New year, new Appetite! We haven’t posted the entire 2018 but that’s not because we were sleeping. On the contrary – we’ve been busy making the storyboard, beautifully drawn by renowned animator Velislava Gospodinova . We’re looking forward to sharing some of the drawings with you once the process is complete!
The exhibition closed on 28.09.2017 with a bang and a trippy concert by our teaser background animator Michael Schmacke’s band The Fake Masters. Thanks to everyone who supported us and ZeitZone Gallery!
Wow, this was really a great opening! We were blessed with a wonderful audience and all performances were very inspired! Thanks to everyone who came! More photos coming up…If you want to visit the exhibition, it’s open until September 28th. Contact us via our FB page to arrange a private viewing at the Zeitzone Gallery.
Stoked! Velislava Gospodinova, one of the best young animators in Bulgaria, will be doing our storyboard! She is the author of several internationally awarded movies such as “The Lighthouse” and “The Blood.” Check out the trailer for her newest movie, “Firebird”
Works and concept by:
Yagama
Installation by Yagama and Eva Garland
Opening night performances:
World renowned contemporaty violinist Biliana Voutchkova, who is contributing her music to the APPETITE film http://www.bilianavoutchkova.net/ featuring the “I am hungry” poem read by Yagama
The Buzz Bullets – an appetizing new rock band created by APPETITE actor, drummer Lenjes Robinson, guitarist Yamirah Gercke, of Bad Ass Freaks fame, singer Nicole Kreyssel and the bassist Vivek Date. https://www.facebook.com/thebuzzbullets/
This month, we’ve been preparing the animatic for the teaser, doing rough edits of the live footage and finishing the animation set. Here are some pictures of it, as work on it progresses. It will be animated using stopmotion by animator Michael Schmacke and composited with other components to create to world inside the Rabbit’s stomach.
Well folks, the APPETITE fundraising exhibition has come to an end. On June 7th we celebrated at the Porcelaingres Berlin space. Thanks to all who came to the show for the support and contributions and to specially to Kathy Glaess from Porcelaingres It was great!
For the ultimate APPETITE exhibition experience, there are guided tours through the show. The artist Yagama takes you on a trip through the intestines of our beast, giving you the lowdown on the project and how is is being developed, as well as anecdotes about her inspirations for the story. Paintings, photos and the installation will open their secrets to you, so don’t miss! Also a great chance to buy artwork in support of our film directly from the artist!
The Guided Tour dates are:
May 16th at 17.00
May 28th at 18.20
More TBC (maybe 🙂 )
The location is Porcelaingres space, Mehringdamm 55
On May the 3rd our exhibition opened with a bang at the Porcelaingres space in Berlin. There were three great performances, in the atmosphere created by Yagama’s rabbit and cannibalistic paintings and photos, research elements towards the film, illustrations and the stomach installation.
First, inside the tentacled visceral world of the Rabbit’s innards created by Yagama and Eva Gardner, there was an improvisational performance with the film’s actors. The costumes were by Odile Hautemulle, props by Michi Ukawa, with Dieter Rita Scholl, Lynn Femme, Ada Kowalewski, Tomer Dotan and Stephen Patrick Hannah, art direction and direction by Yagama.
The next performance by Grapeshade took place in another room of this beautiful space. The group plays with violin, bass and dance in and innovative and improvisational way. The members of the band present were Klaus Janeke, Ingo Reulecke, and the violin player in our film, Biliana Voutchkova.
The party ended on an idm note with our sound artist Viktor Marinov playing a dj set with his own music as Vataff Project.
It was a wonderful beginning to our project and we hope to raise some funds as well as the show goes on.
All art is available as prints of various sizes. The exhibition continues until June, so if you are in Berlin, be sure to check it out! Yagama will be announcing guided tours of the exhibition explaining the project for those who couldn’t come to the opening.T he information will appear here and www.facebook.com/appetiteproject here.
Preparations for the Appetite exhibitions went on for some time, it was a huge endeavor and we are very happy with the results. For weeks Yagama, Eva Gardner, and Michi Ukawa were working on the intestines for the rabbit’s stomach and the props for the dinner table, and Odile Hautemule was preparing the costumes, while our DoP Dian Zagorchinov was helping with driving us all around. We started moving into the exhibition space on Monday and we finished on Friday, a few hours before the exhibition. We also have say thanks to Peter Gund for the table ;). Here are some photos from the making of the exhibition. The opening night photos from the performances are coming soon, stay tuned…
Yagama, Eva Gardner and Michi Ukawa starting work on the large intestines for the installation in a parking lot in Neukolln, Berlin
working on the installation_with Yagama
Yagama painting helped by Louie
working on the installation-with Eva Gardner
Eva Gardner sowing
intestines for the installation_ created at the Zu Hause studio space
intestines or sausages?
after much work, the intestines have been stuffed into a car :)_with Dian Zagorchinov
intestines spilling out of the car
Dean taking a break from hanging Yagama’s aintings
Eva Garland hanging intestines
Eva Garland working on the stomach installation
Yagama hanging some last intestines
Michi Ukawa working on a chairs for the installaiton
The APPETITE project consists of more than a film – it is a world created by means of painting, animation, performance, and music, to name just a few. We are currently preparing the first APPETITE EXHIBITION, featuring work by the Appetite crew’s artists and musicians, and conceptualized by Yagama. We have been graciously invited to present our show at the Porcelaingres showroom , a beautiful exhibition space in the heart of Berlin’s Kreuzberg. The opening is on May 3rd 2013 and will feature performances and surprises by the Appetite project’s artists.
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