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1 The Crystal Ship E3-Plein, 9050 Gent Voorstelling kandidaat The Crystal Ship is een organisatie die werkt rond kunst in de openbare ruimte en jaarlijks meer dan 25 installaties, sculpturen en muurschilderingen maakt. The Crystal Ship vertegenwoordigt ook beeldende kunstenaars en beantwoordt op hun behoeften in de steeds veranderende wereld van kunst en cultuur. Voorstelling kunstenaar: Joachim (BE) Deze biografie is in het Engels, indien u de biografie wilt ontvangen in het Nederlands of Frans gelieve ons dan te contacteren. Joachim is a talented, young Belgian street artist who managed to introduce himself into the Belgian street art scene and earn his place in the sun relatively quickly. He is famous for his childlike spontaneity and experimenting with different styles. In addition to creating street art in various European cities, Joachim also works on canvases he builds from quality materials he finds 1

2 on the street. These improvised canvases, as well as the recurring motifs of eyes and teeth, became the trademark of Joachim s unique art. Joachim was interested in painting, drawing and graffiti since his earliest childhood. His first memories of graffiti date back from the 90s, when he was just a six-year-old boy impressed by the street art on the streets of Antwerp in Belgium. At the time, most of graffiti were just simple, old school artworks, quite different from the rich and diverse world of street art we can find in any European major city nowadays. However, already in the early 90s, Joachim was quite sure that he wanted to become a street artist. Years later, he succeeded in pursuing his dream he attended an art school and got involved with the burgeoning, exciting urban art scene of his home town. Joachim decided to follow a unique path when it comes to developing his own style. After graduating from an art school, the artist has spent some time experimenting with various approaches to graffiti. He decided not to stick to any particular street art tradition what he creates is inspired mainly by childlike spontaneity. His trademark motifs, eyes and teeth, slightly resemble Picasso and cubism in general, even though Joachim doesn t have any serious pretenses of recreating the cubist paintings. The role of multiple eyes and teeth is simply to give a memorable and consistent appearance to his amusingly bizarre characters which look like comic book heroes. Since 2010, in addition to street art, painting became Joachim s main project and he began to rent his own studio, which he turned into his cosy second home, where he can brainstorm and develop new projects. Because of the high price of crucial art materials, Joachim cleverly decide to make his own canvases by recycling materials he finds on the street. Nowadays, he is a successful art seller and his new pieces can be purchased online. Joachim s distinctive style is impossible not to notice. Signature multiple eyes of his amusing characters, funny depiction of their teeth as well as twisted, complicated compositions and playful use of colors are all great at capturing a viewer s attention. When it comes to Joachim, he enjoys creating both street art and small-scale works in his studio and he considers himself a full-time, utterly dedicated artist. When I m filthy, tired, and have nearly died a couple of times, that s when I know it s been a good day, Joachim claims. 2

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4 Projectvoorstelling ULB Dit werk krijgt de titel Conversatie met potlood en pint mee en toont ons twee mannen en twee vrouwen die aan het communiceren zijn met elkaar. De vier personages zijn ideeën met elkaar aan het bespreken en ideeën aan het uitwisselen. In de hand van één van deze personen zien we een potlood. Dit is een knipoog naar de bekende uitspraak the pen is mightier than the sword van de Engelse auteur Edward Bulwer-Lytton. In het ontwerp is het potlood echter vervangen door een potlood om het creatieve aspect van het project en de muurschildering te benadrukken. Doordat de oppervlakte van de muur steeds onderbroken wordt door lange glaspartijen is het niet evident om een doorlopend ontwerp te creëren. Door deze specifieke compositie van de meest cruciale elementen en het gebruik van grote en kleurrijke vlakken blijft het ontwerp echter duidelijk en herkenbaar. 4

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6 Technische informatie The Crystal Ship maakt zich sterk dat de leveranciers van hun productiematerialen (in dit geval latexverf van North Sea Paints en spuitbusverf van Montana Gold) de nodige doelstellingen en normen garanderen dat al hun producten voldoen aan de meest strenge eisen voor het behoud van het milieu. Ze handhaven hierdoor het ISO 9001-certificaat voor kwaliteitscontrole en de ISO 14001, die de inzet voor het milieu en een lange duurzaamheid van +10 jaar garandeert. 6