Watercolour

i really must paint more. i miss it. hmm...maybe i should veer away from emo, broken hearted, dead-looking-girl, illustrations.....NAAAH;)




Anti-valentines note:

Lomowall at Bastakiya Art Fair in Dubai

Having bought my lomo camera months ago with every intention to use it for exciting projects and happy random moments, i found it slowly gathering dust in the cupboard. That was until i'd heard about the lomography wall exhibition that was taking place in Dubai. I thought the only way to get myself into this was to throw myself into the deep end with committed deadlines. So i dusted my Holga off and started shooting. It really is so much more fun. I mean digital cameras have their place don't get me wrong, but there is just something so magical about your unexpected light spills, intense colours, fuzzy grains, and "what the..???" moments ;)


For the wall we could print repeats as to create a pattern with our imagery. Quite interesting how some single shots that may appear boring on their own become really effective and impactful when repeated.
hmmm...i think i may be hooked...

"My Name is Robot" Exhibition Night

The build up to exhibition night was super exciting. I'd heard all the rumours of what the other bots looked like and all the bizarre things people had done to customise theirs. Rob set up a site featuring all the artists and a write-up about them and their piece.



the beginning process...


After a lot of chiseling, chrome spray paint, markers, watercolours, stencils, computer bits and wires, and hours of recording & editing my songs, this was the final result...


Some of the other Robots were crazy cool! From remote controlled S & M Robots, to actual face casted robots. Unbelievable. The photographers involved in the exhibition also took some wicked pics with the bot's incorporated.
The turn out of people was amazing too! The gallery was packed with a constant flow of people. Check out the clip and inteviews for MTV Arabia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ibJXBtF6Q

My Name Is Robot

A colleague of mine at Tonic, Rob Gibbs, is hosting a robot exhibition for charity at The Jam Jar early next year. He designed a cute, friendly little robot and then had 30 ceramic resin statues of them made. The Robots were then distributed to 30 different artists to customise. A few photographers are on board to shoot them next month, so the prints will also be on exhibition next year.

I have a few ideas for my RenBot. Work starts this week so watch this space for more!

Cliche Exhibition @ Traffic

Cliché, simply put is a sheet of A1 paper that promotes urban/underground art culture in the Middle East. The zine* acts as a gallery space every month, showcasing the works of two of the best artists from the urban art scene.
An exhibition was held on June 12th at Traffic Gallery in Dubai. It was a showcase of Boxes, Prints, Posters and the Zine."

http://www.whitespace-designs.com/
http://www.viatraffic.org/

Exhibition Featured : {ths} / Aditya / Alia / Altamash / Amrit / Archan / Arezu / Arisu / Avi / Bastard Project / Bhavya / BrownMonkeys / Caio / Cima / Daniel / Dhanya / Diya / Elmaee / James / Lina / Neena / Noel / Payal / Rami / Renata / Rita / Rob / Sangeeta / Sarah / Shaxeb / Vivek (project organiser and participant)



The gallery was converted into an ambient zine including one-off prints and installations – the gallery transformed into a live version of the zine. Limited edition bespoke boxes commissioned by local designers were on sale – each containing the back copies of Cliché.











So after almost 2 months of working spare weekends on the boxes/canvas and a week of setting up at the gallery, the night had finally arrived. It was exciting and stressful at the same time but it all went well and we all had a great time.
The best part was doing the Live Mural where all the featured artists could doodle stuff while people watched in anticipation. Then everyone joined in adding stickers, and comments on existing doodles. It was really cool. I think the bug has bitten; another exhibition is in order. Watch this space...Lomography exhibition coming soon! Ren x

P.S. Credit must also go to Matt for all his manly help with all the manly drills, jigsaws and general brain power. Thanks babe!

Night of 1000 Drawings

Some friends of mine back in Johannesburg (Legion Collective) started an awesome project called 'Night of 1000 Drawings'.

Basically anyone can submit drawings, doodles, paintings, photographs, anything as long as it's A5 in size. The pieces are for sale on exhibition night and all the cash goes to a charity for the homeless (Paballo). Each one of these events have been a huge success and i'm always keen to fight the cause. If you are too, check them out:

http://1000drawings.blogspot.com/
http://www.legioncollective.co.za/
http://www.paballo.org.za/








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Nomad

The name Nomad was proposed for a mobile satellite technology product that enabled people to watch, listen and interact with their favourite shows and audio/radio on their mobile phone.




The “O” in Nomad serves as a mobile phone screen with the number buttons below. This becomes a stylized, interactive and memorable icon that can be used and adapted within the identity.




The brand categories can be differentiated by different colour usage, with the category name beneath, i.e, chat, movies, music etc...Simple, relevant and instantly recognisable icons of these various categories can be used as shortcuts or areas where space is limited. These help create a fun and engaging visual language for the brand.





This design element behind the logo is an additional element that can be used within the campaign. They are never the same and give the notion, like the name ‘Nomad’ suggests, of movement. To be used in areas like the website, web banners and even print.