Open studio

Twenty five years Kenpenaerstudio! Celebrated with open studio’s with movies art-films presentation of design and art theatre and music performances. A day to remember.

I presented my opera drawings and parts of the libretto. With music from @thomasvgeerts.

And I showed my Crash paintings and graphic score based on a real story from filmmaker Tjepke Zijlstra (@peppe_zucchini). Visualizing the energie of a near dead experience after a crash. A child from about 6 years said he had seen those lights when he broke his arm, and a psychic man said it was his daily experience, those energies and recognized the spiritual figure.

It was a day to remember.

Thanks to @hanneke_gol for the photos

At work in Marrum Friesland

Having my own working space when I visit is great. Here in front of the beautiful painting from my sweet friend Machteld van Buren.

Improvisations for a graphic score

Calefax Reed Quintet

A great visitor in my studio last year: Jelte Althuis from the wonderful Calefax Reed Quintet, studying on my graphic scores! Maybe for a future joint event… Calefax is familiar with the experimental approach. They also performed the Garden of earthly delights of Jeroen Bosch: https://youtu.be/h1-gqSPMD3k.

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Jelte Althuis with my Graphic score The Kiss
Jelte with my triptych, graphic score

Studio: visit of Nadine Strang, Kobrani master.

Nadine Strang at my studio 2021. She is a Kobranie master. It was great to have Nadine over. She was very interested in my graphic scores and nice to have good conversation about it and how she works with music and the method.

The Kobranie method is a form of music improvisation in which creativity, authenticity comes first, playing with sound and thus becoming the playing person yourself and telling your story through sound.