Frikkie Cool Creative - Riegerdt Deetlefs

Have a look at this weeks Frikkie Cool Creative, Riegerdt Deetlefs. A good friend of Frikkie Awesome putting out some amazing work...and yet again another Snor City Local!! Boom!

"I see what Van Gogh saw"

“EK sien myself as ‘n progressionist, ek kan dit voel, ek werk op emosie. Emotional intelligence is ‘n boek wat ek nou lees en Daniel Coleman praat van dit as belangriker as jou IQ .Dit is soos Horace Walpope sê: life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Ek hou van die idée dat emosies so belangrik is.My emosies beinvloed my kuns elke oomblik as ek verf en anders om. Kuns vir my is absoluut te doen met groei en ontwikkeling van die kunstenaar of mens en die ontdekking van emosies.”

“Kuns word vir my in twee verskillende maniere gesien. Aan die een kant kry jy die ‘stywes’wat die kuns wêrled baie ernstig opneem en ook aan die ‘commercial’ side van kuns val. Aan die ander kant is dit meer die ‘ontspannes’ of die ‘losses’wat die wêrled wil oorneem met hulle kreatiwiteit, menswees, uniekheid, idees, maniere of enige ding wat vir ontwikkeling help. Ontwikkelinge wat gaan help met ‘Progression’.”

“Om eerlik te wees word die wêreld vir my te ingewikkeld, onbetroubaar en beweeg te vinnig.

Dit is soos Jack Johnson sê, slow down everyone, you’re moving too fast,en ek sit in die middel. Ek will ok nie gesien word as die arme kunstenaar nie, ek weet dat ek oppad is erns heen, maar ek wil net nie die ‘Gallery uitweg kies nie. Om in ‘n gallery te werk onder iemand is nie my idée van kuns nie. “

“Dit is ‘n leefstyl wat elke dag aan gewerk moet word, maak nie saak of ek een stuk ‘n maand verkoop nie.Dis om bereid te wees om elke dag op te staan en kuns te maak.”

 

“Ek kies ook die primitiefste vorm van media, wat verf is, omdat ek met dit kan gebruik om enigeiets te skep.Frees is wat vir my my emosies vuur gee…”

“My kuns help my om te create om elke dag te create, al weet ek nie wat ek gaan maak nie, die vertroue om te groei in my kuns is vir my die belangrikste. Dit is soos om te glo in GOD, wil nie in geloof ingaan nie, maar dit speel ‘n belangrike rol in my creatiwiteit. Dit is baie eenvoudig, as jy glo, sal jy gered word, as jy soek sal jy vind en as jy vra sal dit vir jou gegee word. Ek vra elke dag om die gawe te kry om kuns te maak, en dit is hoekom dit werk, ek verstaan dit nie nootwendig ten volle nie (geloof) maar ek waardeer dit baie.”

Chocolate Salami

Time to get your sweet tooth on! The salami roll of chocolate. An anytime treat that goes down better than saliva. Boom! 

What you need:

• 30ml (2 tbsp) Softened Butter
• 200g Icing Sugar
• 100g Cocoa Powder
• 100g Milo Powder
• 2 Large Eggs
• 200g Crushed Marie Biscuits
• 100g Mini Marshmallows ( i didn't have any, so i just cut up regular marshmallows)
• 100g Pistachio Nuts, chopped (optional)

 

How to make it:

• In a large bowl combine butter, sugar, eggs, cocoa and Milo and beat lightly.
• Fold in the Marie biscuits, then the marshmallows and lastly the pistachios, keep some pistachios for decorating.

• If the mixture is too soft place it in the refrigerator for a while until it is stiff enough to shape.
• Place the mixture on a piece of wax paper sprinkled with the left over pistachios and roll into shape. ( you can do either a salami or log shape.)
• Roll tightly into plastic wrap and refrigerate until hard or just before serving.
• slice into pieces and serve.

Frikkie Friday Halloween Madness

We found ourselves in the middle of the 011, at a place called Town Hall....we weren't scared, ons is mos van die Snor Baai!! Checks out some of the pics Xander van der Merwe took.For more scary madness, check out the vleisbroek page.

 

MOVEMBER-DAY 2

Snor Tjips:

A dear friend of ours Ruan van der Merwe wrote a little something for the gents for the month of Movember .Just a guideline of Do's&Don'ts! Take a look.

Snor ettiket in Snorbaai..
Dis amptelik die maand van die Snor, as ek my sin kon kry, sou elke maand Snor maand gewees het. Nou vir n ou wat self sukkel om Snor te groei let ek op na die "moets" en "moet nies" van snor groei, hier is hulle:

• Moet nie jou snor aan die etens tafel kam nie(maar he altyd 'n snor kam byderhand).
• As jy in gedagte is, moet nie jou snor se punte draai nie, jy maak hom olierig.
• As jy verby 'n man stap en hy is eienaar van 'n Lip Leeu, is dit altyd goeie maniere om 'n ondernetlike knik aan hom te rig.
• Knip oog vir 'n dame wat jou Snor aanskou.
• As jy nie dood seker is waar die krummels op jou snor vandaan kom nie, moet dit nie eet nie.
• Dit is baie belangrik om te verseker dat daar slegs een snor per liefdespaartjie is.
• Moet nie vriende spot wat nie 'n snor kan groei nie, hy wens hy kon dit saam jou deel.
• Moet nie snorre vergelyk nie, elke snor is uniek en het sy eie interesante persoonlikheid.
• Lek jou snor deur die verloop van die dag, dit is genotvol en gee hom 'n gesonde son glinster.
• Jou snor is deel van jou, en dra by tot wie jy vandag is... Gee hom 'n naam.

As jy hierdie reels volg sal jy ook deel uit maak van "The League of ExSNORdinary Gentleman", dra jou Snor trots.

Ready, Steady, GROW!!!

HALLLOOO MOVEMBER!!!

The Snor City's favourite time of the year is upon us again. So to the guys of Snor City get your stache on and to the girls who can....why not?!? So for those of you who think it's just a November tradition just for the fun of it, it actually isn't. It's all for a good cause and the funds raised in South Africa support the number one and two male specific cancers - prostate and testicular cancer. For more info on Movember hit up this link: http://za.movember.com/about/

 Here is some inspirational style ideas we think will be trending this Movember season:

***Send us your Movember progress to frikkieawesome@gmail.com and we will put the pics up on the blog for the world to see why Pretoria is the Snor City!! BOOOOM!!!

'NEW PAINTINGS' by Zander Blom

Having been fans for pretty much forever, Frikkie Awesome was extremely excited to go to the newest exhibition of Zander Blom! The exhibition at the Stevenson Johannesburg Gallery was a complete thrill. The walls of the Stevenson lined with Zander's paintings were amazing! Each painting has a distinct feel, and a presence that cannot be described or experienced in photographs. It has to be seen in person! (We couldn't help ourselves, and took a couple of photographs for you in any case.) If you didn't get the chance to go to the opening, don't worry the exhibition is on till the 9th of December at the Stevenson Johannesburg.

By the power of Greyskull! What an Awesome exhibition!!  Well done Zander!

  Check out our Frikkie Cool Creatives Post about Zander.

Halloween Weekend Vibes

WAAAAASSSUUUUUP Snor City!!!! Hope everyone is in the mood for a partay, cause this Halloween weekend is full of them!! We decided on TWO... Here they are!!

The first one is the Red Heart Roctober Halloween Party at Arcade Empire. If you dress like a dead celebrity you get in for a mere 50 bucks, if you are pretty lame and don't dress up, then you gotta pay 70 SA rand. At Arcade you can expect to see the likes of Taxi Violence, Shadowclub, Isochronus and Yesterdays Pupil. If you don't feel like driving far tonight, then this is the partay to be AT!!!

The second of the chosen Halloween parties is the Converse Block Party at Town Hall in JO HANNES-TO-THE-BURG. This one is MASSIVE.. Like for real!! 4 stages, street party, what more do you want?!?! There are countless acts at this party, but the big ones include Haezer, Desmond and The Tutus and Bittereinder. There are PLENTY more, trust us!!! The party starts at 21h00 tonight and entrance is 100 SA rand... What a steal!!! And remember.. Its HALLOWEEN, which means DRESS UP P-TOWN!!!!

So to help you lot out with some ideas for dress-up dress up, checks out the PICS below!! Get creative people, stay away from el-lamo, go el-original!!! BOOM!!! 

Otherwise... Have an AWESOME weekend Snor Baai, be safe and be cool!! Peace. Out!! POW!!!!

Snor City = The Jacaranda City = Die Vaderstad

Just another reason Frikkie Awesome calls P-Town Home!!!!!!!! In your faces everywhere else in the whole world!!! That calls for a boom, BOOOOM!!!!

Frikkie Cool Creative: Zander Blom

Our chosen creative of the week is the Snor City born and bred ZANDER BLOM. Zander is probably one of the Capitals finest exports. To define Zander is impossible. FULL STOP! This is due to the fact that he is not just a painter or an artist, but rather a multi-talented individual always testing the boundaries of creativity.

Zander is most noted for his paintings, drawings, installations and photography and together with this his talent for writing. Zander’s work has been exhibited in London, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Sienna, New York and many more.  His first major exhibition was ‘The Drain of Progress’ showed in 5 different exhibition spaces from 2007 – 2009. His next exhibition was ‘The Travels of Bad’ in 2009. In 2010 Zander presented his first set of oil paintings at the Stevenson gallery in Cape Town. 'Paintings. Drawings. Photos'

In the words of the creative:

There are few things as gratifying as waking up to the smell of linseed oil and paint, and stumbling through the chaos of torn-up books and empty tubes with a freshly squeezed palette of colour in hand. Figuring out your next move, brushstrokes staring back at you from the tussle of the night before. At home in Johannesburg my focus has shifted from making photographic works to working on oil paintings, having naturally gravitated towards a medium that I've loved from afar but previously only skirted around, flirted with and examined endlessly. Oil painting, which is not without its fair share of historical baggage, has finally ended up right in the centre of my life. In turn my house has evolved into a ramshackle painter's studio. Now I find myself in my ever-changing swamp, knee-deep in references, smeared with paint, avoiding email, watching the paintings paint themselves, and seeing all the little degenerates pile up in the garage.

Within the chaos of the painting mire, which sees that nothing in my house retains its original colour, or value, drawings are creeping around in every corner as they usually tend to do. Undisturbed, they collect and pile up under the bed.
Every now and then I tear myself away from the house to visit different cities abroad, where I produce the different chapters of a new long-term photographic project: the first chapter done in São Paulo, the second in Berlin, with Antwerp, Miami and Istanbul on the way.
PAINTINGS. DRAWINGS. PHOTOS. introduces these three new bodies of work in progress.

Other than his individual projects he also collaborates with other creatives and is a part of the two-piece band Jaco + Z-dog with Jaco van Schalkwyk. Their debut album Emansipasie can be downloaded for free (complete with album art) at jacozdog.com.Read more about these two here.

Zander’s latest series of work is titled ‘NEW PAINTINGS’. The exhibition opens tonight, Thursday 27 October at 6 pm at the Stevenson Johannesburg Gallery, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein.

The exhibition runs until 9 Desember, so if you cant make the opening tonight be sure to check it out when you have a chance.

Zander writes:

The term 'easel painting' is one I'm very fond of. It suggests many things, but above all the possibility of a life that is uncomplicated, unaffected, even peaceful.

It is a place where you do not need to rely on the efforts of a whole team of assistants or a massive production budget for a successful outcome. A place where an individual can work at their own pace on their own terms, relying almost solely on their wit, intellect, ability, instinct and critical sense. Where each work, no matter what shape or size, can be equally important or effective. A place where you can sit down, have a cup of coffee and read a book while trying to figure out how to solve a new problem.

Frikkie Awesome Tip of The Week: Keep a eye on Zander Blom cause this guy is going places and when you have the opportunity, buy yourself a Zander Blom original.   POW!!

EXCITING EXHIBITIONS!!!!

Firstly... Its P-Warm in P-Town today.. Again!! Anyways, if you are looking for something to do on this Klein Saterdag, then why not head over to TUKS main campus for the annual Information Design Final Year Exhibition. Tonight is the opening night and should see a whole bunch of peoples checking out whats on show, but if you cant pull through tonight, the exhibition does run through until the 4th of Movember and will be open each day from 9h00 till 16h00. Tonight the doors open at 19h00... Be there or just be over-heating somewhere else!!

After you have recovered form tonights shenanegans, you can lift yourself off of your couch, and head over to 3rd Place, just above +27 Design Cafe in Hatfield, for the Saints & Sinners Charity Exhibition.. This is a REEEEEEALLY cool event, one, because all proceeds go to charity, and two, because everything on exhibit is for sale for R100... Yes One Hundred South African Rand!!! Too COOL!!! So, get there to pick up some awesome pieces by some of Snor Baai's local talent for what, according to Frikkie Awesome, is an absolute steal!!! Doors open at 19h00.
See you lot tonight... AAAND tomorrow!! Peace out. P-Town. POW POW POW!!!