Workshop Kortfilm Filem'on Festival

My first network attempts in my new hometown Brussels led to working for a children's film festival called Filem'on.
Together with Nele Bauwens we gave a workshop in life-action short film to a group of 10 teenagers.
Within one morning we introduced the medium film, the children created a story and the set, where the children themselves did the acting and the camera work. In the afternoon Nele and I created the edit with a soundtrack (which was partly sung by the children). The equipment was organized by Filem'on.
http://www.filemon.be/

2nd Baby Card - Clay

Recently two friends of mine became parents and I made this congratulations card for them!

Screening of animation at HAFF2009 and Cinestud2010

While I was in Tanzania, my animation 'C'est le ton qui fait la musique' was shown at the Holland Animation Film Festival in Utrecht, NL, in the student competition.
It was screened again in a sideprogram of the Klik! Festival at Cinestud in Amsterdam. This time I could enjoy seeing my animation in the cinema.

C'est le ton qui fait la musique / It's not what you say, it's how you say it from Sandra Verkaart on Vimeo.

Illustration workshop at the primary school 'de Kring'

Following the national week of the children-book, I was asked to give an illustration workshop to five classes at 'de Kring', a primary school for special education (for children with speaking or hearing disorders and autism).
I made the children think of different genres in books and made them choose colors belonging to the emotions you experience reading such a book. After the children picked dark colors for the negative stories and bright colors for the positive stories, they made an illustration themselves, using either one of those chosen colors.

Curating a Symposium for Klik! Animation Festival Amsterdam

Also taking place during my MA, was the curating of a Symposium for Klik!. Tiddo Muda and Marlyn Spaaij once again being my colleagues, since we where asked to curate the Symposium after the program director of the festival (Yvonne van Ulden) had read our MA essays.
The theme of the Klik! festival was science, and besides the screening of animated shorts on this theme, the Symposium brought together animators and scientists to discuss the uses, strengths and weaknesses of animation on behalf of scientific illumination and education.
We have found an interesting group of scholars, scientists and animators, whose lectures, animation screenings and discussions made the Symposium what we hoped it to be.
Along this Symposium Tiddo Muda, Marlyn Spaaij and I wrote a publication for the Symposium, supported by the HKU, edited by Florian Duijsens.

Truly Fantastic, research and animation for my MA

Werkelijk Fantastisch : Truly Fantastic
For my MA project I worked together with Tiddo Muda and Marlyn Spaaij.
Motivation for the project is to emancipate the genre of animation beyond that of mere children's entertainment. Therefore adults are our target group and the animation product is made to add extra value to socially and politically engaged television programs. Through the power of irony we question the values of Dutch society. After the laughter follows reflection.

Werkelijk Fantastisch / Truly Fantastic from Sandra Verkaart on Vimeo.

Exhibition commission Eject

During my own graduation year I was part of the commission to design and organize the graduation exhibition. We created the concept of a festival-like exhibition, where the interior and exterior would become one: tents to exhibit in and grass on the floor. Since the exhibition was for the graduation of the whole media department of the HKU (games, films, music, animation and video installations) we called it Eject.

In assignment of the foreign affairs ministry of the Netherlands and with support of the HKU where I studied Animation, I went with five other media BA and MA students to Tanzania. Here we taught music, film and animation at the art academy TaSUBa, to students ánd teachers. An unforgettable time and I enjoyed teaching very much.

Kilimo Ni Maisha / Agriculture Is Life from Sandra Verkaart on Vimeo.

Once through CASCO, Office for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht, NL and once through Project Manufacturing Today, Trondheim Norway, I worked for the artist Annette Krauss.
She does projects at highschools and I edited the video material which is the result of those projects.

Logo design for 'Netswork' ngo

Supporting this developing NGO, I designed a logo and animated logo.

Oxfam Novib Animationproject

During my studies Animations at the HKU, I worked in a team of 7 people on an ideal commercial about fair trade chocolate. Produced for Oxfam Novib, the Netherlands. I mainly did the storyboard.

Oxfam Novib Animation from Sandra Verkaart on Vimeo.

Workshops Animation

During my internship at Pedri Animations we gave a workshop animation at Cinekid Amsterdam, a festival on media for children.




Later I gave a lecture and workshop on animation to a group of members of the 'Soroptimisten'. We made a pixellation on the spot.

Internship Pedri Animations

This internship brought me a lot of experience and new skills, all in a very nice working environment. Together with my internship-colleague Conchita Mulder, we made commercials for warehouse HEMA and foodchain KFC.
http://www.pedri.com/

internship assignment for HEMA from Sandra Verkaart on Vimeo.

Internship Beast Animations

During this short internship I helped building a set for an animation movie.

Baby Announcement Card - Clay

Design and print of a card to announce the birth of Jenna, a friends' daughter.

Three animations based on Poetry (Dutch)

Made during my first internship, with Christa Moesker. Also one of the first animations I made.

Visvoer / Fishfood
-a wordplay by poet Kees Torn. 'blik' means both 'view' and 'tin can' in Dutch.
Untitled, by Jos van Hest
-one way to send of your loveletter.
Bijna nooit / Rarely
-by Judith Herzberg. "It is rare to see a bird in flight, changing course, changing it's mind"

Visvoer / Fishfood from Sandra Verkaart on Vimeo.

Send your loveletter from Sandra Verkaart on Vimeo.

Bijna Nooit / Rarely from Sandra Verkaart on Vimeo.

Voluntary work at HAFF

An interesting way to get involved in -and enjoy- the well known Holland Animation Film Festival. Volunteered for several years.

Illustrations for a book on linguistics

Title of the book: ‘Taalstoornissen bij meertalige kinderen. Diagnose en behandeling’. Writer: Manuela Julien. Publisher: Harcourt Assesment BV, Amsterdam, NL.

Illustrations for the language course in dialect Gronings 'Toal'

In assignment of Siemon Reker. Groningen, NL. Publisher: In Boekvorm Uitgevers bv, Assen, NL.

Silkprint based on musicpiece 'Fratres' by Arvo Pärt

Project with several participants, on the Art Academy Minerva, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Poem visualized on a wooden puzzle

Flyer - Monotype

Flyer for a classical concert. Technique of the image: monotype

Drawings

On big size paper, with acrylic paint and graphite.

Picture Book - monotype

A setup for a picture book. Technique monotype.

Little compilation of early work

From left above to right below:
Photography during a stay in an empty building. Selfportrait holding a portrait of my mother being my age. Installation in the mentioned empty building. Oilpainting.