GRAFIXX EXTD. #9
The in-depth lecture evening Grafixx EXTD. brings together various speakers from the field. On Monday evening, 23 March, craftsmanship and algorithms come together in a programme that provides insight into how we create, view and understand analogue or digital images. Designer Rizon Parein offers a glimpse into the future of digital creativity, after which pixels and pencil lines intersect in a panel discussion with illustrators Jan Van Der Veken, Juliane Noll and Pieter De Poortere.
© Juliane Noll — Louis Reith
20:00 — Rizon Parein
With a background in graffiti, Rizon Parein grew to become a digital 3D designer and illustrator. His work became an international benchmark, resulting in countless projects for multinationals and advertising agencies. A few years ago, he started working with artificial intelligence. How does Parein use that knowledge in creative processes today, what boundaries has he already explored, what does he warn us about, and what else can we learn from him tonight?
21:00 — Round table discussion with Jan Van Der Veken, Juliane Noll & Pieter De Poortere
Jan Van Der Veken, Juliane Noll and Pieter De Poortere each use digital programmes in their own way to create or finish illustrations. How do they use the available tools? Does Photoshop make life easier, or just more sterile? What best practices do these three artists use, which trends do they embrace or try to avoid?
Juliane Noll
Juliane Noll‘s multidisciplinary art practice moves effortlessly between painting, sculpture and printing techniques. In her work, she depicts vulnerable moments in which body language takes centre stage and characters balance between desire, tension or inner turmoil.
Jan Van Der Veken
Jan Van Der Veken blends the heritage of ligne claire with the Atomic Style, creating retrofuturistic images that he uses for posters, book covers and press illustrations. His nostalgic yet timeless visual universe is known for its extremely controlled lines and elegant characters.
Pieter De Poortere
At first glance, the comic strip series Boerke seems childishly simple, but Pieter De Poortere‘s minimalist drawings are mercilessly sharp. Yet the stories are never malicious: in De Poortere’s universe, human folly is dissected with gentle irony.
