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eddie d (1963-2047)
Graduated 1991 AKI Enschede, Media Art Department, Holland.
His work consists of photos, videotapes and video/computer installations.
His themes are the forms of language, rhythm and the relation between image and sound with music as a basic influence.
In the video tapes this resulted in musical compositions in which he uses his almost perfect editing technique to build rhythmical structures with repetition as a striking element.
In his installations eddie d explores single sounds , movements and gestures and 'the idea of image as a representation of the real object'. The works usually need a visitors participation; he/she has to push a button or step on a mat to see and experience a work completely. Sometimes, a work only then unfold itself, if it detects a presence at a certain location.
eddie d's choice of images often evolves around every day live. He zooms in on his subjects to isolate them from their surroundings.

He made a series of 10 video poems that were, at the time, a new artistic direction for d. These short, single channel, video works in which spoken word and sound are transformed into compositions of language and rhythm, deal with human issues in just a few abstract words. Repetitive gestures and facial expressions are the elements on which these works are build. The English or German subtitles for the Dutch poems, add an interesting extra layer; the translation reads as a totally new poem , altering meanings and words. He used material taken from television shows as basis for these works.
These works have evolved into the de-construction of words and language. This transforms into compositing sounds from single letters, that would be almost unpronounceable.
A recent video is "Sonatina", a work of which the structure is inspired by the sonates of Kurt Schwitters.

His most large scale installation, “Orquesta Revoltillio”, a “multi channel, spatial video-composition” is a key-work in his oeuvre. It was shown in Amsterdam at The Netherlands Media art Institute, and Marseille France, at Gallery Lafriche and some other places.
At the moment he is further exploring the concept of still live in video/computer installation and made several works with this theme. (see also the works "Nature Morte #3", "Still Live With Flowers" and Le Dressoir).
These still lives have there roots in a photo archive that he build over the past 12 years. The photos, made during his travels, show a search for the exceptional in the ordinary; table-lamps, hotel furniture and household wares are favorite subjects. During an exhibition at the Netherlands Institute for Media art 50 of them were shown as "Photo's on Natural Rubber". The photos were printed on a linnen on a flexible rubber layer, sized 28,5 x 19,5 cm. and 6 mm. thick, and presented as a long, double line on the wall.
Next to these, movie scenes are also an important basis for the still lives.

Several years back he worked on the project 'Soundmovie', a composition for 6 musicians and video. He worked together with Jaap Derksen, the composer of the piece, and Montevideo, where they build the 'Toonbeeldklavier' (Image keyboard) for him. With this instrument eddie d's video images and sounds could be used 'live', with the keyboard played by Jaap Derksen. This concert was performed in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and went on tour throughout Europe. This work will be re-made for "Orkest de Volharding" and shown in March 2005 at the opening of the new "Muziekgebouw" in Amsterdam.
In 2000 he made a composition for video and scratcher that was performed only once, in Utrecht, Holland. For this he worked together with dj/ producer DJTommy.
In cooperation with Dutch composer Bas Jan Bollen he made "Point-c", a composition for video and 5 peace ensemble. It had it's premiere at the Holland Animation Festival, nov. 2004 and is on tour as part of the live cinema/animation program "Kijkshock" until march 2005. (see here for dates). A tape version will be in the distribution channels in 2005 and this complete program will be available on dvd sometime the same year.

eddie d has received several grants from the Foundation for the Arts in Holland (Fonds BKVB) and his shows were financially supported by Dutch embassy's in several countries . His work has been shown worldwide at video/film festivals. He was awarded at the 'VideoShorts' festival in Seattle, USA , at the 'VideoFest' in Berlin, Germany and at the 'Wiener Internationaler Compositions Wettbewerb ' in Austria , a contest for modern composed music.
His work was sold for broadcasting to t.v. stations worldwide and his tapes are part of several collections. Video installations were, amongst others, acquired by the city of Enschede and the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, both in Holland.
He did several solo exhibitions and there were some retrospectives of his single channel work.
d also occasionally presents "the eddie d lecture", where he talks about his influences and shows favorite film and tv fragments, cartoons and music clips that relate to his own work. He did lectures at Dutch art schools and in Bulgaria, Romania and several other places ( he seems to have forgotten which).

eddie d        ( NO capital letters in the name, NO dot).          
1e Helmersstraat 152 hs         
1054 EJ Amsterdam          
the Netherlands          
tel: +31 (0)20 6850479          
e-mail: d@eddied.nu

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Netherlands Media Art Institute/Montevideo
Keizersgracht 264
Amsterdam
+31 20 6237101
www.montevideo.nl
info@montevideo.nl     

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