A bunch of people met on the FATFORM rooftop this summer.. now they will rock Amsterdam West together! So come check out the Westside of town for a change and be part of Firts "Utopia"! Art, Poetry, FeelGood Music, drinks & food!
Group exhibition by:
Ad de Jong / Robert Dupic / Jana van Meerveld / RR Stern / Raquel van Haver
Live music by:
Nedra / Gikkels / Kno'ledge Cesare

Saturday 29 October, 14.00 - 22.00 CET
De Waterval, Van Hallstraat 10, Amsterdam WEST!

BAS DE BOER (1978) studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. He participated in various national and international solo- and group shows, among others: 1646 in The Hague, KIM in Riga, Letland, Heden in The Hague, De Service Garage in Amsterdam. Now he was at FATFORM and what a show!
Thanks you Bas and Irene for making it happen. Also special thanks to our guest from Brazil Seu Zeba, to the rockstars of Traumaclub and our own DJ Lonely and Baba Electronica!

Voila!
TEE CARDACI Live at cafe de Duivel in Amsterdam is (finally) online.

Special thanks to Jaap & Marvin.
Download the tape from soundcloud.

And finally... after speculating on it all 'summer' we got our sunny day! A beautiful occasion for some Caraibian vibes. Our blissed Sensiriti Sound presented a FAT line-up! Big up to Jahva sound (Den Haag), Crucial Warrior Sound (Leiden), Sensiriti Sound (Amsterdam),Riddim Shower Hi Fi Power (Amsterdam), Manjah Fyah (90 degree sound, Italy), DJ Spitfire(getmixed radio), DJ Ras Sjamaan (getmixed radio), Rodney Kool(rass bass sound), Versatile Child and Nedra for coming out and making our day. And of course for FATFORM it's all in the mix! So there was visual art by FUCK artist Robert Dupic, who tuned into the frequency of the day with his unique audio installation. Also the new series Suburban Knights by photographer Hervé Hubert was on display. Through these photo's he tells the stories of local Bijlmer heroes. And on top of it all FATFORM was proud to present the premiere of autodidact artist RR Stern! First exhibition and already a work sold, you should do this more often Mister Stern..
Last but not least we warmly thank Stadsdeel Amsterdam Zuidoost, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst en Straat van Sculpturen for supporting us and of course all the other peeps who help us out all the time.
FATFORM loves you!

Bijlmer-based artist Bert Jacobs and filmmaker/designer Jeffrey Croese were showing their first exhibition together. And what a show it was! Bert & Jeff showed us how their collaboration evolved from their applied practice of their previous collaborations and made a daring and fantastic jump into autonomy with two new pieces consisting of painting and video that they made especially for their show at FATFORM.  

The music was giving us chills. Old school cat M.D. took us on an ACAPELLA tour to the heart of Hip Hop poetry and we enjoyed o.a. the great talent of CIA FUNKY FRESH, BLUE, KNOWLEDGE and last but not least mister M.D. himself. Naked and honest the MC's showed us the volunerable side of Hip Hop and FATFORM would like to thank all the MC's for making the first edition of ACAPELLA such a great success! On the decks were Baba Electronica, Sensiriti Sound and DJ Lonely. Another magical day for all of us at FATFORM!

FATFORM - THE UNDERGROUD ROOFTOP 


featured on Amsterdam.Unlike


Fame, we were fighting it so hard for years, but now it is coming our way after all :)





To read the entire feature go to 
http://amsterdam.unlike.net/locations

Today Fatu Bangi arrived!
FATFORM warmly thanks the artist Roberto Tjon A Meeuw for giving one of his MEGA benches a place on the roof. Come by and enjoy our wonderful Bijlmer view on it, just like the Taekwondo students of Sensei Milton.
Special thanks also to the CBKZO, Artist In Residence OAZO & curator Sasha Dees and the Koninklijke Saan.

We all love Daniela Bershan for the beautiful idea of shaping her artproject into the K-Tuin this season! The garden not only gives balance to all the concrete jungle around us, it also feeds us and our guests, it educates us about mother nature, the birds and the bee's and it definately keeps us busy.. Big up Dani, FATFORM & K-Zone Purple City love you!

Milton Hasselnook a.k.a. Sensei Milton joined forces! This local Taekwondo master teaches boys and girls up to their black belt and beyond.. beware! It's amazing to see this  physical and mental power explosion upon the roof. So after all the music, art and drinks we offered you, now is your chance to shape up! Regard the 5 story steps as a warm-up :)
Special thanks to neighbourhood chief Fred Kuiper for introducing him to FATFORM.

Who would have expected that on a Tuesday afternoon? Amazing music, great art, finally some sun and really truly magic vibes. Thank you all for contributing to this great event and if you missed it, bite your foot and make sure you come for the next event (27. August, Hakki Takki & Friends) 

Selin Toubro, Aline Weyel, Kahtrin Klingner, Jude Crilly, Maia Lyon-Daw, Eva van Deuren, Edith Vandenhoeck, Katja Novitskova, Hans Dens, Sepp Hans, Jules Estèves, Manuel Padding, Kristy Foom, Cosmo Knex, Jonas Frederiksen, Massimiliano Bomba, Benjamin Altermatt, Bert Scholten, Gijs Deddens, Geoff Kim, Margarita Osipian, Eva Marie Rødbro, Yael Wicki, Hannah, Bertin, Raco 

MUSIC BY
- SAND CIRCLES (Stockholm,SE) 
- QUILTS (Stockhlm, SE)
- INNERCITY (Antwerp, BE)
- DANNY WAGNER (Den Haag, NL)
- RORO & PUHQUH (AMS)
- DEANIMATOR (CAN/AMS)
- LITTLE BIRTH (JAP/US/DE/DK/CAN/UK/AMS)
- DJ BACKSTABBER (Anvers, BE)
- MASTERFADER (DNK, AMS)
- BABA ELECTRONICA (AMS)
- DJ STEVEN JOUWERSMA (Groningen, NL)
- COSMO KNEX (AMS)

PS. under "More" on this website you have my text about Detroit Techno, race & politics called...Techno, from Germany to Detroit & black...the race is on!

Do you like seriously insane music? 
Well try Chicago Footwork/Juke and you'll find out!
Amazing!!!!


a DJ Lonely mix...

1.DJ Spinn-2020
2.Traxman-WTF?
3.DJ Rashad-Madnezz
4.Traxman-Movelt Jungletronic
5.DJ Lil Rome-I go Hard
6.Tha Pope-Jungle Juke
7.DJ Diamond-Ready Motherfucka
8.Traxman-Compute Funk
9.DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn-Space Juke
10. Traxman-Get Down Lil Booty
11. DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn-Footcrab Remix
12. DJ Rashad-Jule Dat Juke Dat
13. Chi Boogie-Move Back
14. Dude n Nem-Watch My Feet
15. Chrissy Muderbot ft. DJ Spinn-Bussin Down
16. DJ Pillsbury-Bedrock (Juke Remix)

To buy music ( I still do ) or get info, check...

http://www.ghettophiles.com
http://www.planet.mu
www.beatport.com

Participating artists:

Jabu Arnell, Mike Ottink, Nathalie Snel
Roel de Boer, Rosalie Ravenstein, Delano Mac Andrew, Maritt Serena Kuipers, Jerome Madvig Drnovsek, Karen Maes, Robert Dupic, Mirdije Sheji, Jannemieke Oostra, Maria Blue, Ella Gazibara, Eugen Georg, Iris Kensmil

Baile Funk tunes and Brazilian vibes

LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:
TANTAO (BLACKFUTURE, BR)
FYOELK (HALLO GALLO, AMS)
HAKKI TAKKI (PLATTEGROND, AMS)
BABA ELECTRONICA (FUCK, AMS)
MOEMLIEN (HALLO GALLO, AMS)
SCLRN(BRASILIA, BR)
THE PROFESSIONAL SAVAGE/VOLK MAKEDONSKI(MELBOURNE,AU)
DREAMERS CLOTH (COPENHAGEN, DK)
TEE CARDACI (RIO de JANEIRO, BR)

PLUS: MORE SPECIAL GUESTS

PLUS: OPENING EXPO WITH
Iselin Toubro, Geoff Kim, Aline Weyel, Kahtrin Klingner, Jude Crilly, Maia Lyon-Daw, Jules Estèves, Kristy Foom, Margarita Osipian, Eva Marie Rødbro, Yael Wicki, Manuel Padding, Bert Scholten, Gijs Deddens, Eva van Deuren, Edith Vandenhoeck, Hans Dens, Sepp Hans, Jonas Frederiksen, Massimiliano Bomba, Benjamin Altermatt, Cosmo Knex, Hannah, Bertin, Raco

PLUS: HAPPY B-DAY IRENE & SMALLS

In MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND BERT GROL

Due to the death of our friend and patron Bert Grol we have to cancel this weekends program. We are sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.
ILJA KARILAMPI is a visual artist from Göteborg, Sweden, educated at Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main,  currently working on the installation GOVERNORS CLUB, on Governors Island, New York. Recent shows and performances include h00dumentary, Sandy Brown Gallery, Berlin, DJ Säkerhetskontroll, Vienna Art Fair, based in Berlin, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, and Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Bijlmer, Amsterdam

In h00dumentary, 2011, Karilampi compares his own place of upbringing, Studiegången, Göteborg, with the former projects in Bijlmer outside Amsterdam. Ilja made work during a 2 month residency in  in Bijlmer during january & february in 2011, and turned it into quest through the outer and inner hallways of the two places. Through rhythmic intermissions, animated logos, and a captured VHS clip from an action movie he recorded in 1996, he finally settles with his obsession for ghetto romantics.

Sad news came in last night. Our friend and partner Bert Grol died.
Bert was our mentor, partner and friend that has helped us to build up a lot of our achievements in the Bijlmer during the last years. He was also the patron of FATFORM. His sudden and unexpected death leaves us all without words and in deep sadness.

Our love goes out to Gitta and the families.

Sara, Jeffrey, Daniela, Jonas and the entire FATFORM Team

WHOW! Again an amazing day on the fatform rooftop. We said good bye to our American residents Sharrif and Omari and hello to a lot of first timers on the roof. Surprising live acts by Versatile Child, Bamba Nazar, Zubi from Fufu, Sensiriti Sound and Sharrif & Omari and a little preview of the Spoken World project for ya'll. Sharrif will be back in Amsterdam in a flash to finish the documentary project with local filmmakers Heike & Jeff, in the mean time chek out http://thespokenworld.tumblr.com/. Big up to the new Artist In Residence place in the Open Ateliers Zuidoost, which brought these two over. And also a lot of love for the live painters: Mick & Lastplak crew, Bert, Sabrina, Robert and Daniela! See results above and below, or come over to the roof and check it out. Thanks for coming out!

After spending a month in the Open Ateliers residency, the time has come to say bye bye!:( The journey has been a discovery of cathartic proportions. The Bijlmer has become Omari and I's second home! From the days on the roof top at the Kraaiennest Market with FAT FORM, Heike, Jeff, Sara, Jonas, Dani, Smalls, Tim, Robert and the crew, No Limit, Angelo, Clemmy, Bamba, Fela, Sahr and on, and on! Thanks you for being apart of an amazing journey! We will be back! We thank you Sasha and Delano. Looking forward to seeing you all Saturday!
- Sharrif Simmons

LASTPLAK
Lastplak is a group of around nine painters with different backgrounds and diverse skills. Our goal is to paint, no matter what surface, size or location. Our work can be found all over the world, but our homebase is Rotterdam, so that's where most of our stuff can be seen. Ja toch!

After the good vibes held on the 19th for Versatile Child's birthday bash, there's definately room for more reggae music on Fatform's Fatroof. On the 25th of June, there's another reggae barbecue held, this time by Sensiriti sound, celebrating Jamaican music and it's following in the Bijlmer.

Tim from Sensiriti Sound spends most of his money on dubplates, so food and drinks could at some stage run out. He should still have some of his jerk seasoning left and will make sure there's chicken, drinks, and fire. Nonetheless, feel free to bring your own backup supplies.

Musical fire will be provided by Sensiriti sound, Rodney Kool and Wadada sound. Surprise live acts can always be expected and anyone from anywhere doing anything with Jamaican music is (in the spirit of Fatform) more than welcome to put their talents on display.

So come "hold a vibe" on the 25th of June from 14.00-21.00pm.

Just come, bring everyone, eat, drink, dance, chill.

I know I'm not the only one that went home with a tight drum for a belly - what a feast it was!

As bad as the weather, as good was the food. This was mostly to do with the beautiful and selfless efforts of the stars of the day: Marisol and Malcolm. They combined everything they brought with everything they got (thanks Sara!) and created sheer BBQ magic. There was exactly enough for everyone – from the vegetarians to the carnivores. Mum and Dad brought along some food that these two free style kitchen geniuses managed to turn into never before seen delights. Culinary inventions came down on the munching crowd of artists, friends and kung fu siblings as steadily as the rain, providing for the biggest chunk of the sweet vibes throughout the day. Malcolm's performance at the BBQ with flashes of fire was spectacular, equalled only by Marisol's chocolate/rum cake – which I hope you were lucky enough to taste. They were out in that windy underpass all day: nothing but smiles and blissful cooking. Mum fell in love with them and they had the sweetest words for my closest family. This was a big joy, as none of my Southern fam had ever visited the Bijlmer. For my baby nephew Jesper it was even the first time ever in his tiny life to visit Amsterdam – and to know it was Kraaiennest at that, is all the more cool. He responded by smiling, eating profusely and burping – just like us!



The food I brought went the first part of the day as the BBQ was lit up. The table inside was always refilled just at the right time and nothing was left at the end – instead there were slightly drunk, vaguely smiling and belly rubbing people slumped in bean bags. The latter were carefully provided for by the resident artists and key-keepers Sara and Jeffrey, who made the place – from staircase to chill out space – look just fucken lovely! Art work and cosy room to hang out everywhere. Happy faces all around and fantastic music all day – thanks to Tiny Tim and Rodney Kool. Mr. Kool's help with both kitchen and logistics was invaluable. As invaluable as Mr. Dupic' technical tick, which kept him fixing the sound as it tried to give up throughout the day. His creativity kept us rocking. Bless!



Next to this we had art in progress: Ed LaRock in collaboration with a gorgeous blonde (ass-crack showing all day, who's name escapes me now, help me out please :0) for the first time in history. Hard Knocks in the School Of Real Art, they toiled on for a second consecutive day in the rain on their JAKE peace, endorsed with magic symbolism – owls, skulls, bones and all. The result was to their own and everyone's delight, check the pic. And if you pass it, smoke one and dote on it for a bit, cuz it has layers man, LAYERS! I hung around stoned off my rocker as Ed placed the stars on the piece, turning it from 2 into 3D, the finishing touch executed with the control of the spray can he's known for across the globe. I hope their bones have warmed up again, because they worked for hours and hours in the chilly rain and wind, without cease. It makes me curious to see what else the walls will be filled with in the near future...

For me the day went by in a flash, I only seem to remember chatting people smiling all the time. Moments of the day come back to me only now, really. People that never met before mingling. My Mum and Dad had a blast of a time talking to my friends and they were happy to see all the faces of those they'd heard about throughout the years. I was so glad to see no one left out, even the ones that didn't know a soul before they came. And that's the theme of the day in the end really: next to meeting new people, a lot of new people have come to the FatRoof that otherwise would have never been there. And vice versa, I'm plucking people I never met before off the roof into my own life and that of others. Those who were there will as of now be reminded of events to come and if they have anything to do with art or performance, they should surely join in the upcoming experimentals to be organized by Dani (get well soon!!!), Robert, Sabrina and all the rest. There should be a lot of creativity and kung fu activity coming out of this party, so to be continued...

BIG FAT THANKS TO ALL YOU LOVELY PEOPLE AND MUM & DAD FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN!!!

*XVC*

A brilliant excuse for a nice hang out on the FatRoof: Sunday 19th of June VersatileChild will host a birthday BBQ. She's not loaded enough to splash out on a fully serviced meal with barrels of beer to boot, so some help is needed.

Although she's not religious about being a vegetarian, it's the only stuff she can cook, so expect some pasta salads, peanut soup (Lindasoep ;0) and some fish dish – if you're on time cuz it tends to go fast. She'll also haul a crate or two of beer to the roof, together with an equal amount of bottles of each shade of wine, juice and cola for mixes. Next to this she'll try her hand at Sangria – a bucket of it. This means that if you want some serious liquor or if you want to have something killed & grilled from the glowing BBQ provided, you'll have to bring it yourself. By means of present.

There will be a soundsystem and selecters Tiny Tim (Sensiriti Sound) and Rodney Kool (Ras Bas Sound) have promised to spin some tunes. Anyone who feels the urge to do the same is welcome and lord knows who might pick up a mic! Bring your spouse, the kids, your mom and the sun.

From 14.00 till 21.00, be there! :0)

From 15:00 - 21:00 (sharp!!!)

UNICORN HARD-ON (Nashville, USA)  CONTAINER (Nashville, USA) 
LASER POODLE (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

SEWN LEATHER (Baltimore, USA)



MARCEL DU SWAMP

DJ BUSHDOOF (Amsterdam/Melbourne)

+ Special guests 

It was amazing! Big shout out to Hallo Gallo and the amazing acts: SEWN LEATHER, MARCEL DU SWAMP, LASER POODLE, UNICORN HARDON, CONTAINER - YOU GUYS WERE ROCKIN THE FATFORM, thank you so much for this unforgettable Saturday afternoon.

FROM 12:00 - 21:00

Students from the 
VAV department of the 
Gerrit Rietveld Academy
show their work on 
FATFORM





Elke Baggen, Emilia Bergmark, Robert Dupic, 
Julia Diaguileva, Marie Grittmannn, Kristinn Gudmundsson, Linn Hallström, Artyom Kocharian, Judith Kleinemeier, Susan Kooi, Marlies Pover, Peter Sattler, Siarhei Teresuk, Nadja Voorham, Thorpis Zoega

We did not know that little potatoes could make our hearts beat faster...

We have been tasting our own organic produce for a couple of days now: Potatoes, herbs, berries and different lettuces. EHEC - free and delicious!

We have ginger, basil, cilantro, sage, dill and many other herbs. four different kinds of cucumbers, pumpkins, courgette, aubergines, peppers, 12 different kinds of tomatos, chickpeas, lentils, beans, potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and so much more...

You are welcome in the K-TUIN, WED-SAT 12:00-19:00.

Green thumbs up!

There was a lot to celebrate: The FATFORM is spreading! Our favorite Aussis DJ Bushdoof and Cassandra had their goodbye party. The German Olsson-Twins Sabrina and Eugen had a birthday and Robert Dupic is the new AIR at FLATstation. So FATFORM had a nice party at FLATstation Florijn with Sensirity Sound feat. Nedra and Versatile Child and the dream trio DJ Bushdoof, Baba Electronica and DJ Lonely.

The bad weather could not stop us. After spending our sundays cleaning up for weeks and re-installing the basic infrastructure for FATFORM we did a BBQ for the many people that help us in so many ways.
A big shout out and thank you to all of you, without you we
could not do FATFORM!

Bijlmer based artist Jeffrey Croese has been working with various video & design projects for more than ten years now. He wants to use his residency period to research and experiment with different modes of documentation that will produce an autonomous work.

Ranging from security cam-shots, to webcam- and iphone documentation to photos, interviews and even texts and actions, Jeffrey wants to find a form of documentation for FATFORM 2011 that is suitable for the format and that supports the general idea of finding a form that is FAT enough to contain all the content and media as radical as it can get.

For his proposal for the FATFORM 2011 Robert Dupic borrowed the title “Temporary Autonomous Zones” from Hakim Bays famous book. In his playful performances and interventions Robert poetically creates little zones of freedom that are accesible to anyone willing to see and experience them. No matter what age or educational background one has, Robert's work is accesible and open in nature without reducing the struggle of being alive and very basic philosophical questions we all share. Rather he uses  his incredible sensibility to invite the public to experience his subtle and often amusing interventions that appear from one minute to the next somewhere unexpected just to disappear in the next moment again. The element of surprise in this way of working is a tool that Robert frequently uses.

During the largest part of the season, Robert will be present on and around the FATFORM terrain and produce, research, experience and discuss his "Temporary Autonomous Zones” in direct contact with the public. He will document his process in photos and will through this make it available on a longer time scale to a larger crowd. The precise form of this will yet have to be determined as a result of the process.

While half of the FATFORM CREW was in Brazil for the Sao Paulo Biennale, the other half organized the last tourstop of the BBQMINIRAMPTOUR.

With special thanks to our friends from PRIVATE!

www.feellovetouchprivate.com