Ki ki ri ki Tous Les Soirs

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Ki ki ri ki Tous Les Soirs
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An installation at the Salle du Conseil (City Council's Room), inside the Hotel de Ville
(Townhall), at the International poster and graphic arts festival of Chaumont 2005.

The work is inspired by, and makes use of elements from the foundation of the festival,
the historical Collection Gustave Dutailly (5.000 vintage poster from the Fin de Siecle
and more). Besides showing a selection of these old lithographic posters, I made a
new body of work using parts of other posters that were mixed with additional graphics.

An insane artisanal working-method:

From a pre-selection of 500 vintage posters, hundreds of elements were cut...

...by hand from paper...

...and combined into new images.

Kikiriki Invitation card
Year 2005
Size H 12 x W 25 cm
Technique Silkscreen on cardboard (3/3 colours)
Imprint 1200

Title Kikiriki Souvenir poster
Year 2005
Size A0 (84 x 120 cm)
Technique Silkscreen
Imprint Signed & numbered edition of 75

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A0 poster & a hell of a sewing-job at festival HQ Les Silos.

The Salle du Conseil on a regular - non festival - day.

Mounting 7 inkjetprints on cotton (w 170 x h 440 cm) to the wooden frames.

The Salle du Conseil under construction...

Arbre/Album, a 'tree/album' made of wood & silkscreen prints.

Sample (real size) of 'leaves' silkscreened on special 'shoji' paper,
kindly imported from Japan by Kodama Japanese furniture, Amsterdam...

... that was also used on the folding screens, which were printed with...

... collages from other material of the Fin de Siècle...

...like these vintage factory letterheads (original copper engravings courtesy
Collection Vincent van Baar), and Paris World Expo 1889 medailles (courtesy Ewald Spieker).

Japanese 'Noren' (split entryway curtain) inspired welcoming banner
at the entrancehall stairs (H 75 x W 300 cm).
Silkscreened by hand on white cotton by Zeebra, Ede.

Two of seven window designs...

The upsidedown Eiffeltower and Devil's Cave were constructed from
and inspired by elements of vintage circus- and theatre show posters,
many of which can be found in the Dutailly collection:

Sponsors:
The Netherlands foundation for Visual arts, Design and Architecture
Mondriaan Foundation
Dutch Embassy in Paris