In this exhibition three artists referred to applied visual language from the past. One of them, Thomas Raat, is known for copying visuals from penguin paperback covers.
AuthorPeter van den Hoogen
— > ‘Movie + Music’ Themroc poster for Delicatessen Zeeburg.
Copy and poster are made for an art evening, when Pop band The Ik Jan Cremers performed during the screening of the anarchistic cultmovie Themroc in which modern life is razed to the ground
— > Illustration of poster and brochure for Springdance Festival.
From the early days of COUP: one of the many illustrations used for Springdance. The toddler is daughter Afra, who is now a young woman of 18 years old.
— > Logo design and series of postcard flyers for Apice for Artists.
Apice for Artists produces art projects and stimulates dialogue in presenting artistic practices. Apice is Daniela Apice.
— > Identity for REC Sound Design Studio.
In COUP’s first identity for REC Sound, recording tapes played a crucial role. But in digital times the tapes disappeared from their studio. In the meantime more and more musical instruments entered their studio — from Toy guitars to Theremins. In collaboration with photographer Vincent Devaud.
— > Interview Monsterkamer
If you are interested in paper, read the interview (in Dutch) https://www.monsterkamer.nl/2017/09/01/peter-hoogen-papier/
— > Book design for Takako Hamano at the Sieboldhuis (Red Dot Award).
Text from the Red Dot Award jury: This book converts the texts and drawings of japanese artist Takako Hamano, who made them during her search for traces in Japanese and Dutch fishing villages, into a homogenous design.
Business cards Cobra Museum (2018)
An assignment in collaboration with Bart de Baets, Richard Niessen and Bas Koopmans. We all constructed our own Cobra snake to cut into separate business cards. Every employee gets a piece of a snake and becomes a link in the Cobra movement.
