Best Wedding Invites EVER!!

It’s no secret that me and Zara are massive geeks so when it came to our wedding invite all the usual ideas for invites were just not for us. We went to our good friend and the Gandalf of illustration Mr Mark Barnes and asked him for something different. We wanted two designs, one for our wedding in Sweden and one for our party here in the UK, we spoke to Mark about all our geeky loves and BOOM he came up with these beauties…. he is a bloody genius!

How many movies references can you spot?

Please check out Marks website www.markbarnesillustration.com if you would like to commission him to do some AWESOME for you.

Japanese people often talk about home as a place where you are born, grow up and everyone is there, but I don’t have such a home. I’ve been moving a lot since I was a child. I am creating my own home by connecting pieces of images from my imagination and things I saw as a child.
Daido Moriyama

Stress Totems booklet

Self-published booklet featuring eight images from Stress Totems.

Limited edition of 50 copies, £3/each (available to buy directly from me - just send me an e-mail on info@rikard.co.uk)

Sometimes, the photographs came before I could articulate what it was that triggered them, giving form to some unformed feeling. More than that, the camera sometimes dares say what I don’t dare think. These lines, between what I thought I saw in life, what I saw in the photographs, what I thought I saw in the photographs, became confusing in many ways. Like a permanent double take, I was not always sure if something - a mood, a sigh, a frown - captured an actual event, or if I was imposing on my memory a fraction the camera had caught. It often feels like I have two, parallel sets of memory. And yet, as complicated as the relations between representation and life may be, I do trust the camera, and what it captured is, in many ways, real. The camera is, in fact, often less biased than my eyes. And since it preserves something from life - It would not otherwise be valuable for me - it is also a record. When I have something in a photograph, I feel like it is safe from time, I feel like I can also part with it. It gives me the illusion of having the actual past for safekeeping.
Elinor Carucci, introduction to Closer

86,062 - The Painkiller Prints

Prints by Zara Carpenter, photographs by Rikard Österlund

A collaborative project showing prints produced using prescribed painkillers. The prints - produced every time Zara took her medication over a 2 month period - is an abstract exploration of chronic illness and the long term use of prescribed medication.

Over 50 prints are compiled in this book with an essay by Alexander Cooley.  The softcover version is £27 and the hardcover £45 - available to buy here.

FRAGMENTS - INSTALLATION SHOTS

For those who missed our exhibition the other week, here are some installation shots. The show featured new work from six Medway based artists on themes of fragmentation and disintegration and was at the Horsebridge Centre from 7th - 13th November.

Featured artists:

Matt Bray, painting (http://www.mattbray.info/)

Zara Carpenter, sculpture (http://zaracarpenter.com/)

Darrell Hawkins, painting (http://www.darrellhawkins.co.uk/)

Riikka Eiro, photography (http://riikkaeiro.com/)

Rikard Österlund, photography (http://rikardosterlund.com/)

Dave Bray, sculpture

zaracarpenter:

Persephone


Here she is in all her glory, meet Persephone, my new piece of work from the Legacy series.  Made from silk flowers, snake skin, birds wings, snail shells and insects, this piece took over a year to make.

If you would like to come and see her, the private view for our exhibition is tomorrow, Sunday 11th November 1.00pm until 4.00pm at The Horsebridge Centre, 11 Horsebridge Road, Whitstable. The exhibition will be on until 13th November.

Zara’s new work ‘Persephone’ is on display in Whitstable’s Horsebridge Center until Tuesday 13th! It’s a beautiful piece that asks to be explored thoroughly at the exhibition.

Never say no to an idea — you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.
Stanley Kubrick

Tilda Swinton on being photographed.

History Of The Title Sequence

by Jurjen Versteeg

Fragments Exhibition I will be showing images from Accretion and Stress Totems for the first time. There will also be a special mini-booklet on sale of the Stress Totems series. The show will be full of new work in different mediums - have a look at the artists websites below for more information. The Horsebridge Centre 11 Horsebridge Road, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1AF The exhibition runs from 7th November - 13th November Opening Times: Mon - Sat 09.00 - 18.00, Sun 10.00 - 18.00 Private View on Sunday 11th November 13.00-16.00 - RSVP if you like Matt Bray, painting (http://www.mattbray.info/) Zara Carpenter, sculpture (http://zaracarpenter.com/) Darrell Hawkins, painting (http://www.darrellhawkins.co.uk) Riikka Eiro, photography (http://riikkaeiro.com/) Rikard Österlund, photography (http://rikardosterlund.com/) Dave Bray, sculpture

Fragments Exhibition

I will be showing images from Accretion and Stress Totems for the first time. There will also be a special mini-booklet on sale of the Stress Totems series.

The show will be full of new work in different mediums - have a look at the artists websites below for more information.

The Horsebridge Centre 11 Horsebridge Road, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1AF

The exhibition runs from 7th November - 13th November

Opening Times: Mon - Sat 09.00 - 18.00, Sun 10.00 - 18.00

Private View on Sunday 11th November 13.00-16.00 - RSVP if you like


Matt Bray, painting (http://www.mattbray.info/)

Zara Carpenter, sculpture (http://zaracarpenter.com/)

Darrell Hawkins, painting (http://www.darrellhawkins.co.uk)

Riikka Eiro, photography (http://riikkaeiro.com/)

Rikard Österlund, photography (http://rikardosterlund.com/)

Dave Bray, sculpture

Totem #2 from the Stress Totems series, 2012 Rikard Österlund.

Totem #2 from the Stress Totems series, 2012 Rikard Österlund.

Symmetry

All the arguments you’ll ever need for a one-point perspective, symmetrical shot from Stanley Kubrik’s films.

Lingerie Knitwear - Milda from M&P

Lingerie Knitwear - Milda from M&P

Joel Meyerowitz talks about his work during the setup of his retrospective show at the Hotel des Arts in Toulon.

Meyerowitz is one of the most recognisable photographic artists from the 1960s besides Stephen Shore and William Eggleston. Starting his career as a street photographer he is best known for his photographs of people and situations. His later works, when he switched into the 8x10 camera, are equally impressive and vibrant. The way he handles the light seems effortless.