Oh no it's certainly never boring, around at Benjami's studio

Back in December I organized a music hall type event and Benjamí Tous painted a painting  accompanied by Eldys Vega the Cuban Pianist on the piano.
Since we have decided to hold smaller events. As from next Sunday 3/3/2013 afternoon come and enjoy a nice Sunday English lunch you can be entertained after lunch  by Eldys Vega,  Mari Fukuhara and Benjami.

Today I went round to  Benjamí's studio to watch  Eldys and Benjami rehearse.
I took with me to the studio, Mari Fukuhara, the Japanese Pianist and composer, sister of my friend Yuri, who is in  Barcelona until the end of March promoting her latest album.

Here you can watch Benjami and Eldys:

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/it-s-never-boring-round-at-benjamin-tous-s-studio-6537595

6th of November 2012 Benjamin shows us his diptics

The other day when I was visiting Benjamin in his studio I showed me some diptics that he painted years ago.  I really love the idea of the picture cut into two.

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/benjami-tous-shows-us-his-diptics-6th-november-2012-6430722

Benjamin's studio 13th of October 2012

Afternoon with Benjamin

Yesterday I went round to Benjamin's studio and he showed me his latest paintings:

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/benjamin-tous-13th-of-october-2012-6397934

We then went & had lunch in a very nice vegetarian restaurant called Teresa Carles http://www.teresacarles.com/.
It was funny because Benjamin is following a special diet as he has had an upset stomach for quite a while so he had to ask if it was possible to make him a poached egg.  The owner of the restaurant came over to our table and she happened to be a lady I had been introduced to a few weeks before at a vermut event during the fiestas de la Merce. A very nice lady and we all got chatting.
We finished our meal and then headed down the ramblas to the Boqueria market so that Benjamin could buy "berros y manzanas" watercress and apples.
Benjamin ordered 1 apple of each type of apples they had.  I must say I did find it a bit exaggerated that they said they all cost the same: 2,50€ a kilo. Outrageous!
We then strolled on down the Ramblas and went to see what exhibition they had on in the  Arts Santa Monica.

"All the birds of the world" is an exhibition that reflects and stirs the concepts of aggression and violence in nature that originated in formal and phonetic similarity of the words "Lead-Pen" "Plom  and also in the their semantic fields.

At the show, you can see three facilities that have a common thread:
The transformation, poetic objects and purpose in the practice of hunting, particularly the hunting of birds through the concepts of "Melt" and "tamed".

The first, entitled "Melt" are a showcase where you can see the title of the exhibition "All birds of the world" lettered typography made ​​of lead, resulting in a series of cast bullets lead ammunition. We also found the gun, which has been transformed, the butt of wood has been carved the word "melt".

In the second installation ("tame") there is a text, written with a pencil attached to a riffle and you can see the text being written with a riffle on paper , Olivier Messiaen called "Olivier Messiaen et les oisseaux" that speaks intimately to of his work as a musician and the sound of birdsong and the music that defines excellence.
Also, you can see a video that includes images of the action and a voice reciting the text.

Finally, we see a sound work (lead-lead) that uses the vibration  that  the birdsong causes in the membrane of a loudspeaker to shake and jump a series of lead bullets ring out from inside a glass dome disposed on the same speaker, thus, produce sound.
www.xavideu.com
www.ornitologia.org

After that we walked and chatted down by the old port Port Vell

Back from summer holidays

During the summer Benjamin went to Gijon in Asturias and we hardly saw one another. We saw each other briefly last week, but today Benjamin shows us what he painted whilst he was in Asturias.
Watch here:
http://blip.tv/archer-doc/benjami-tous-back-from-summer-holidays-6342941

Benjamí show us his alter ego: Ben Amin's work

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/benjami-tous-shows-us-his-ben-amin-s-6212284

Part 2 Big Brother style bam by Benjamí Tous on our way to Lerida

For a long long time I have refused to watch television. I have a television at home but I got fed up with just watching any old rubbish just for the sake of not knowing what to do.  Anyway the other day I turned on the television after not having watched television in a long time and I saw this (what I think is a new) reality show where they send a family to go and live with a tribe. I thought to myself: "what will they invent next" but I watched it.  After having watched it I came to the conclusion that I am sure that people will appreciate the videos Benjamí and I make together as they can't get any more real than what I upload.
So even if nobody ever writes up a comment on this blog. I will carry on making the videos because I get a lot of pleasure out of recording all the interesting things Benjamí has to say, as well as sharing our time together for others to be able to enjoy themselves as much as me. As I really appreciate all the people who have uploaded my favourite British TV series or interesting tutorials, information, music videos.

I have often thought that I probably suffer from Attention deficit disorder as I have a very short attention spane and I often find that I get great pleasure in listening to Benjamí again when I upload the videos. I love capturing moments that I live on video.

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/big-brother-bam-of-benjami-tous-to-lerida-part-2-6176125

"Benjamí's Big Brother style Bam" from Barcelona to Lerida

"Benjamí's Big Brother style Bam" from Barcelona to Lerida

Benjamí had to take some paintings to a gallery in Lerida for an up and coming exhibition. He asked me if I would accompany him and as I always find it a great pleasure to spend the day with Benjamí, I accepted.

I hope you enjoy our time together and the different topics that we talk about.

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/big-brother-bam-of-benjam%C3%AD-on-his-way-to-lerida-6176091