The KlankKleurFestival is one of my favourite weekends in Amsterdam. A bi-yearly celebration devoted to sound and colour ~ and the colour of sound.

You can experience everything from Beethoven sonatas to a performing balloon orchestra.   A collective of more than 50 artists and musicians come together and create a unique fusion of music, art, performance and sound experiences ~ packaged in a colourful collage of mixed media.

I will be there as the official festival photographer, documenting the events on stage and behind the scenes. If you’ve never been to a KlankKleurFestival, make sure you don’t wait another two years to experience it! Check out the festival program at www.klankkleurfestival.nl

THURSDAY 11 JUNE – SUNDAY 14 JUNE, Uilenburger Synagoge, Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 91, Amsterdam.

Lask weekend I visited the Open Ateliers Westerpark and had the delight of experiencing the wonderful bambooistic world of Hans van Koolwijk. His work as a sound sculpture artist generates eery, emotional, human-like sound experiences that leave a disturbing impression on one’s soul.

“I approach sound not on a musical, but rather on a sculptural level. I mould and chisel it. I make it visible. ‘Sound is substance’ – this has become my central statement over the years.” – Hans van Koolwijk

The installation (shown above) uses a collection of bamboo bass flutes that express sound through intermittent air flow generated via a complex architecture of modern apparatus. You can experience his work first hand at the KlankKleurFestival, Amsterdam (11-14 June).

The Zaishu Amsterdam Project stole the show with our front window installation at the Artlab opening on Friday, 24th April ~ designed in collaboration with our talented friend Weasel.

Jeroen Smeets from Reload Magazine curated the exhibition with over 20 national and international artists exhibiting. Graffiti stencil artist FAKE was also showing work and couldn’t keep his hands off a chair and took a blank Zaishu to spray. We can’t wait to see that one!

Check out the photos on our flickr site and more info about the project can be found on the Zaishu Amsterdam blog. The chairs will be on display and for sale at Streetlab until the end of May.

On 2nd April 2009 we showed our Bohemian colours and paraded through the streets of Amsterdam to relocate the Museum of the Bohemain from Galeria Schaap to Plantagedok. We were dressed by the gorgeous girls at Visjuweel. Check out more fun pics of the parade here.

We will be exhibiting the Zaishu Amsterdam Project at Artlab, a showcase for young talent taking place at Streetlab, Pakhuis Afrika. Opening Friday 24th April, 6pm-9pm.

The exhibition will take place 24/25/26 April, but the chairs will stay on at Streetlab throughout April and May. We have been given the streetfront window area of the space and are working together with our good mate Weasel to make an exciting visual display.

The exhibition will include a diverse range of national and international talent creating live art during the event.