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| A bird's-eye view of O.K. Festival 2010 | Organisation | |||
| The exhibition put more than 100 national and international magazines on display, like the English glossy Karen, the colourful South African music magazine BruceLee and Sang Bleu, a cultural magazine about tattoos. All of these magazines are made in the wake of huge publishers and usually reach a small group of readers. But they are growing in number and more people are becoming interested. A clear sign was the great deal of attention they attracted at the O.K. Festival. According to initiators Joost van der Steen and William van Giessen, the large interest from abroad is due to the fact that magazine makers are usually reliant on the normal design festivals. O.K. Festival decided to focus on just one aspect of the trade: magazine making. Van der Steen: 'We had quite a lively set of lectures, aimed specifically at the enthusiast. For example, the Iranian graphic designer Reza Abedini delivered a presentation about his magazine Dabireh, completely devoted to old Persian manuscripts. For thirty minutes he talked about Arabic and Farsi manuscripts to a stock-still full house.' Among the highlights were the presentations of small and little known magazines like Monday Morning Says and Maeb is een Magazine. Van Giessen: 'The pleasure that obviously went into making these magazines, caught the audience. Monday Morning Says from London, for example, was started by three Korean illustrators who couldn't find a job and sat together every Monday morning in a London pub. They decided to bring out a magazine to show what they had in store. Writer Martijn Brugman explained how he avoids large publishing houses and finds his own audience of readers by publishing himself as a magazine.' Unfortunately, the festival was also affected by the Icelandic ashcloud. Simon Exterson and Alex Bec couldn't be present to deliver their talk. They were also supposed to take part in a discussion. Because so many different magazine makers were present at the event, Mike Koedinger (curator Colophon and publisher) and Phil Baber (Cannon Magazine) were able to fill in for them, keeping the programme mostly intact. We made a report of the festival, which is available now as pdf. |
O.K. Festival is a independent project by O.K. Parking and was supported by:  and: Tanja Koning Sanne Bais productions Ezgi Söylemez & Peter Elfrink (2keer.nl) Amanda Tel Paul de Bruin (Bureau Arnhem) Martin van Turnhout Egbert-Jan Lam & Jorine Oosterhoff (Freaks United) Maaike van der Zee Sjoerd Berendsen Minke Kampman Martijn Brugman Raymond Witvoet (Syntens) Mike Broad (Devolution of Imagery) Hetty Saris Jacqueline van Dongen Joey Peeters Mediapartners:  http://www.slanted.de |
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| O.K. Festival is an independent project by O.K. Parking sponsored by Breedband Arnhem | ||||