New website and blog

2011-07-15T06:27:00.000-07:00

As of now, updates about my work can be found on www.bartdykstra.com

Castrum Peregrini: Matter of Monument

2011-02-08T01:47:00.000-08:00

© 2011 Bart Dykstra

Castrum Peregrini's campaign by Michiel Schuurman.

'No More Bellowing British Tourists'

Photographed for Castrum Peregini's exhibition Matter of Monument.

www.castrumperegrini.org

Why Not! 2

2011-02-08T01:21:00.000-08:00

© 2011 Bart Dykstra

Photographed for Contemporary Dance Festival Why Not! 2 at W139, Amsterdam.

www.festivalwhynot.nl/
W139.nl

Some Loud Unworld's

2011-01-01T06:01:00.000-08:00

Some Loud Unworld's from Bart Dykstra on Vimeo.

Second video from the series "Stembeelden" (Voicevisuals).

Video & music - Bart Dykstra
Voice - e.e. cummings "Let's From Some Loud Unworld's Most Rightful Wrong"

The project Stembeelden (Voicevisuals) is a cinematic exploration of tuning poetry/proze to a photographic point of view, with music esquiring the motions inside the picture and the delivery of the spoken word.

Published authors are asked to join in on this process of undertaking. Preferably contemporary writers, though 20th century ones will not be shunned either.

The exhibition Brandos On The Mantel in Washington DC/New York City, will be hosting this Stembeeld "Some Loud Unworld's" in January 2011.

More information:

bartdykstra.com
readmorephotographs.blogspot.com
brandosonthemantel.tumblr.com/

Longweather's Road

2010-12-01T04:08:00.000-08:00

Winter is officially there in The Netherlands. This picture was taken in the province of Groningen on November 27, around Langeweersterweg, roughly translated: Longweather's Road.

500 Photographers Lecture at ACF

2010-12-01T04:02:00.000-08:00

iPhone Panorama photo of Pieter Wisse giving lecture on 500 Photographers at the Amsterdam Centre for Photography on November 25.

November Publication: Creatie / LAVA

2010-11-23T07:39:00.000-08:00

Photographed Anne Miltenburg of Lava (European Design Agency of the year 2010)

for the November issue of Creatie.

HrVi collection Summer 2011: Photographs

2010-10-28T11:53:00.001-07:00

HrVi collection Summer 2011

Photography: Bart Dykstra
Designer: Harvey Bouterse
Model: Qunneth Wouters
Co-Styling: Wouter Hoste
Make-up: Anaïs

Antwerp, Belgium 2010
http://hrviandwoutr.blogspot.com

Harvey Bouterse SS11 Collection: Video

2010-10-28T10:36:00.001-07:00

© 2010 Bart Dykstra & Harvey Bouterse

HrVi collection Summer 2011

Filmed By: Bart Dykstra
Music: Bart Dykstra
Model: Qunneth Wouters
Interior (Set) Design: Wouter Hoste

Portrait Aad Kuijper & Laurine Verweyen

2010-09-21T08:49:00.000-07:00

U-Turm Urban Interactive Projection publication

2010-09-01T08:04:00.000-07:00

The U-Turm Urban Interactive Projection reportage has been published in Havana.

You can download the pdf version here: http://www.havanaweb.nl/havana_archief/deze_week

U-Turm Project Dortmund RUHR2010 reportage

2010-08-27T12:02:00.000-07:00

Joining the MediaLab team from Hogeschool van Amsterdam was great during the final ceremony of the E-Culture Fair as part of the RUHR2010 Cultural Capital of Dortmund, Germany. 4 Days of sweat and blood in billions of colors we charged the visualisation experience that the new cultural building of U-Turm (great great exhibition tower, thanks Jan and Maarten for the grand tour!) needed so badly. Well, in short we had a lotta fun. Capturing the zenith of months of creative process was truly a pleasure.

The official invitation and other info:

“Dance a building to life”

Starting at sunset the 25th of august in, on, at the U-Turm Dortmund

Experience the Multi Explorable Interactive Projection designed by

artist Matthias Oostrik, creative producers Jan Scholte, Gijs Gootjes

and the MediaLAB student team.

This evening we will have the closingceremony of the ISEA/E-CultureFair

and RUHR2010 as the Cultural Captital 2010.

Sound artist Kid Simius (who often plays and tours with Marteria) will be putting the beat to the project with an exciting live set.
We and our partners Virtueel Platform, Beamsystems and the Institute of Network Cultures will be happy to meet, greet, dance and inspire you at the U-Turm, the new creative heart of the Ruhr Area.

Dj’s, Drinks, Dance and Dortmund,

Move on U-p, jump from a building!

C U There!

U-Turm, Dortmund

Rheinische Strasse 25

Dortmund

http://uturm.medialab.hva.nl/

http://www.magdatt.nl

http://www.janscholte.nl

Rencontres d'Arles 2010

2010-07-16T07:26:00.000-07:00

Back from the photofestival Rencontres d'Arles in South of France last week. Visited with Four Eyes Gallery owner Pieter Wisse who had a booksigning at the Schaden.com booth overthere.

Met some interesting photographers. Had a great time. See you there next year!

Business Sail reportage

2010-06-04T10:13:00.001-07:00

© 2010 Bart Dykstra

One of the things I love doing is sailing and getting to know new people. Why not combine both?
Business Sail does it. One of the better networking opportunities in The Netherlands.
Inquire Hielke Dijkstra for more about this.

The above shots were taken at last year's event near Enkhuizen on the IJsselmeer, The Netherlands.

Work in progress

2010-06-04T06:08:00.000-07:00

Tel Aviv, Israel, 2010

© 2010 Bart Dykstra

Curtain vs Mirror

2010-04-28T09:52:00.001-07:00

Pre-production new work by Matthias Oostrik

2010-04-13T08:35:00.000-07:00

Matthias Oostrik and Bas Pronk inspecting the finished pre-production of Oostrik's new installation at Weteringschans 123, Amsterdam.

Bas Pronk, interior designer, assisting visual interaction designer Matthias Oostrik

'Stembeelden' by Nyk de Vries & Bart Dykstra

2010-04-13T06:25:00.000-07:00

FAMILIEHOTEL from Bart Dykstra on Vimeo.

Collaboration between writer & musician Nyk de Vries and photographer Bart Dykstra. Project in progress. Stay tuned!

2010-03-30T01:14:00.000-07:00

A selection of my work is now being featured on Photography Served: www.photographyserved.com.
Go and see that page!

Interval I: Jaga Jazzist @ Melkweg, Amsterdam

2010-03-06T17:13:00.001-08:00

Jaga Jazzist @ Melkweg, Amsterdam, February 2010.

About 300 different pictures during the entire 2+ hours gig put into one time warp overview.
Shot with iPhone app QuadCamera. (Click image for bigger resolution.)

Behance Network

2010-02-23T04:02:00.001-08:00

Now also on Behance Network: http://www.behance.net/bartdykstra

twitter

2010-02-10T07:32:00.000-08:00

Finally on twitter: follow bartdykstra

Force & Observe: New work (in progress)

2010-02-01T10:24:00.001-08:00

Force & Observe
Sinai Peninsula

(check www.bartdykstra.com : LATELY for more)

Work in progress of a new series of pictures, taken in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, 2009.  
2005 marked a year of suicide bombings at these places along the Red Sea.  Tranquility turned 180 degrees into chaos, leading to a decline of tourism by almost 100%.  Hotel chains stopped building their planned resorts, leaving concrete skeletons up  for sand and wind erosions. The native bedouins saw their economy dissolve into thin  air, but 5 years later the beaches are slowly gaining back their businesses.  
The forceful backdrop of these abandoned hotels set the stage for this first series of  photographs taken in the Sinai, also known as ‘Land of Fayrouz’, which means Country of  Turquoise (mineral quarries).  
At the heart of this project is the given working title Force & Observe, derived from the Multinational  Force & Observers, an international military unit overseeing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israël.

©2010 Bart Dykstra

Global Freeze

2010-01-16T04:47:00.000-08:00

Huurbaas

2009-12-01T09:03:00.000-08:00

Huurbaas: a short film (Director & DOP & Soundtrack: Bart Dykstra, edit: Rogier Klomp - This Is Propaganda)
http://www.boomerang.nl/werk/this-is-propaganda/huurbaas

Boomerang Posterscreen - This Is Propaganda

2009-11-17T09:45:00.000-08:00

Shot some pictures for This Is Propaganda who have a publication on the so called posterscreens by Boomerang. It is on view inside several bars and cafés in and around Amsterdam. More @ www.thisispropaganda.com

Portfolio Highlight 1

2009-11-16T04:33:00.000-08:00

Portrait: Erik

2009-11-15T06:15:00.000-08:00

Portrait of Rogier Klomp

2009-11-10T09:54:00.000-08:00

Portrait of Janis Pönisch

2009-11-06T06:31:00.001-08:00

Researching new projects

2009-10-23T02:34:00.000-07:00

Hi there!
Have been travelling through the Middle East lately. Researching some ideas. Looking for points of view / a new angle on how to perceive the ME other than what we get by the media. History has been written by more than a few through the ages, so with it, comes also the comfort of reflection:

Sinaï, Egypt, 2009 - Bart Dykstra

iliketowatchanddancetoo

2009-07-20T21:49:00.000-07:00

iliketowatchanddancetoo @ the Paradiso, Amsterdam.

Shot some footage and composed the music for this video.

E5 FireLight video installation by Matthias Oostrik with Mosfet.

(And that's me, left on the stage @ '0:17)

Summer,
Bart

Les Rencontres d'Arles 2009

2009-07-15T10:40:00.000-07:00

Hi there.

Visited the Les Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival in the south of France last week. Expected more from the festival, but all in all it was great to see Duane Michals speak at the Theatre Antique and Nan Goldin's projection with the Tiger Lillies performing to her series 'The Ballad of Sexual Dependency'. The Discovery Award went to Rimaldas Viksraitis, presented by Martin Parr. Great work. But if he deserved it? Google it.

Seen enough.
After this:

Shot a video for the 'Mirror of Broken Time' installation

2009-06-18T14:55:00.000-07:00

Mirror of Broken Time, a work in progress... from Matthias Oostrik on Vimeo.

Shot this video of the video installation/performance by Dutch artist Matthias Oostrik last Saturday @ Festival of Games, Utrecht.

Concept --- Matthias Oostrik

Choreography --- Leonie Kuipers

Performance --- Laura de Boer

Music --- Michiel Mensingh

Design & Lighting --- Manuel Rodrigues

.commute

2009-04-27T07:01:00.000-07:00

Bijlmer Moodwall, Amsterdam

2009-03-19T07:44:00.000-07:00

Some recent work of mine in collaboration with Matthias Oostrik . Great work, great artist.

Bijlmer Moodwall

Okermansviaduct, Amsterdam, 2009
Dutch architects Studio Klink, production company Illuminate, artist Matthias Oostrik and design and construction firm Cube have collaborated under the name Urban Alliance to create Moodwall, a permanent interactive led installation in the public space of Amsterdam south east district.
The Moodwall is located in a pedestrian tunnel and interacts with people passing by, improving the atmosphere in the tunnel and making people feel happier and safer. The interactive urban wallpaper is made from 2500 LEDs behind a ribbed semi-transparent wall. The curves in the wall make it less vulnerable to graffiti and improve visibility.

Welcome!

2009-03-12T04:21:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Read More Photographs, hosted by Bart Dykstra.
Here I'll post updates on my work as a photographer,
and examine photos/visuals/semiotics/events as they come to my attention.