Meeting Matsukiis world

So we won the Pitch,We did it!!!! Now we just have to realize all our plans. Jessica and i had big idea's...could we make this thing happen with NO BUDGET?


On the 22nd of april we had our very first UNION meeting with www.matsukiisworld.com , Matsukki's world is owned by a very young sweet, intelligent,  lady called Delany. Delany has danced since she was 7 years old! Her pasion for dancing led her to start her own business. Matsukiis world is a entertainment company. We approach her because we wanted to start a collaboration with her!


The meeting went well, we gave her a short presentation about UNION. She loved our entier concept! So she decided she wanted to help us out with showgirls and dancers!
Jessica and i couldn't be more happy, we had our first partner on board. Delany was excited and loves the '20 styling!


Lets get this shit done...next meeting all the creative artist! meeting planned 24th of april.
LET'S GO!

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Yesterday pic of me and Lolly , the sweetest little dog!

The Pitch

So, on the 5^th of April we had our pitch. Jessica and I stayed awake until late the night before practicing what we where going to say. We decided to use everything we had to win this pitch. At school I usually don’t dress the same way as when I am modelling. For castings and Go See’s I look, well, I hate to say it, but ‘like a model’; High heels, big bag, tight pants, or little dresses so the client can see your best assets; not in a hoochy way but in a very simple stylish way. A clean look. At school I wear sweaters and sports shoes, not badly dressed but casual, not standing out.  For our pitch we went all out! High heels, cute little dress, accessories the whole shaaabang!!!

Jessica and I are both 1.84 cm tall, I guess we drunk a lot off milk when we where growing up, and of course the upside down stretching helped ;) well 1.84  is like 6.0 ft , that is quit an eye catcher like it or not (I don’t like my height )…then top that height off  with a good few inches of heels on I almost reach 1.90 cm, 6.3ft | 6.4ft. Basically two giants hahahaa! We met know ‘ledge in front of the location, The Trouw. When he saw us he had to laugh (men get confused when they deal with taller women), so he made a little joke at his own expense.

We where the second to last holding our pitch, 27 groups had shared their ideas already. Some pitches where really original, others very interesting and some not so good.  Most of the students pitching where very nervous, we could tell, they where holding there papers in front off them and you saw there hands shaking from nerves. The stopwatch that the judges where using dint help of course. Every group only had two minutes to do their thing. When the timer went off the group had to stop immediately even if they didn’t finish their story.  Jessica and I felt very anxious too. It was terrifying trying to sell our idea to a proper venue in two minutes.

We looked at each other once more and then said to each other: use what we have. Our seven years of modelling gave us good presentation skills. We had to be ON! It doesn’t really matter what you say, it’s all about the signal you sent out. its all about energy. Make the judges feel comfortable. Its like a casting basically ;-) Smile sparkle and shine.

We walked on… we had two minutes, the judges started the timer.

Kno ‘ledge stood in the middle, Jessica and I on his left and his right. He started by rolling out a toilet roll with his poem written on it. It was very quiet; you could hear a needle drop. He presented his poem with passion and strength. When he finished the crowd went CRAZY applauding and cheering for him. We made our entry! Well Kno ‘ledge did. I looked at the judge with the stopwatch because time was ticking away; she smiled and put it on pause till the room was quit again. When everybody settled down we held our 1-minute pitch. It went well.

The judges disappeared for there deliberation, we went outside to get some fresh air…..pfff we where done J All the students kept on saying ooow look the winning group. Quite embarrassing. We where called back in side and the prizes where handed out by the judges. It was very strange feeling because lots of people told us that we should win, but we didn’t think we had the strongest concept. Then the first prize was given and yes…..it was us ….!!!

We took Kno ‘ledge to stage and claimed our prize.. UNION will be realized.

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UNION

Location:  De Trouw

Time:        20:00 | 00:00

Date:         07-06-2012

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Meeting KNO 'LEDGE

I was so impressed and inspired by the spoken word artist Kno 'ledge from  Soul Rebel Foundation that I felt strongly about teaming up with him for UNION.

Kno 'ledge is a talented spoken words artist with African roots, he is an outspoken young political figure in Holland, and is basically amazing! 

Jessica and I had our concept ready and clear. Union unifies all arts. Union creates a creative explosion of different disciplines on one simple evening. We chose to involve the three biggest segments in the creative world. Music, Art and Theatre.  
At this moment in time we had two days before we had our pitch, so our stress level was on full power!

29 different concepts were to be presented to the location (De Trouw). After all the pitches where given, the location would award four prices: The best pitch; the best concept; the most original concept and the first price winner. The first price winning pitch would win the location, enabling the concept to be realized (with no budget!)
Jessica and I felt strongly about out concept, we knew it wasn’t very original but we feel confident about the demand for a event like UNION right now.

We wanted to give the location a taste on what we would be bringing during UNION, so I called up Knoll 'edge to get together for a coffee.
It was very nice to get to know Kno'ledge better in a personal matter; he is such an inspiration and a very very nice person. We explained to kno'ledge what our idea was and how he felt about this? He loved our initiative and liked the idea of all becoming one, the unifying off all arts. We where bold enough to ask him if he would be interested to write a poem about UNION so we could start our pitch with him and make a good impression. He loved the idea, checked his schedule and said YES!!!!

He wrote this amazing poem about the Mona Lisa being missed placed, the Picasso is also gone.. Union will put everything back in its place. The poem is in Dutch here it is, (Google translate that shit ;))


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De Mona Lisa hangt niet meer op haar plek

De muur is leeg, ook de Picasso is weg

Ook de fluit van Henk en Ingrid

Bezuinigen, als de sleutel tot inzicht

Voel je de leegte, geen geluid

Hoor je de stilte, we komen niet vooruit

Ik wil genieten, met mijn liefde

In de schouwburg, op dat ene liedje

Ooit was het vanzelfsprekend

Toen we geen links of rechts waren

Maar jong, laagdrempelig,  

En toch, vrij, geen dienaren

Het Jazz meisje zingt de bleus

En dan valt het doek

Er heerst ouderdom

Saai, fragiel

Bijna vergaan

Maar niets is minder waar

Creatievelingen onder elkaar

Kunst en cultuur bij uitstek

Zet de Mona Lisa terug op haar plek

PRINSEHOF DEBATE RACISM

So on the 7th off March I joined my father in a debate about discrimination, het Prinsenhof revisited. This debate was also held in the year 1984 when there was lots of confrontation between different immigrated groups, the Dutch police force and civilians. The immigrants felt excluded and discriminated by the whole Dutch system. Leading up to this debate was the murder on a young boy with Surinam’s roots Kevin Duinmijers. He was killed because of his skin tone and origins. This year the organised team of the Prinsenhof invited all the old speakers from then and asked them to bring their children, so we could continue the debate about discrimination and see witch form it takes in our modern society.

It was a very inspiring evening I even let a tear when a poem was presented by the very talented spoken words artist Know’ledge,( www.soulrebelmovement.org ).The poem was about zwarte Piet and Sinterklaas.

Let me explain: zwarte Piet is open discrimination witch is tolerated throughout Holland because of its traditional value, it’s a children’s feast on the 5th of December. Sinterklaas is a holy Saint that comes from Spain and gives out presents to the children who where good behaved that last year. Really something like Santa Claus.

Sinterklaas has a long white beard, rides a horse on the rooftops, where’s a red cloak and hands out candy and presents. That’s sounds all good and well but….. the significant different is that Sinterklaas doesn’t have green little helpers like Santa Claus, he has zwarte pieten who help him give out all the presents. Zwarte piet is black has golden earrings, black curly hair and red lips…any similarities with a certain group of people??? The Dutch government sais no…they are black because they went down the chimney to give the children presents...not because it’s a racial thing…it hurts. 

I was so inspired by the spoken word artist that I had a little chat with him after the debate and got his info.  

It was a night to remember.

The look of the day

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Here you see a photo off Sinterklaas and Zwarte piet.

Let's Go!

So to get you up to date and tell you the entire story, I have to go back to the 7th off march 2012 and start from there.


In this period I wasn't thinking that I would ever host an event at all. Jessica and I knew we would be pitching for the Trouw (the location) but thought that there was very a small change off us winning the Pitch.


We where working on the concept already.  We knew we wanted to do a combined evening with theatre music and art, but that’s pretty much all we had.


I randomly joined my father that very night to a debate, about discrimination he invited me to. Het Prinsenhof revisited. It was a inspirational evening. Opening my eyes. Ill tell you more tonight because I am super late for my meetings now ;0


Have to run…
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Hey there

So my name is Eke Bon, 26 years old and just started school again. I worked as an international model for the last 7 years, traveling to NY, Milan, Paris, London, Barcelona, Hamburg, Miami and many more interesting places. I love modeling a lot, I love fashion. I know it’s a superficial and hard scene to work in, but if you’re grounded and down to earth it’s a wonderful way to make some money, meet interesting people and see the world. Now…. for modeling I am a senior (26).

I am working with girls from 15 and 16 up so I feel pretty old..hahaha…time to change my path.

I wanted to educate myself more, so I decided to go back to school at the HVA this last September 2011.

It was terrifying to make this decision but it’s the best decision I made in my life. As a model I was  (and am) still doing very well, working for commercial clients in Germany and some regular clients here in Holland.


Financially modeling is attractive but after 7 years my inner self started to get bored with the whole fashion scene. The stylist, photographer and make up artist are all working creatively. The model however,  just turns up at the shoot and does what the art director tells them to do, no personal creativity is needed. Well the posing off course which is super important, but if your not working for Vogue each month it’s all quit minimal.


The course I chose to do is a 4 years course, CMV at the HVA.


It’s a very wide course. The study includes, learning how cultural society works and classes about starting your own creative business.


I know it sounds very vague, but it is an amazing course because it is so diverse and open to all initiatives from students. You get lectures regarding psychology, philosophy, culture marketing, business classes, documentary film making classes, drama, social learning, project management and sociology.


The course gives all first year students the change to pitch for De Verdieping (De Trouw).


This is a popular location located in Amsterdam where dance parties are being held in a old newspaper factory. The Verdieping is a smaller floor under the Trouw they program more cultural stuff like fashion shows, film screenings, art gallery’s but also club nights.


All first year students got the opportunity to form groups and come up with a program suiting for the location. There where 29 different groups pitching. The Verdieping chose one concept that they thought was most interesting and that concept would be realized. The concepts off all the students where really cool. my classmate Jessica (who I knew from modeling already) and I came up with a program we where both very excited about.


UNION


Out off all the groups pitching we won! Union will be realized on the 7th of June 2012.


On this blog ill give you a change to experience the journey I am making to make this event happen. Ups and Downs! Let me know your thoughts ;)

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Every day ill post my look off that day