Sam3 stop motion

Sam3’s new stop motion is a triumph of low-fi. One of those films you wished you had made yourself – but of course you didn’t so hats off to Sam.

I’m huge fan of all of  Sam3’s work – he has a great commitment to his work and comes up with many beautiful ideas. Its also been a real pleasure to work with him in the past with projects like Santa’s Ghetto in Bethlehem and Cans Festival.

He’s produced a few stop motion films before but this is instantly my favourite..

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Acervo Space

Although Choque Cultural’s new ‘Acervo’ space has been open for a while. Baixo Ribeiro, the gallery director has posted a film giving us a flying visit around the space and the show at MASP. The new space, not too far from the old one which is still open in Pinheiros, is in a great quiet spot in the heart of one of the cities most famous graffiti halls of fame. So now Choque operates gallery shows in both spaces  - including a current show of American artists Gary Baseman and Shag.

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Chicha Posters

This month’s Creative Review Magazine (Jaunary 2010) features an article about the Chica poster culture of Peru. These posters are screenprinted with fluorescent colours typically with a strong black background. The designs are drafted by hand and with extraordinary skill, each layer of colour is the result of a hand cut paper stencil. Although I had seen similar posters in Mexico these Chicha posters have a very distinct aesthetic and culture behind them. I was made aware of their existence through my friend Nano from Equipo Plastico and through him I managed to reach Jules Bay a curator in Lima an expert in this area to find out more. It was fascinating story and so I approached Creative Review with the concept of a feature article on this subject. Like last year’s January 2009 issue which I was also involved with, Creative Review decided that it would be exciting if the cover of CR could be made in Lima using this technique – within weeks the cover image was designed and printed in Lima and now on news stands around the world…

A documentary was also commissioned which can be seen here

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