It looks like a geek version of the discoghosts, but it’s the Vacuum Launch Night, which takes place at the Permanent Gallery around Halloween. This evening event marks the official launch of the fourth issue of Vacuum Independent Art Paper. I was asked to do some new work for them, so come around to find my contribution in this mag.
Vacuum is an art paper for exhibitions and events happening in Brighton, it includes reviews, comments, art writing, essays and art work for the printed page. The Paper is edited in turns by Grey Area and Permanent Gallery.
Readings from contributers to the fourth issue of vacuum Independent Art Paper – Rowena Easton, Jonathan Swain, Jason Evans, Barbara Ryan –
Live music from – Robert Stillman’s Horses – Friday 31st October, 8pm, £1 entry
Permanent Gallery &
The Permanent Bookshop
20 Bedford Place
Brighton BN1 2PT

Time to announce the latest issue of fanzines out of the Shake Your Tree univers. It’s a collaboration between Shake Your Tree and our friends from Upitup. M-Boy, Tracky Birthday, Roglok and Konrad Kuhn teamed up and compiled a fancy fanzine about dance music.

“Best before – A Dsico Fanzine” is both: a critical examination but also a playful homage to disco music and culture.

Of course you can find also some new work of mine in it. Sadly I couldn’t take part at the legendary release party.

Be fast and order your silk screen printed copy, before it’s sold out: www.dsico-fanzine.com. That’s the place where you can find also DJ mixes, a collection of 69 favorite tracks (with links), a list of research sources, a YouTube playlistof Muppet Disco videos, and some goodies.

8 Euros additional shipping
17×25,5 cm
52 pages + 1 poster
limited to 250 copies
screenprinted by hand

Yesterday a big opening party for Wellington Road studios took place in Portslade. The Shake Your Tree Studio is only one of four studios in the building, hosted by Blast Theory.

After the last builders had left and the big tidy up was finished, Blast Theory invited to a lovely opening event with open studios and presentations of their work including An Explicit Volume, Riders Spoke or Trucold. Thanks to Blast Theory and all the guests who said hello to our Shake Your Tree Studio.

If you are around in Brighton keep your eyes open for the new issue of the Vacuum Magazine. It is published by Permanent Gallery and Grey Area and I had the chance to do some new work for them. Thanks to Laura and Matt.

I am going to travel now to Frankfurt where I will stay during the 60th Frankfurt Book Fair. I will do some signing of my new book “Selbsthändig”. Come to „Kleinod“, Färbergasse 65 in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen this Thursday (October 16th) to get your signed copy! Starts at 18:30. Illustrators Organisation Come Together Party. Free Entry. I am looking forward to meet you there.

1. You can find an interview and some of my work in the NewWebPick Magazine.

2. Rugged Magazine did an interview with me about Shake Your Tree and featured my work for our last issue . Thanks Eric for the interview.

3. Perhaps I can use this post to say also Thank You for the lovely support and the kind words in the last couple of months to Nate Williams and Illustration Mundo for choosing me as an Editors’ Choice and to Design is Kinky, Netdiver, Computerlove, Heavy Backpack, Yay Monday and all the others…

Cheers guys!

The book competition on Designtagebuch found two lucky winners. Each of them won a copy of my book “Selbsthändig”. Congratulations to them! Thank you Achim for the competition. You can find there a big link collection to some really nice artists.