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Written by Matt
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Wednesday, 31 July 2013 |
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 As we told you back on July 8th, Gerald Scarfe's exhibition of more than 100 large-format drawings and watercolours opened at the beautiful Kampa Museum in Prague on July 24th 2013 and will run there until October 13th 2013.
Our friend Vlado Marcinek was there for the press conference the day prior to opening (July 23rd) and the fan meeting on the opening day itself, and to the right, and below, exclusively shares his pictures with you. Now, over to Vlado for his report:
First of all, I don't have to say this but I will. Gerald is a true genius, a very kind and friendly person, a true professional and true gentleman. Having spoken to him, he is clearly just that gentleman you know from various of interviews on the internet, on DVDs, and on Youtube (such as the exclusive videos produced for Brain Damage).
During the press conference he explained how he began to draw, who inspired him and told us that The Wall mainly is the reason why he's here in Prague. I asked him about his latest collaboration with Roger on his new The Wall tour and he explained to me the story of how he met him in 1971, how they've become friends and how Roger brought those cassettes with The Wall demo to his house. He also mentioned he meets Roger, David, Nick regularly and they're all friends.
When the press conference was over, he did a TV interview and then kindly took us all through his exhibition and made comments on each of his drawing! So not even I saw the whole exhibition before it's official open, but Gerald himself took me through it! Can you imagine anything more spectacular than a tour with the man himself? :)
The exhibition is all very interesting and inspiring. He told several very interesting stories during both events I didn't know, such as the one when he was portraiting The Beatles and Ringo asked him to draw his picture on one of his actual walls in his house!
He also told us about an American soldier fighting in the Gulf, who wrote to him explaining that his drawings helped him to get through hard times and he had his whole arm tattooed with Gerald's images. He also send him the medal he got, but Gerald sent it back saying he couldn't keep it as he didn't deserve it, as he was not a hero...
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Written by Matt
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Tuesday, 30 July 2013 |
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Currently running is FIESA 2013, the 11th International Sand Sculpture Festival, held in Pêra, Algarve, that each year is dedicated to a different theme. As Brain Damage visitor Dave Roe reports, this year the theme is music - and he has kindly sent over pictures of the David Gilmour sculpture, along with a Wall-themed creation, which is also very well detailed, and shows a good degree of imagination and knowledge of The Wall.
To view the pictures in greater detail, click the thumbnails:
FIESA is considered the largest event of its kind in the world and uses forty thousand tons of sand, which are carved annually by fifty artists, national and international, with sculptures that reach twelve feet tall. It can be visited day or night when the sculptures are illuminated.
It is open to the public every day between now and September 15th, from 10am until midnight, and between September 16th and October 25th from 10am until 8pm. Tickets and more information from Fiesa.org.
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Written by Matt
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Monday, 22 July 2013 |
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 A brief bit of news concerning the July 31st Roger Waters concert in Athens, Greece. As promised by Roger in the video posted earlier, there will be a limited amount of 18 euro tickets available for this show, which is in nine days time, starting this Thursday, July 25th, at 9am at the Athens Box Office, TICKETHOUSE. For this occasion only, TICKETHOUSE will be open from 9am rather than the more normal 10:30am. These tickets will be solely available from the box office in Athens, not by phone nor via the Internet.
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Written by Matt
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Monday, 22 July 2013 |
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Nick Mason is one of the many drivers who took part in the 2013 Goodwood Festival Of Speed, which was on July 11th - 14th. The event is a must-attend annual celebration of motor racing held in Sussex on an Earl's estate. Gathering cars (and bikes), drivers, and enthusiasts from all over the world, the event celebrates motor racing from the very early days,
through to the very latest F1 cars. It is heldin the grounds of Lord March's estate, near Chichester, Sussex, in the south of England, and has static displays, demonstration runs, and timed runs, up the hill past Goodwood House. It's a wonderful event, and words do not pay it justice!
Nick is a regular each year, having driven a range of classic cars from his and others collections. At this year's event he took the wheel of an Auto Union Type C and his own Ferrari 250 GTO.
During the event, Nick spoke to the Goodwood media team, telling them of his passion for motor sport, why he loves the Festival of Speed and how the event has changed since his first visit 20 years ago:
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Written by Matt
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Saturday, 20 July 2013 |
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Published yesterday by DiDiMusic, the promoters of the re-rescheduled Athens Roger Waters Wall concert, is a video message from Roger Waters to his Greek fans:
With thanks to Andy Gard, here's a translation...."Trouble? Really? Ok...Good morning all. First I am very happy to come back to OAKA Stadium. I want to thank you all who brought us back. I know that things are difficult in Greece now. (Oh, fuck me!). To make things easier, for the people to come, (oh shit, I can't read that!) I am going to give cheaper tickets. Sorry for the problems. What can we do?" As another BD visitor Vangelis Papanastasatos added, 18 euros is the price of the cheaper tickets.
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