other illustration - aunt peppie
Aunt Peppie is the opening song of the show. Dick and i thought it would be good to sort of give hints to what is coming. Even the moon and the chair are hints. Of course, the picture on this site is too small to see it, but in the bottles are a lamp, a paper boat floating on water, a letter, soap and a rat’s skeleton.
Poster - theatrical poster
Theatrical poster for ‘Some Kind Of Golem’ by Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Record sleeve - Some Kind Of Golem CD package
The CD Some Kind Of Golem is packed in a tin box, with a silk printed logo on the lid. Inside there is a booklet with most of the illustrations i made for the show.
other illustration - dropouts
Images i started with trying to get the right ‘tone of voice’ for the show. The images did not make it to the show but i think they are worth showing. Some have a certain melancholic sentiment that i think is something to use in a next autonomous project.
other illustration - Zafar
Zafar was a song dedicated to the dolphin with the same name.
other illustration - Whirly Gig
Image is based on the opening scene of Once Upon the Time in the west by Sergio Leone. But here, the windmills are connected to each other and turn in opposite direction. So what happens?
other illustration - Tuchi
Image drawn to be projected behind Amsterdam Klezmer Band playing their show Some Kind Of Golem, directed by Dick hauser. The horse is based on the sculptures of Baron Peter Klodt at the Anichkov bridge in St. Petersburg.
other illustration - the promise
Image projected in a format of 2 x 5 meters at the show Some Kind of Golem by Amsterdam Klezmer Band.
other illustration - Rustemulish
image projected at Some Kind Of Golem by Amsterdam Klezmer Band
other illustration - Quarantaine
Quarantaine is a song by Jasper de Beer for the Amsterdam Klezmer Band theatre show ‘Some Kind Of Golem’, directed by Dick Hauser. These illustrations were projected at 3 x 5 meters behind the band during the show. A tribute to Cassandre, obviously.
other illustration - Power Cut
Power Cut tells the story of the band playing on a festival where the electrified sound was very bad. They played and played but the sound was horrible and too loud. Then there was a power cut and they played acoustically, unamplified. Suddenly, everybody was dancing and their gig was a great success. I visualised the power cut as if caused by a rat eating a cable in the PA system.
other illustration - Op de Brug
Op de Brug ia s song written by Jasper de Beer about how the Amsterdam Klezmer Band met. Dick Hauser, the director of the theatre show Some Kind Of Golem associated the story with James Ensor’s painting ‘L’Entrée du Christ à Bruxelles’ and i thought it would be nice to put figures from that painting on an Amsterdam bridge welcoming the band.
other illustration - nachtrit
Nachtrit is a song by Job Chajes about the long nights in a car with the band – and the hypnotising effect of it.
other illustration - Mooitje
This is an illustration coming with a song by Gijs Levelt about the cavias of his children, Although they look cartoony, they really are drawn after the likeliness of the two pets. The idea came from director Dick Hauser, who thought it should be cool if they looked a bit out of place in a night club. I added the Fleischer brothers feel to it.
other illustration - Mendele
Mendele is a song by Job Chajes for Some Kind Of Golem. It was the last song to have a lyric and it turned out to be about the covid crisis, as the band had been unable to tour for two years. But beautiful things happened in that period as well, for instance the musicians finally had time to work on unfinished solo compositions and projects. The Van Gogh reference became a bit of a running gag, but i think everybody can see what is meant here.
Graphic design (other) - I don’t regret
typographic work for Some Kind of Golem by Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Graphic design (other) - Hello and Goodbye
Hello and Goodbye is a lyric by Alec Kopyt, sung in the theatre show Some Kind of Golem. Director Dick Hauser and i did not want an illustration on this place: too heavy, to literal. So i made this typographical image.
other illustration - Fanfare
Fanfare is a song by Joop van der Linden. In the theatre show he tells a story about his father playing trumpet and who had the best sound he ever heard. His father also bought him his first trombone.
other illustration - Breekbrood
Theo’s song ‘Breekbrood’ is one of my favorites in the show. For the theatre show I made a closed door, leading to a room that resembles Van Gogh’s room in Ardès. I just made the perspective slightly more ‘correct’ and made the composition of clean planes and lines, giving the place something eerie rather than cosy. And studying the Van Gogh painting, i wondered why there was a chair in front of that door, while the room was painted from inside. Did van Gogh not wanted to be disturbed when he painted it? Did he want to keep Gauguin out? The high view perspective on the room gives the feeling as if we’re looking through a spy cam.
This empty room, with a chair in front of the door to lock it and keep people out, while it seems empty… I thought it was fascinating, and made more perspectives as if the viewer is a ghost in this abandoned room.
The empty frames provide an even more uncanny atmosphere. And then suddenly we are outside. Alone, in a landscape that is both alien and familiar. Where are we heading?
various - Breasa
The song ‘Breasa’ is about a childhood nightmare singer Alec had after watching a commercial, a cartoon of a kid being brushed clean. Somehow this thing stuck to him and this is my interpretation for their show Some Kind of Golem.
