advance of her participation in a series of events fanfare co-curated with NXS as part of the /b/channel series, which were in turn timed to coincide with the launch of the third issue of NXS (available at http://nxs.world/#issue3) which features an essay from Reba. More details of this series can be found in the ninth episode of tetatet featuring Karolien Buurman and Juliette Lizotte from NXS (available here: https://soundcloud.com/fanfarefanfarefanfare/tetatet-9-nxs).
The conversation with Reba was recorded the day before the /b/channel event, way back in February. As this suggests, it ended up falling by the wayside due to a busy schedule for our fanfare inc. side project (episodes for which can also be found elsewhere on our Soundcloud profile). Now, taking advantage of the relative summer lull, we’ve managed to finish it off.
In addition to songs selected by Reba, the episode features short excerpts from the reading she gave from her novel Dining with Humpty Dumpty (the full recording of which can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/fanfarefanfarefanfare/reba-maybury-reading-dining-with-humpty-dumpty/).
Songs featured (in order of appearance): "Erotic City" by Prince "Luv N' Haight" by Sly and the Family Stone "Anti Anti Anti" by the Consumers
Full GMB interview with Jacob Rees-Mogg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE6WC_BVZ4Q
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
Reba Maybury reading Dining with Humpty Dumpty at the NXS /b/channel event at fanfare in Amsterdam.
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
Lyudmila Savchuk – RU, activist & journalist
Lyudmila Savchuk investigated a ‘troll factory’ in Russia undercover for two months, where she saw “the groundwork of the Kremlin propaganda machine with [her] own eyes”. She saw “how the trolls actually work”. Savchuk is an expert and frequent speaker on Russian disinformation. She is behind a research project on the political coverage in Russian media and is writing a book on the role of Russian propaganda during the American elections.
https://nordic.businessinsider.com/journalist-who-infiltrated-putins-troll-factory-warns-of-russian-propaganda-in-the-upcoming-swedish-election---we-were-forced-to-create-fake-facts-and-news--/
Edited by Charlie Clemoes for Hackers and Designers
Lucas LaRochelle – CA, designer (Queering the Map)
Lucas LaRochelle is a multidisciplinary designer, artist, and researcher using their work as a tool to both critique contemporary culture and explore tangible alternatives. Their work uses digital media, graphic design, clothing and wearable technology as a means of examining and manipulating the interactions between the (queer) body, technology and the built environment. They received a certificate in Co-Design from the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences in 2016, and are currently completing their BFA in Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University. Their project, Queering The Map, received an Honorary Mention for the 2018 Prix Ars Electronica, and has been featured on CityLab, Broadly, AIGA Eye On Design, I-D, Paper, INTO, Yorokobu, Numerama, and Project Myopia amongst others. Their work and writing has been published in Échelles, Perfect Strangers and Accent.
http://lucaslarochelle.com/ https://queeringthemap.com/
Edited by Charlie Clemoes for Hackers and Designers
Anastasia Kubrak – RU/NL, designer & researcher (User-Agent)
Anastasia Kubrak (ænəsteʒə kubrak; born 10 January, 1993) is a designer and researcher based in Rotterdam. In her work she focuses on social and political implications of emerging technologies, surveillance economies and algorithmic governance in urban space. Her projects have been exhibited by Van Abbemuseum, Baltan Laboratories, WORM, Chaumont Biennale de Design Graphique, and her writing has been published by The Institute of Network Cultures, Nichons-nous dans l’Internet and Design Academy Eindhoven #TVClerici Reader.
http://anastasiakubrak.com/about.html
Edited by Charlie Clemoes for Hackers and Designers
Our use and understanding of notions such as truth and reality in recent years have been heavily challenged. “White Lies”, “Fake News” and “Alternative Facts” are catch phrases The notion of truth needs to be reconsidered within journalism, digital humanities, computer science, engineering, art and design practices. What are the tools and technologies capable of, that we are building, using and updating, and therefore constantly reaffirming? Do we really know? Do we need to know? The 4th edition of the H&D Summer Academy (HDSA2018) was given the title: Fake it! Fake them! Fake you! Fake us!... H&D and calls for taking truth into own hands.
Hackers & Designers kicks off the Summer Academy workshop program by inviting hackers/designers/makers/artists to come together to establish a critical perspective on truth as such, and to work with multiple truths.
Invited speakers are:
Lyudmila Savchuk – RU, activist & journalist https://nordic.businessinsider.com/journalist-who-infiltrated-putins-troll-factory-warns-of-russian-propaganda-in-the-upcoming-swedish-election---we-were-forced-to-create-fake-facts-and-news--/
Lucas LaRochelle – CA, designer (Queering the Map) http://lucaslarochelle.com/ https://queeringthemap.com/
Anastasia Kubrak – RU/NL, designer & researcher (User-Agent) http://anastasiakubrak.com/about.html
Louis Center – AU, (Peer-to-Peer Web Berlin) https://louis.center/p2p-browsers-creative-publishing/ https://peer-to-peer-web.com/about
Edited by Charlie Clemoes for Hackers and Designers
Louis Center – AU, (Peer-to-Peer Web Berlin)
Louis Center is a developer investigating the possibilities of p2p web browsers, and how artists can use them to extend their own creative practices and solidify the DIY/independent frameworks they operate within.
https://louis.center/p2p-browsers-creative-publishing/ https://peer-to-peer-web.com/about
On the second day of fanfare’s Manifesta communal breakfast conversations we talked to initiator, curator, and writer Rikke Jørgensen. With an overall focus on the conditions of creative labor, this talk concerned the use of networks as a creative method.
For Manifesta's collateral events Rikke, together with her Italian colleague Valentina Gioia Levy, is putting together the public programme ”Art & Connectography. Remapping the Global World Through Art” which through a interdisciplinary selection of installations, lectures, and collaborations directs focus to ”mobility, migration, political geography and global culture in a local context”.
Before turning our mikes on, we already shared a coffee with Rikke, during which the conversation naturally led to her first edition of Arts & Globalization held in Copenhagen, and prior to this the initiative Nørrebro Art Salon, a place for cultural conversations. Both of which you can find more information about on the links provided in the show notes. As we proceeded, the conversation moved on to talking about the financial conditions for cultural platforms, the struggle to maintaining independence and the possibility of cross disciplinary dialogue through art and cultural networks.
This third round of traveling interviews coincides with the participation of fanfare inc. at the collateral events of Manifesta12 in Palermo. During this presentation fanfare inc. installed a display of multiple printed flags, sustainable furniture made of sicilian fruit boxes, and a three day open communal palermo breakfast. As with the previous presentation at It's a Book in Leipzig, we presented a lively organic instalment of fanfare inc. an a annual creative research project looking into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of this edition of fanfare inc. is tools. Along with the annual catalogue, the project brings together a travelling display, a website, and this series of conversations presented through the fanfare tetatet podcast channel.
Links: https://www.facebook.com/events/449500462161541/ http://www.artsandglobalization.com/
For this first conversation we sat down together with Zeno Franchini from Marginal Studio and Helia Hamedani from the project Border Crossing (details below).
This third round of traveling interviews coincides with the participation of fanfare inc. at the collateral events of Manifesta12 in Palermo. During this presentation fanfare inc. installed a display of multiple printed flags, sustainable furniture made of sicilian fruit boxes, and a three day open communal palermo breakfast. As with the previous presentation at It's a Book in Leipzig, we presented a lively organic instalment of fanfare inc. an a annual creative research project looking into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of this edition of fanfare inc. is tools. Along with the annual catalogue, the project brings together a travelling display, a website, and this series of conversations presented through the fanfare tetatet podcast channel.
Marginal Studio http://www.marginalstudio.com/
Border Crossing at Manifesta http://myartguides.com/collateral-events/border-crossing/
Border Crossing on Bridge Art https://www.bridgeart.it/2018/03/05/border-crossing-il-progetto-di-bridge-art-in-collaborazione-con-dimora-oz-e-casa-sponge-parteciper%C3%A0-alla-biennale-manifesta-12-palermo/
The fair is going on, the fanfare display is actively changing shape, the catalogues have sold out, and a constant flow of visitors have past by Libros Mutantes. This is Sunday, the last day of the fair, and audience is similarly exhausted upon several days of participation and inspiration. In this context, we speak to Andrea Gonzalez, a young designer and radio host based in Madrid.
Though Andrea has been involved in various projects of interest, our overall conversation returns to the need for creating networks within the creative scene of Madrid, the cultural responsibility of institutions, and design as a tool to gather people. Andrea addresses the complexities of creative processes in amid of a conservative political climate, as well as the realities of sustainability amongst young Madrid based designers.
This second edition of traveling interviews coincides with fanfare's visit to Libros Mutantes. As with the previous presentation at It's a Book in Leipzig, we presented a lively organic instalment of fanfare inc. an a annual creative research project looking into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of this edition of fanfare inc. is tools. Along with the annual catalogue, the project brings together a travelling display, a website, and this series of conversations presented through the fanfare tetatet podcast channel.
Links: http://andreagonzalez.es/
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
Following the talk with Roberto we arrive to the fourth conversation of the series with Libros Mutantes organisers Silvia Bianchi and Ricardo Juráres, who were on a tight schedule before the opening of their annual event when we spoke to them. Libros Mutantes is a Madrid based independent design studio and annual celebration of independent publishing. Our conversation takes place at La Casa Encendida in a flux between instalments and last minute preparations of the fair.
To call Libros Mutantes a fair might in theory not pay the event justice. The concept of Libros Mutantes contains workshops, parties and talks and so, more than anything else they’re an initiative generating space for networking, collaboration and surprising encounters. Broadly speaking, this is also the topic of our conversation, which along with information about the origin and aim of the fair, discusses how cultural production in Madrid possibly can flourish and generate a platform for people to collaborate and grow from.
This second edition of traveling interviews coincides with fanfare's visit to Libros Mutantes. As with the previous presentation at It's a Book in Leipzig, we presented a lively organic instalment of fanfare inc. an a annual creative research project looking into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of this edition of fanfare inc. is tools. Along with the annual catalogue, the project brings together a travelling display, a website, and this series of conversations presented through the fanfare tetatet podcast channel.
Links: http://librosmutantes.com/ http://fanfareinc.world/transportation/libros-mutantes-text
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
In a central part of Madrid we find the studio of Roberto Vidal, a curator and graphic designer based in Madrid. Overlooking a beautiful 18th century building, the studio is located in a part of Madrid which has become increasingly expensive and touristy in a rather short span of time. Through his position as director for the IED department of visual communication, Roberto travels a lot and holds a thorough insight to design in various European countries. But rather than talking about this, our conversation immediately goes into depth about a specific project of his.
On the wall of Roberto's studio hangs a map of the world turned upside down. The countries are all in white, and only black lines indicate their borders. Next to this, the only other content is the ocean. The map is simple, while also being loaded with topics, enough for us to talk about for the full conversation. The map marks the beginning of one of Roberto’s newly initiated projects and it also offers a stepping stone to talk about the northern orientation in graphic design (and design in general). While the talk goes in many different directions it keeps on returning to the way in which history has shaped current Spanish design roots and questions what contemporary Spanish design is, and if it even exists.
This second edition of traveling interviews coincides with fanfare's visit to Libros Mutantes. As with the previous presentation at It's a Book in Leipzig, we presented a lively organic instalment of fanfare inc. an a annual creative research project looking into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of this edition of fanfare inc. is tools. Along with the annual catalogue, the project brings together a travelling display, a website, and this series of conversations presented through the fanfare tetatet podcast channel.
http://www.robertovidal.com/ http://www.rvstudio.es/ https://www.dropbox.com/s/v287h1sa03nf2gb/RV_WhenSelfPublishingBecomesAttitude.pdf?dl=0
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
Following our conversation with Studio Futuro we cross the city of Madrid to talk to Carlos Fernandez Pello. On our way to his studio, we enter what used to be a former industrial area. In contrast to the surroundings of Studio Futuro, these surroundings offer larger spaces, bigger windows, light and more air.
Being a writer, curator, artist (and more), Carlos holds various titles, which is also something that we continuously returned to in our conversation – the difficulty or limitation of definition. From stating the observations of urban change of scenery, the conversation with Carlos quickly turns to more general observations of Madrid, Spain and the south of Europe in contrast to the north. And more precisely how this development accumulates in exponentially growing distributions centres, air bnb and industrial areas ceasing to exist.
This second edition of traveling interviews coincides with fanfare's visit to Libros Mutantes. As with the previous presentation at It's a Book in Leipzig, we presented a lively organic instalment of fanfare inc. an a annual creative research project looking into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of this edition of fanfare inc. is tools. Along with the annual catalogue, the project brings together a travelling display, a website, and this series of conversations presented through the fanfare tetatet podcast channel.
Links: http://www.fernandezpello.net
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
For this second part of the Madrid edition we enter a conversation with three members of Madrid-based interdisciplinary architectural practice Studio Futuro. The conversation takes place after already having spent an hour and a half in their studio recording a live radio show about fanfare inc. for the Studio Futuro-run radio station Radio Relativa. While being both a radio station and an architectural practice, the office of Studio Futuro also seems to be a hub for many people to pass by, hang out, play music, and generally have a nice time. In our conversation with Studio Futuro we talk about the young creative scene of Madrid, communal events and how to balance fun, finances and cultural practice.
This second edition of traveling interviews coincides with fanfare's visit to Libros Mutantes. As with the previous presentation at It's a Book in Leipzig, we presented a lively organic instalment of fanfare inc. an a annual creative research project looking into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of this edition of fanfare inc. is tools. Along with the annual catalogue, the project brings together a travelling display, a website, and this series of conversations presented through the fanfare tetatet podcast channel.
Links: https://futuro.studio http://radiorelativa.eu http://www.undermad.com
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
This first part serves as an introduction to a series of interviews with Madrid-based designers and creative practices in which we discuss the overall outcome of the conversations through general topics, local conditions and global impact.
Madrid is a city located almost precisely in the centre of Spain. It is a place of development and progress, suburbs undergoing restoration and changes in urban demographics.
Madrid is also a city heavily affected by the post-2008 financial crisis in the end of the first millennial decade, an event that especially left its mark in high unemployment amongst the youth and cultural fields. Though the circumstances today have improved, the city still reflects these conditions. While the episodes from Madrid share commonalities with the previous edition of Leipzig conversations, they also differ in many ways. Through conversations with professionals of diverse creative fields, the design history of the south becomes a prominent and relevant point of departure, likewise the general urge for creating communal space for further creative development in Madrid.
This second edition of traveling interviews coincides with fanfare's visit to Libros Mutantes. As with the previous presentation at It's a Book in Leipzig, we presented a lively organic instalment of fanfare inc. an a annual creative research project looking into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of this edition of fanfare inc. is tools. Along with the annual catalogue, the project brings together a travelling display, a website, and this series of conversations presented through the fanfare tetatet podcast channel.
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
On Wednesday 18th April 2018, fanfare were invited to host a show on Madrid's Radio Relativa, an independent online radio station organised by Studio Futuro and airing from their studio in the centre of the city. We used the opportunity to introduce the fanfare inc. project and associated publication — which was on show that weekend at Libros Mutantes — as well as to play some of the tunes that have come to form the unofficial playlist in fanfare's Amsterdam studio.
In the final part of our three part mini-series of interviews with Leipzig-based designers, we talk to Albrecht Gaebel, organiser of It's a Book, and Markus Dressen, co-founder of Spector Books and the original initiator of It's a Book.
Speaking to them at the fair itself, while standing inside the fanfare inc. display, we covered the genesis of It's a Book and discussed the topic of this year's event: the manifesto. We then talked about Leipzig and Spector Books, a conversation which was unfortunately cut short by technical difficulties.
These interviews coincide with fanfare's visit to It's a Book, where we launched of the second instalment of the creative research project fanfare inc. which looks into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of the second instalment of fanfare inc. is tools. and the project brings together a travelling display, a catalogue, a website, and a series of mini-podcasts.
Links: It's a Book, http://itsabook.de/ Spector books, http://spectorbooks.com/ offshore studio, http://www.offshorestudio.ch/ Albrecht Gaebel, http://albrechtgaebel.de/ Most Beautiful Swiss Books, http://www.swissdesignawards.ch/beautifulbooks/2016/index.html?lang=en HGB, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, https://www.hgb-leipzig.de/index.php?a=aktuell&js=2&WWW_HGB=11fb032bd4a1ee1ab66c9bbada19b7b3
Songs featured (in order of appearance): The Cocteau Twins, Watchlar (https://youtu.be/A_F6FS-SIM0) Enya, Caribbean Flow (https://youtu.be/5yRgiXh2fP4) The Stone Roses, I Wanna be Adored (https://youtu.be/4D2qcbu26gs)
Continuing our three part series on Leipzig’s art and design scene, we speak to Markus Lange of Studio Farn.
With Markus, we went from discussing the Studio Farn studio, to talking about the benefits of travelling, for both producing a makeshift mindset and meeting different people with different attitudes. After that, we moved on to talk about the design scene in Leipzig, especially in contrast to Berlin and other places he’s visited.
These interviews coincide with fanfare's visit to It's a Book, where we launched of the second instalment of the creative research project fanfare inc. which looks into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of the second instalment of fanfare inc. is tools. and the project brings together a travelling display, a catalogue, a website, and a series of mini-podcasts.
Links: Studio Farn, http://studiofarn.com/ Posters Rex, http://www.posterrex.de/ Edwin's studio, http://mainstudio.com/ Slanted Magazine, https://www.slanted.de/ Claudia Basel, http://www.claudiabasel.ch/#home Lautiert Leipzig, http://www.lauritz-leipzig.de/
Songs featured (in order of appearance): Cmd-q, 161161 (https://youtu.be/jMI4ZGJ-FrY) Ash Ra Tempel, Schwingungen (https://youtu.be/4VpdJt-eq0Q) Ash Ra Tempel, Ash Ra Tempel (https://youtu.be/ZxUycrXb6eQ) Cmd-q, Nine (https://youtu.be/mFWRXzbx6d8)
Produced by Charlie Clemoes and Freja Kir
In the first in a three part mini-series of interviews with Leipzig-based designers, we talk to Anja Kaiser, a graphic designer who also hosts club nights in the city.
Among other things, we talk about the relative benefits of living in Leipzig, the challenge of building networks of collective support, and the under-representation of women in design education. We also discuss Anja’s project Sexed Realities — To Whom Do I Owe My Body? a multi-layered visual platform which explores how the body is produced in contemporary society.
These interviews coincide with fanfare's visit to It's a Book, where we launched of the second instalment of the creative research project fanfare inc. which looks into the conditions of nomadic design labour. Taking place this year, in five different cities, the focus of the second instalment of fanfare inc. is tools. and the project brings together a travelling display, a catalogue, a website, and a series of mini-podcasts.
Links: Anja Kaiser, http://www.anjakaiser.info/ The Precarious, Glamorous Lives of Independent Curators, https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-precarious-glamorous-lives-independent-curators, (the quote is based on free memory, and does go slightly differently.. Mykki Blanco, http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/33191/1/mykki-blanco-album-interview The Millionaires Club, http://themillionairesclub.tumblr.com/
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
The second edition of fanfare inc. sets concerns tools. In terms of the general focus on nomadic labour and freelance working conditions, tools will be considered as items for improving labour adjustability and becoming increasingly immaterial.
This series of mini-podcasts has each contributor expanding on the ideas which inspired their submission.
For this episode, we spoke to Juliette Lizotte and Karolien Buurman of NXS, a twice-yearly publication which aims to explore the emotional and sensual side of hardware, software and algorithms. The conversation was held ahead of the first of three events which NXS are co-curating with fanfare, as part of fanfare’s /b/channel series, a more detailed description of which will be provided by Freja in the conversation.
The incidental music was produced by Wartone, and taken from the backing track to the Synthetic Selves One Minute open call (https://vimeo.com/225962746_.
The intro and outro song was “Scottie Remix” by Subnation. For our next episode we host Reba Maybury, and it will take the form of a conversation, interspersed with recordings from Reba's /b/channel event.
This episode concerns pareidolia, the subject of a conversation we had with Callum Copley and Silke Xenia Juul, members of the Critical Studies programme at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam. The conversation was recorded following the launch of the Critical Studies publication “Can This Be Something Else” at fanfare on 17th February 2018. The publication is a collection of essays, that arose from a 3-month long Critical Studies writing workshop, conducted by Amelia Groom on the subject of pareidolia.
https://sandberg.nl/critical-studies
Prior to the exhibition BEA1991: full access on Saturday the 27th of January at fanfare, we sat down and spoke to BEA1991 about works in progress, independence, self-censorship, emotional intelligence, and a bunch of other things (taking all that into account, it’s perhaps not surprising that this is a slightly longer episode than normal)...
BEA1991 - filthy believer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StUw8P80iuc
BEA1991 - we're like the hard born https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqfaUjJf1U
BEA1991 - my name is written on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV1MTVs_ggA
BEA1991 - Breadwinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMGtkVOPQaw
For this episode, we spoke to Ben Clark about his new book Nobody Cares, launched today, Wednesday 13th December at fanfare.
To start with we discussed his first book, A Bit Like Sponge and Other Stories, which was completed while he was studying at the Rietveld Academy. The conversation then moves on to deal with crap writing, car crashes, and boredom as a creative inspiration.
For this episode, we crashed the rehearsal for the fanfare event presenting Avoidstreet’s fashion show CANE MADE IN OSDORP – ready to wear for pedestrians, which is taking place tonight, the evening of Saturday 2nd Dec, at Sexyland in the North of Amsterdam.
Our first conversation was with Lotte van de Hoef, designer and co-founder of fanfare, who collaborated in the production of the show; our second was with Eduardo Leon, initiator of the fast fashion brand Avoidstreet and Toby Paul, DJ, producer, and composer of the soundtrack for tonight’s fashion show.
N.B. Since we were taking our interviewees away from doing other stuff, there were a few honest interruptions throughout the conversation.
For this episode, Charlie Clemoes spoke to René Put, Celina Yavelow, and fanfare’s own Freja Kir, who have together initiated Wat Nu Koetsier?, fourth edition of Chives Archives, a project initiated by Freja and Celina looking into archives and collections related to printed matter in its broadest sense. Reacting to Dutch artist Hans Koetsier’s original 1970s project "Advertisements", each week, for 45 weeks, Wat Nu Koetsier? invited a different designer to produce a work that would be featured in advertising space in Dutch Newspaper Het Parool's art section and online.
With all 45 designs now published, the work will be presented as an exhibition and publication launch on 4 and 5 November 2017, between 12:00-18:00, on De Ruijterkade 127, Amsterdam.
The music featured at the beginning, end and throughout the recording was derived from the songs "Kinda Messy” and “The Anxious Battle for Sanity” by Antonio Sanchez, both of which were also featured as the backing track in a short video depicting the project, which can be found at the following link: https://vimeo.com/222492944.
For this episode, Charlie Clemoes is joined by co-host and fanfare co-founder, Freja Kir, and Natalia Jordanova, artist and initiator of the ongoing exhibition concept, Grupa.
The third edition of Grupa, The Drone Show, is presented this Friday the 20th of October, 2017, in the glasshouse on top of fanfare.
With perspective, perception and contextual surroundings as topics of discussion, the conversation circles around the concept behind The Drone Show. The conversation stars off with Natalia explaining about the process and intention behind the show, and goes on to discuss understandings of perspective, and non-linear experience in todays current media environment. Finally the conversation comes back to curatorial considerations and the exhibition format Grupa.
References mentioned through the conversation are The Painter of Modern Life by Charles Baudelaire (1863) and In Free Fall by Hito Steyerl, (2011) published on e-flux.
The soundtrack played at various moments throughout the talk, derives from the trailer of The Drone Show (https://vimeo.com/238380113)
For this episode, Charlie Clemoes is joined by fanfare’s co-founder, Freja Kir, and Eduardo Léon, former co-director of Radio Rietveld, the Gerrit Rietveld Academie’s in-house radio station.
Radio Rietveld and fanfare curated a lounge at the opening of the Rietveld Graphic Design Department’s show “Always in Risk, Yet Never in Danger”, at the Stedelijk Museum on the 29th September 2017.
The conversation starts with Eduardo explaining how Radio Rietveld began, then continues to talk about the forthcoming show and finished with a discussion of the relationship between sound and graphic design.
The jingles played at the beginning, end, and throughout the show were produced by Rietveld alumni as part of the Graphic Design Department’s show.
For this episode Freja and Charlie talked to photographer and illustrator Marilou Chabert about her project Bichos Sagrados, a series of photos and drawings reflecting on her experience at Recife carnival in Brazil. Marilou showed this series in a one-off event at fanfare (at the top of the Tetterode tower), on an appropriately sunny evening, a few days before the summer solstice last month. To start with, we got her to explain the exhibit which we were sitting amongst.
fanfare tet-a-tet is kindly supported by Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industrie
The first episode of fanfare tetatet, the podcast formerly known as Radio Echo with fanfare, a live recording of a conversation we had in front of the audience at the Chaumont Design Biennial. Those sitting in on the conversatiion were fanfare co-founders Lotte van de Hoef and Freja Kir, and frequent fanfare collaborator, the designer Miguel Hervas Gomez. Taking place in Chaumont's delightful, if slightly echoey Chapel, and sitting amongst the second incarnation of fanfare’s nomadic design exhibition fanfare inc., we talked for the first time about fanfare in particular and also, more specifically, about the aim of the present fanfare inc. project.