Featuring:
Hans Gremmen, graphic designer and co-founder Fw:
Hans Gremmen (Langenboom, 1976) studied graphic design at the art academy AKV l Sint Joost in Breda. His master degree he got at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem. As a designer he works for architects, artists and photographers. Gremmen is one of the co-founders of Fw:, a platform for contemporary photography. And, he is a guest lecturer at Artez, the art academy in Arnhem, at AKV l St. Joost in Breda and at the art department of the University of Kassel (Germany). He is the author of Empty Trashcan (AKV l St. Joost), Serendipity (Roma Publishers) and Fake Flowers in Full Colour (Fw: 2009). The last publication he made in collaboration with photographer Jaap Scheeren. Currently, the project Fake Flowers in Full Colour is on display at FOAM, the photography museum in Amsterdam.
Chris Keulemans, writer and artistic director Tolhuistuin
Chris Keulemans (Tunis, 1960) is a cultural organizer, writer, traveler and journalist, living in Amsterdam. During the late-nineties, he was director of De Balie, a centre for culture and politics in Amsterdam. He wrote several novels and non-fiction works. He writes on regular basis for de Volkskrant, Vrij Nederland en De Gids. Currently he’s director of the new cultural centre Tolhuistuin.
Melle en Janne Kromhout, scientist, musician & fashion designer
Janne Kromhout (Amsterdam, 1977) is clothing designer. Since 2005 she develops her own fashion collections. She studied at the Art Academy in Utrecht (HKU) and specialized in clothing and pattern design at the Rotterdamse Snijschool. As well as for her free work as for her assignments from film costumes to wedding dresses, Janne is inspired by the ‘20s, ‘40s and ’50 of the last century. In her work she strives for personal and unique designs that can bring forth the identity of the bearer.
Melle Kromhout (Amsterdam, 1984) studied Science of Music and Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam. He specialized in Popular Music Studies. In his thesis he focused on performance, the use of ‘noise’ in the work of the German band Einstürzende Neubauten and the social engagement of the electronics-artist Matthew Herber. Besides his academic background, he is a musician in several bands and music projects, freelance advisor, text writer and researcher. He is co-founder and editor of the online magazine on art and journalistics hard//hoofd.
Pieter Paul Pothoven, visual artist
Pieter Paul Pothoven (1981) is a multi-media artist working and living in Amsterdam. He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Universität der Kunst in Berlin. After graduating he worked on various projects in the Middle-east. He recorded bird- and swamp sounds in different marshes in Lebanon, Iran and Israel. Recently he visited the Lapis Lazuli mines in Afghanistan in search of the origins of the blue pigment ultramarine blue.
