Tag Archives: architecture

GIF Weekender Festival

Posted on May 5, 2016 by The Bleeding Tomato

The first Dutch festival entirely dedicated to the animated GIF took place last weekend at the Amsterdam Volkshotel. In a sense a kind of film festival in which the entries have been reduced to just a few frames, endlessly repeating, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Money Makes Blind

Posted on July 22, 2013 by The Bleeding Tomato

text and image roberto voorbij Medium: tactile paving and gold spray. Location: the Zuidas, the new financial district in Amsterdam. Target group: the one percent, the bonus bankers, the new rich etc. Originally the here used gold spray is meant … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Purification

Posted on July 1, 2013 by The Bleeding Tomato

Street art, Amsterdam. The Bleeding Tomato – Purification (2013). The Bleeding Tomato – Purification (2013).

Posted in art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hacking IKEA 2013 – ÄNNE, Bookcase Door, white

Posted on June 8, 2013 by The Bleeding Tomato

text and image roberto voorbij It looks like in the Netherlands undocumented residency is about to become equivalent to a criminal act. Despite asylum seekers who have been denied asylum are not to blame – fleeing your home country is … Continue reading →

Posted in art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mike Kelly

Posted on March 30, 2013 by The Bleeding Tomato

text and image roberto voorbij This weekend is the last chance to visit the Mike Kelly retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Energetic and inspiring work. Especially because of the freedom Kelly gives himself to continuously use the most diverse techniques. … Continue reading →

Posted in art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sao Paulo blood transfer

Posted on February 15, 2013 by The Bleeding Tomato

image eric marechal text roberto voorbij For the Street Art Without Borders project – a by Eric Marechal initiated international, ever expanding street art exhibit – the pieces New York blood, Sao Paulo blood and Berlin blood were pasted on the … Continue reading →

Posted in art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Knitted village

Posted on January 19, 2013 by The Bleeding Tomato

text and image roberto voorbij At the periphery of Amsterdam is Driemond located. A small hamlet where knitting as well has taken viral proportions. Like an alternative version of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, entire bridges, fences and even flagpoles are being … Continue reading →

Posted in art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tjebbe Beekman – Mall IV

Posted on January 12, 2013 by The Bleeding Tomato

text and image roberto voorbij In the entrance hall of the Amsterdam center The New Love – a place for debate, religion, poetry and more – hangs this impressive painting (Size: 630 x 220 cm. Medium: sand, acrylic and enamel … Continue reading →

Posted in art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Charles Hoffbauer – In the Restaurant

Posted on December 29, 2012 by The Bleeding Tomato

text roberto voorbij Charles Hoffbauer – In the Restaurant (1907). Painting which is part of the current exhibit Impressionism: Sensation & Inspiration at the Amsterdam Hermitage. Just for this work alone it is worth visiting the exhibition – the painting … Continue reading →

Posted in art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

EVERYBODY SUSPECT

Posted on December 8, 2012 by The Bleeding Tomato

text and image roberto voorbij Quite regularly the discussion revives, usually when the nation’s temper is overheated because of a horrible crime, then the real crime fighters take advantage of the emotional state of the nation to stress the importance … Continue reading →

Posted in art | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment