Published 10/10/2017
by
Robin Snasen Rengård
Kristian Hammerstad
Bendik Kaltenborn
Hanne Berkaak
Børge Bredenbekk
Esra Røise
Jon Arne Berg
Peter-John de Villiers
Magnus Voll Mathiassen
Darling Clementine
Uglylogo/Frode Skaren
for
byHands
Whoa! What a night, what a celebration! Thank you to all the lovely people who dropped by Ingensteds to celebrate yet another year of byHands and the work done by our talented illustrators friday 22nd of August.
And av big thanks to James Martin and Ole-Martin Saxegård at Animasjonsdepartementet who made this awesome byHands video with some of the latest work. Check it out!
VIDEO: //player.vimeo.com/video/104500518
It was the evening of our annual party, but also time to launch this year’s byHands poster series. Our illustrators have had their hands full portraying tropical oases, monochrome vamps, some animalistic party behaviour and a little bit of bling. Not to mention Ziggy Stardust getting a pattern treatment, and a crocodile you wouldn’t want conducting your business deals. All of which were displayed on the evening in question.
In his familiar twists and turns Bendik Kaltenborn chose to introduce a rather fashionable, crying reptile on his poster, the question, however, being: Why so sad? “It’s sold all of its eggs, except from one, to afford the yellow suit”, explains the illustrator. “A heart breaking deal, ending in real crocodile tears.” The work is made as a stream of consciousness, building from colour shapes, which were then transformed into the tragic scenario. A portrayal of fashion’s grip on our decision-making abilities, you could say, but the company the croc keeps do seem to be enjoying themselves tremendously.
In a red-patterned optical illusion Børge Bredenbekk takes us into the world of Ziggy Stardust. As a long-time fan of David Bowie, Børge couldn’t help but think of the of the artist’s alter ego when he first created the pattern technique. “The abstraction highlights his androgynous and eccentric style, combined with a sort of electric Frankenstein”, he notes. We love the idea of Ziggy’s bravura on our wall, everyday feeling a little bit like a Moonage Daydream. These and prints are available for order at our webshop.
Børge Bredenbekk / “Ziggy”
Bendik Kaltenborn / “Crocodile”: