Opificio Ciclope
OPIFICIO CICLOPE is a production company founded in 1995. Techno-artisans pursuing quality, they represent one of the few Italian brands born in the 90s to have survived the millennium. They are talented directors, playing skillfully with docu-drama and the manipulation of plausible outcomes using visual and mixed-media in new ways. Opificio Ciclope will produce and [...]
Deda aka Katzuma
Who is Katzuma? There is nothing about it until 2005. Some people maintain that behind the name is a producer, maybe even a group of producers and DJs, funk/disco from the late 70s and early 80s. There is nothing to confirm these rumours other than the sound of Katzuma which is definitely funk/disco. Others however [...]
Hiraki Sawa
Hiraki Sawa was born in Ishikawa, Japan. He currently lives and works in London. His work focuses on the use of video projections and installations. Recent exhibitions include Experimenta Playground, International Biennal of Media Arts, Melbourne, Australia and 12e Biennale de l’ Image en Mouvement, Centre Pour l’Image Contemporaine, Saint Gervais, Geneve. Sawa has exhibited [...]
Original Cultures 2009-2010 – Visual Artists
Original Cultures focuses on two specific strands of modern performing arts: music and visual arts. Within these two strands Original Cultures works with both established and upcoming artists from the UK, Italy and Japan. The 4 artists chosen to represent the visual arts strand for the first year of Original Cultures activities (2009) are: Will [...]
Original Cultures 2009-2010 – Musicians
Original Cultures focuses on two specific strands of modern performing arts: music and visual arts. Within these two strands Original Cultures works with both established and upcoming artists from the UK, Italy and Japan. The 3 artists chosen to represent the music strand for the first year of Original Cultures activities (2009) are: 2tall / [...]
DEM
Like a modern alchemist, DEM creates his surreal creatures, weird characters that live in between the most imperceptibles layers of human reality. Protean and ironic, his works range from wall painting to illustration to art installations. The symbolism that enriches DEM’s artwork invites the public to elaborate a personal access code to decipher this world, [...]
Will Barras
Will Barras is an illustrator and artist living and working in London. Born in Birmingham in 1973 he spent his formative years in Bristol. His invention of composition and fluid lines provide poignant detail in liquid abstraction. The subject matter is readily familiar, but captured in a manner that seems to jar time and space [...]
Ericailcane
Ericailcane is a visual artist based in Bologna who has produced art, exhibited and collaborated with artists worldwide. Ericailcane represents Italy and the visual arts as part of the Original Cultures roster of artists for 2009/2010. Ericailcane online Ericailcane’s website DEM, Ericailcane and Will Barras – Stay Away from Light (edit2) Ericailcane at FAME festival
Tayone
Tayone’s musical career started in 1997 when he won the first edition of the Italian ITF DJ battle chapter at a young age. In the same year, riding on the wave of his win, he becomes of Alien Army, the first Italian turntablist crew. In 1998 he wins the second edition of ITF’s Italy chapter [...]
2tall / Om Unit
Jim Coles aka 2tall/Om Unit has been active since the late nineties as a DJ and producing music since his early teens. He has several releases out under the 2tall moniker, which came after a brief stint in the world of DJ battles where he represented the UK at the DMC world DJ championships. More [...]
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Tatsuki
Tatsuki was born in Osaka, Japan in 1973 and raised in Suffolk, UK. He settled in London in 1991. For the last ten years Tatsuki has been a member of the international, Danish-based band Blue Foundation. Alongside his work with Blue Foundation, Tatsuki has also collaborated with Japanese artists such as DJ Krush, Boom Boom [...]
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