Le Grande Bébé Rises Again
Friends of MOCHIMAD, Jonathan Haner and Teresa Holmberg, made a big baby again. Actually, not ‘a’ baby, but THE very same big baby Sue and Matt helped put up for ArtPrize 2009 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This time, the Jonathan and Teresa are showing Le Grande Bébé in Kristianstad, Sweden to coincide with the launch of their global, interactive art project entitled Armé des Enfants.
From their Armé des Enfants web site, you—or anyone so inclined—can acquire a little bébé to photograph in your own part of the world, then upload the results to your own personal bébé gallery.
MOCHIMAD has special affection for this project, even though it’s not our baby—I know, stop it. Joking aside, the experience we have in project management, online marketing and public relations can be put to work for you—fine artist, gallerist or agent alike.
MOCHIMAD made CNN with La Grande Bebe
On September 15, Sue Lott and Matthew Richards of MOCHIMAD traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan to join a team of artists supporting Jonathan Haner and Teresa Holmberg in Haner’s entry for the world’s largest art competition, the Grand Rapids ArtPrize. The team built the world’s largest doll, La Grand Bébé—a 72-foot tall soft sculpture made of industrial plastic tarp and polystyrene foam. Sue Lott provided project management while Holmberg, still in Sweden, watched the project’s progress via Internet. Holmberg flew in for the final day of the build to stay through opening day at ArtPrize. Thanks to Grand Rapids native, Jen Walsh, news media leader CNN took great interest and broadcasted ongoing reports on the big baby’s progress. Matthew Richards’ and Sue Lott’s photography was emailed to Holmberg as the events unfolded and published with each CNN report. The Grand Rapids ArtPrize awards a grand prize of $250,000 and the winner is decided by popular vote. The city-wide competition is the first of its kind and runs from September 23 to October 10. We’ll be posting more as ArtPrize continues to catch the world’s attention.
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Additional photo work was performed during the build by the project’s official photo documentarian, Emily Jones. It and continuing photo documentation will be released after ArtPrize has concluded.
MOCHIMAD Site Launches
Sue Lott and Matthew Richards are available for any of the following services in Detroit, Chicago or Madison.
Strategy
Wire-framing, Navigation, User Interface and Information Architecture; Storyboarding; Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM); Copy-writing for SEO; Blogging for SEO; Content Management System (CMS) Training; Branding Strategy, Design and Implementation; Special consideration given to artists, writers, musicians and bands for public image strategy
Presentation Media Design
Presentation Media Design for training, speaker support, trade shows, proposals, advertising and marketing using PowerPoint or Adobe Flash; show set-ups and executions
Web & Interactive Design
Page and Interface Design; Blog Design and Implementation; Asset Development; Flash Interface, Environments and Banners; Flash Character Animation; Motion Graphics for Web, Video and Broadcast; Special consideration for website design packages for artists, musicians and bands; WordPress, Actionscript, CSS, PHP, AJAX, Java, HTML
Print Design
Graphic design from strategic conception through production; Traditional and Digital Illustration; Digital Imaging; Copy-writing
Photography and Imaging
25 years of photography experience, including traditional film, medium format and digital applications; Exclusive contributor to iStockphoto.com; Commissioned assignments available on work-for-hire basis; Natural and studio lighting; Photo shoot coordination and execution; Models, make-up artists, assistants and locations sourcing available; Asset management; Expert in photo compositing, retouching utilizing the latest techniques; Special consideration given to photography for artists, writers, musicians and bands; Lifestyle, beauty, creative and conceptual image specialists
