Valerie Pezeron: drawing

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Sunday, 25 October 2015

Live Hazard Collective @ ELCAF

Live Hazard Collective @ ELCAF 2015 - Roshi Nasehi (music) and Louis Vinet (illustration) from Guy Harries on Vimeo.

Lately, I have been busy with curatorial activities. Do head over at Live Hazard collective blog for an update of our activities, including our participation to Nobrow's ELCAF festival in the summer.

Friday, 6 February 2015

Kitchen Sink Experiment No. 1

Music video I made for Live Hazard Collective; music is from Guy Harries and iPad drawings are mine. The drawings are the result of immediate experimental improvisations reacting to Guy singing and playing. It was great fun to do!

Saturday, 1 March 2014

Live Hazard Collective Illustrated Concert 1

Here are some photographs of my 20mns set in collaboration with musician Masol/ DJ Got Soul .

Masol's music is very funky. You can listen to what she does here. Masol came accompanied on the night with her mum and quite a few fans!

This particular illustrated concert was part of an ongoing research project I am doing with music professor Guy Harries. Live Hazard collective is a crossdisciplinary collaboration between illustration and music.

Formed of the two core members musician Guy Harries and visual artist Valerie Pezeron (see us above!), it invites each year a few artists and musicians, singers, poets, DJs, rappers... to join the collective for a limited period of time in order to collaborate via the format of the illustrated concert.

The formula is simple; a stage is filled musicians and a visual artist who improvise in front of a live audience. The artist brings his painting and brushes, Ipad and stylus or collage, etc... and with the help of a visualiser, the results are projected behind the stage on a big screen.

The artist's drawing materials are as important as the musicians' instruments, and an integral part of the stage set-up.

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Sanctuaries Exhibition Competition

Call for entries to the Live Hazard Collective exhibition to happen at Rich Mix London in February 2014. Curators Guy Harries and I are aiming to have a mix of up and coming artists to be exhibited alongside more established names, in order to reflect the vibrancy of the area (East London Shoreditch) where the show is taking place. All selected artworks will be available for sale during the length of the exhibition, with no commission claim on the sale by the organisers.

Sanctuaries Exhibition and Illustrated Concert

I am curating with music professor Guy Harries this upcoming exhibition and performative illustrated concert for Rich Mix London to take place in February 2014. Supported by Diversity Art Forum, in partnership with Reportager, the Association of Illustrators and the University of East London.

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Sonic Rituals 2 Images

These are the live drawing images I created while performing this Monday for the second instalment of Sonic Rituals.

Sonic Rituals is a live improvisation night between different musicians. A creation of Yumi Hara Cawkwell and Guy Harries, it has so far included a very diverse range of players from electronic musicians to more traditional instrumentalists. On Monday, we had Mark Hewins, Geoff Leigh and former member of Soft Machine Daevid Allen (now in Cong) come and join us.

My involvement is a visual one in that I react to the improvisation sounds by creating images that go with the moment and the music.

I am using now an IPad for these experimental nights as I feel such a device is more anchored for immediate and most effective broadcasting. I also like the IPad because it forces me to draw quite differently and not be so precious about doing nice pretty drawings- the idea of being freed in my expression of movement through the gesture of immediate mark making on a digital device is revolutionary for me. Last night I brought a clunky projector which in fact had great picture quality and everything went smoothly.

I had a good chat with the concert promoter and Jazz Servant Quarters owner (pictured above) who kindly agreed to pause for me for a portrait. All in all, it was a magical night; the music was excellent and the audience really enjoyed themselves. Feedback in my projections was really positive. There is much I want to do in terms of developing these experiments into a polished act and we will take out time and many more gigs to end up doing it.

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Sonic Rituals 2 at Servant Jazz Quarters

I took part in this event last night at Servant Jazz Quarters in Dalston. I will post soon the live drawings that I made that night as well as videos. It was great fun!

Monday, 20 August 2012

Drawing for the Day

Work in progress- drawing for a personal project I am currently developping related to African Queens.

Thursday, 16 August 2012

Drawing of the Day- Swinging Apocalypse

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Sketchbook- One drawing a Day- Character development

Image courtesy of Valerie Pezeron 2012. All rights exclusive to Valoche Designs. Do not reproduce without permission.

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Sketchbook- One Drawing a Day

Image courtesy of Valerie Pezeron 2012. All rights exclusive to Valoche Designs. Do not reproduce without permission.

Friday, 2 December 2011

Mill 24 Mural

Videos of my live performances drawing and then painting at the Mill in Manchester last year for just 24 hours in front of a crowd and with music bands playing on the stage nearby.

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

2006 Porsche Cayman S RK Coupé by StudioTorino

I am currently working on a series of speculative illustrations. Here is the first of the series. Car spot illustration made with watercolour, gouache and felt tip pen. Do not reproduce without permission. All rights courtesy of Valerie Pezeron