colourblind

putri p. sadiqah & andreas gerolemou

20 nov 2009

special guests:
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esprit de curiosités
performance 20.00 – 21.00h
anthony leigh dunstan |composer: www.myspace.com/anthonyleighdunstan
sarah jeffery |recorders: www.sarahjeffery.com
claudia hansen |percussions: www.claudiahansen.com

In their performance esprit de curiosités will present their compositions based on a collaboration with colourblind: interacting with the audience, a theatrical sound performance will refer to the colourblind mindmaps that will be shown
in the exhibition.
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quartier mustache
21.00 – 23.00h
the pan-european dj-collective
www.quartiermustache.com

Vergroot

rhizomatic presents colourblind -

Exhibitors:
www.colourblind.cc

Putri Sadiqah / born 1984 in Indonesia / lives in Amsterdam / BA Visual Communication Design / MA Editorial Design

Andreas Gerolemou / born 1982 in South Africa / lives in Amsterdam / BA Graphic and Advertising Design / MA Editorial Design

Calling a design studio colourblind seems like anti-advertisement. But the name is the major guidline to alternative methods. Conventionally colour blindness is perceived as a handicap. But with a change of perspective a handicap can be understood as a positive tool to make a significant difference in how we deal with our social contexts. This approach is significant for Putri’s and Andreas’ visual strategies: try to see the positive side of disadvantages, of black spots, of the unnormal and unusual to trigger alternatives in our visual world.

colourblind workshops
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Saturday 05.12.2009 16.00h
african divination as a creative tool

Through the use of tools one can experiment with thinking patterns that sometimes
stifle the development of ideas. One way of investigating new thinking patterns is
through the use of divinatory techniques. Andreas Gerolemou grown up in South Africa
had insights in African traditions of divination and fortune telling from early age
on. Within a design context he introduces the divinatory method of the Sangoma as an
alternative brainstorming method for any kind of creative process.
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saturday 12.12.2009 16.00h
cooking with infographics

How does one communicate using visuals only? Putri Sadiqah focusses on storytelling
in visual graphics: in this case put into the context of a graphically illustrated
Indonesian cookbook. We are all more sensible in reading pictures. By using food, we
all get a chance to experiment with infographics in an interactive environment.

Free entrance to both workshops, registration is required via think@colourblind.cc
10 spots available for participation per workshop.
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noordjes kinderkunst childrens’ programme
in collaboration with noordjes kinderkunst an additional educational programme for
children will be offered during the time of the exhibition.

For further information please contact saskia.noordhuis@gmail.com www.noordjeskinderkunst.nl