Fly Mr. Fireworks

Multivision Self Portrait

Interview 4 Time Out Porto

hey guys,

While in Portugal,

we were interviewed for Time Out magazine

for their February 2012 issue.

here is the article 

as well as it´s english version .

post porn your world.

Have you seen the post-porn planet?

Luis Pedro de Castro is From Guimaraes. Peter Overman from Florida. They met in Barcelona, moved to Berlin and are making a book. They came by Oporto and Rodrigo Affreixo when to Vitória to enjoy a coffee with them.

In the more alternative LGBT scene in cities like Barcelona or Berlin there is a new aesthetic in progress, sort of underground. It´s called POST-PORN. a mix of everything, from punk,trance, psychedelic,bondage,SM, gothic... Artists/ activists present performances with hardcore content in venues with restricted access, to the audience who knows where they are going. Luis Pedro de Castro photographer, and Peter Overman, architect among other things, have worked around this. And are preparing a book that is coming out in spring and it already has a title: Peter & Pedro Postpone Procrastination !!!

Pedro, 30 years old, is from Guimaraes, studied marketing (here should read Design) and didn't like it, in Viana do Castelo (Portugal). He went to Barcelona to study photography. "And then my life changed when I read about post porn" he says " I was there for six years, and in the last five worked as a photo reporter of post porn events. It took me a year to know one of the Mecca of queer scene in Barcelona, the (bar) La Bata. In my work basically document the performances made by activists or gender allies" he describes. "I was surprised when I found them. The first time I sent them images they responded: ´we never had photos of any of our performances!´, then I became the (non) official photographer. I was able to take pictures because they knew they would get them. It was a mutual co-operation"

A year ago, Peter, 28 years old, architect from Florida, living in Chicago, had arrived recently to Barcelona for his master. In a gay social network, he discovered images of Pedro and was fascinated: "I was looking at his work and I thought. Uau! I really have to meet this person and see how he deals with all this situations, with all this experiences." His own work in the area of illustration and three dimentional graphic design was already intune with this. Then they met at La Bata, and remain together ever since.

Meanwhile, they started a book project. "we went to a web called Kickstarter (not quickstarter), in which people can make donations if they want to buy your project." says Pedro. We collected funding that aloud us to go to Berlin and stay there. We went for a month and now we live there."

web ; www.strangelfreak.blogspot.com ; www.Peterfireworks.carbonmade.com

notes;

with the pics:

Peter overman Develops work in architecture, illustration and graphic design

Luis Pedro de Castro Saturates his photography until it looks like painting. 

Left corner side note:

Unstoppable duo

Pedro and Peter are preparing cooperative book on the art of Post porn.

Citânia de Briteiros @ Guimarães

A 10 minute drive away from my hometown;

 Guimaraes, in Portugal;

that is going to be Capital of European Culture in 2012,

you can find ruins 

that date more than 3000 years.

These remains are called Citânia de Briteiros, 

and I must say there is a real historical energy 

flowing through that space.

From the communal bathhouses 

to the Council Chamber, there is a wonder 

about how organized and rooted in nature this settlement was.

It has been over 15 years that I've been there,

but I it never ceases to amaze me.

There is always time for history 

in Lalaland.

;)

Abstract Construct

Hugo Ups

La Mano Gigante by Discoteca Flamming Star

1 Photo 4 auction @ Gendered Inteligence

If you are in London, 

you should head to Gendered Intelligence

charity auction for trangender youth.

I've donated one of my pieces,

and ALL the money goes to the GA group.

so here is your chance of getting some amazing art 

and at the same time help others !

check out the list of participating artists here

and Like their Facebook page !

MAGA - 8/12 to 18/12 @ Caldas da Rainha

Happy to anounce that after 

Guimarães Noc Noc,

the spontaneous collective show; 

in my hometown Guimarães;

my friends decided to create an artistic collective

called "Ó da casa".

They got invited to take part of the 

incredible visual art festival in Portugal

MAGA

Guess who was commissioned to showcase his video ?

exactly!

Strangelfreak @ Basso Berlin

"Mom, can my friends come over?"

This is the video

for the Guimarães Noc Noc exhibition.

If you didn't have the chance to visit 

the show, you can enjoy it here!

Feel free to embed this on your web

(hover over the video and copy + paste the embed code) 

Guimarães Noc Noc

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"Mom, can my friends come over?"

This weekend the 1st and 2nd of October

in my glorious hometown 

Guimarães, in Portugal, 

there is a show that takes place

in private houses, cafes, stores and institutions.

Random people who got together 

and agreed to host in their homes

concerts in the kitchen,

exhibitions in the hallways,

screenings in the bathrooms,

a performance pieces that can happen spontaneously

in every corner of the art treasure map.

I have a screening of a short retrospective

of about 7 minutes,

designed to heal and provoke.

Bellow are two postcards that 

I made for this wonderful show.

 Noc Noc

Who's there?

"It's Strangelfreak,Bitches!"

Protektorama

Flowers of the World Healing Forest

World Healing Forest

ABC Berlin

Kindergarten

Badeshiff