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MARCH 2007 N˚.1 Vol. 3

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This issue of Iniciativa Colectiva Celebrates the Life of Ricardo Antonio Bonilla August 5 1974 - March 2 2007

Loving Son, Brother, Soulmate and Friend May God Bless you and Keep you in his Glory You are survived by your family, girlfriend and friends who will always have you in their hearts and prayers.

Fue un rock conocerte.

March 2007 • N°1 Vol.3

editorial

A collective by artists for artists. Tell everyone.

March 2007

Hello Everyone!

Nicole Andujar Editor-in-Chief/Publisher/Art Direction editor@iniciativacolectiva.com

I am proud to say that Iniciativa Colectiva is gaining momentum within the design world. This month’s issue is full of color to celebrate the spring months.

Ana Guaqueta Marketing Coordinator marketing@iniciativacolectiva.com

We have met many great people and are about to collaborate with amazing talent from around the world.

Jose R. Andujar Photography Editor photo@iniciativacolectiva.com Chixink Media Services All works published at the discretion of the editor. Send queries by email to the attention of the editor.

Please allow 2 weeks for answer.

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Advertising rates: advertising@iniciativacolectiva.com Call for Submissions We are accepting entries for our next zine to come out in May.

Copyright 2007 Chixink LLC and Chixink Media services. All rights reserved. No part of this ezine may be reproduced in any matter whatsoever without written permission.

Submission deadline: April 20th 2007

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On the cover: ‘Dreaming I’ by David Fuhrer http://www.microbot.ch shell@microbot.ch

Please send your submissions to: info@iniciativacolectiva.com

New networking portals such as Nice To Meet You™ by hellohikimori, Computerlove™ and Humble Voice have opened up their doors to everyone and it’s a great way to get to know a lot of artists and to see what everyone is doing and working on.

We can also see the trends come and go and we can see who is setting those trends. Designers are a curious breed and everyone has the need to get acknowledged.

Well, this is your chance!

Keep sending us work you are proud of and we will showcase you and give you the credit you deserve.

Keep it up, design away and enjoy this issue!

Nicole Andujar Creative Director

march 07artists

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adela dore_______________________[dominican republic] * piktorama (amaranta martinez)_______ [usa/venezuela] ana guaqueta_________________________ [usa/colombia] angel d’amico_ _________________________________[usa] archan nair___________________________________ [india] arisu______________________________________ [portugal] arron lindsay_ __________________________________ [uk] ben wright_ ____________________________________[usa] chris kemp_ ____________________________________[usa] david fuhrer_ ___________________________ [switzerland] dobak zsolt________________________________ [hungary] eduardo suarez_ _________________[dominican republic] eric oosterhof___________________________[netherlands] erik kistel_ _____________________________________[usa] jan aulback_______________________________ [germany] jeff miller_______________________________________[usa] junichi tsuneoka______________________________[japan] leticia ceballos ceara_____________[dominican republic] lukas speich____________________________________[usa] marcela bolivar___________________________ [colombia] massimiliano panzironi_ ________________________[italy] michael c hsiung________________________________[usa] mike spicer_____________________________________[usa] poteleche (rafael de los santos)____[dominican republic] pedro lourenco_ ___________________________ [portugal] tenna hensen_ ____________________________ [denmark]

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David Fuhrer ....................................40 Leticia Ceballos................................64 Adela Dore........................................09 Amaranta Martinez............................13 Angel D’Amico..................................14 Arron Lindsay...................................16 Ben Wright........................................18 Chris Kemp.......................................20 Dobak Zsolt.......................................21 Eric Oosterhof...................................22 Jan Aulbach.......................................25 Jeff Miller..........................................26 Junichi Tsuneoka...............................28 Archan Nair.......................................31 Lukas Speich.....................................36 Massimiliano Panzironi......................51 Michael C. Hsiung.............................53 Mike Spicer.......................................56 Pedro Lourenco.................................57 Tenna Hansen...................................59 Rafael de los Santos..........................60 Ana Guaqueta...................................63 Eduardo Suarez.................................73 Marcela Bolivar.................................78 Arisu.................................................82 Call for Entries..................................89 Credits..............................................91

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ILLUSTRATION &DESIGN

‘cura’ by adela dore

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‘dolola’ by adela dore

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IC12 ‘duele’ by adela dore

‘grey city’ by amaranta martinez

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IC14 ‘my dress’ by angel d’amico

‘chic flair’ by angel d’amico

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IC16 ‘l.a. hustle’ by arron lindsay

‘nature’s calling’ by arron lindsay

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‘wet paint project’ by ben wright

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IC20 ‘needs more skull’ by chris kemp

‘roots’ by dobak zsolt

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IC22 ‘cluster’ by eric oosterhof

‘jesus’ by eric oosterhof

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IC24 ‘like someone in love’ by eric oosterhof

‘fashion is art?’ by jan aulbach

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IC26 ‘scissory ball cock snake’ by jeff miller

‘venus lotus morflower’ by jeff miller

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IC28 ‘shibuya’ by junichi tsuneoka

‘california’ by junichi tsuneoka

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IC30 ‘ikebukuro’ by junichi tsuneoka

‘migration’ by archain nair

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‘vintage media’ by archan nair

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‘transformation’ by archan nair

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IC36 ‘untitled’ by lukas speich

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‘untitled’ by lukas speich

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featured artist

david fuhrer 21 years old • switzerland

THE MAGIK 7

1. What type of medium do you work with and explain how you use it? (Paint, design, photography, collage) Mostly I work with mixed media. It depends on what type of work I want to do. Since I started I have a graphic tablet I’m still using. I couldn’t live without it. It gives me kind of freedom of creation. I use every kind of software or whatever that helps me out doing what I want to do.

and get inspired from them. I learned a lot from Yannick Dussos’ workshop, his work inspires me, but the most inspiring thing to me is my life itself.

7. How do you see yourself five years from now? How do you see your artwork evolving from now?

Really, I have no idea. Maybe I will study maybe still working for a company or maybe just doing my own thing.. I don’t know.. I wanna go study in about a year at film school in Vancouver or somewhere. I wish to work in the Film industry sometime.. Visual effects or so... game industry is also interesting...

2. What was your main interest in producing this artwork, or is there a statement you wanted to convey?

My work most have personal meanings. They are like a diary to me... Every picture tells me a part of my life...

3. Tell us about your creative process, do you have any rituals, routines you follow? How does your artwork come together?

(Do you use found objects, image banks, etc) Its always a creative process. When I create my artworks I already know what type I’m going to do. I mean which style I will go with, which media I will use etc. Then I get a basic idea in my head. It’s just a simple abstract idea that grows while I’m working on it.

I start working out the main idea on the picture first. Everything else is detail and I don’t worry about what they’re gonna be at this time, so I try to solve my main idea in the way it comes best. After I have my basic colors set and basic composition worked out, it’s just detailing and fun..

4. How did you get started with your artistic career?

I just started by myself... just wanted to do such things and then I get into it.. I never finished any education so far...

5. What would you say is one of your greatest accomplishments?

Really hard to say. I think it will be my next book that I’m going to do in the end of 2007 with all the new paintings from 2006/2007...but I don’t really dig any of my artwork because I did them.. The thing is that you will never get that feeling watching your artworks that you have while watching other peoples artwork.

6. Where does your inspiration come from? Or is there any particular movement, artwork or artist you find yourself influenced by?

Nature is a powerful inspiration, dreams and the whole world itself. The never ending universe, etc. Everything can be inspiring. Sure I also check out other people’s work

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‘two’ by david fuhrer

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‘air’ by david fuhrer

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‘mcr’ by david fuhrer

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‘dreaming II’ by david fuhrer

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‘far away’ by david fuhrer

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‘passione’ by massimiliamo panzironi

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IC52 ‘skull and heart’ by massimiliano panzironi

‘a fish story’ by michael c. hsiung

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IC54 ‘extraordinary collector’ by michael c. hsiung

‘the fancy bird’ by michael c. hsiung

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IC56 ‘ny inspired’ by mike spicer

‘untitled’ by pablo lourenco

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IC58 ‘untitled’ by pablo lourenco

‘pink darlings‘ by tenna hansen

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‘fast food’ by rafael de los santos (poteleche)

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‘beso’ by ana guaqueta

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featured artist

leticia ceballos THE MAGIK 7

21 years old • dominican republic

1. What type of medium do you work with and explain how you use it? (Paint, design, photography, collage) I am a painter, I like to work with strong contrasts, mostly chiaroscuro. I began with the series “Calla”, in which the union of two different halves of two bodies created a new one.

2. What was your main interest in producing this artwork, or is there a statement you wanted to convey?

Since I began my studies, my main objective has been to embrace and to attack the topic of the social stereotypes. This topic affects me personally because ever since I was a child, I have struggled with my weight and have been judged and sometimes rejected by others. I would like to clarify that my goal is not one that everyone becomes fat, not at all. My goal is that people first respect themselves as well as respect others and accept all kinds of people in the world.

More than influence, I am inspired by artists such as Jenny Saville, Lucian Freíd, Norman Rockwell, Odd Nerdrum, Gottfried Helnwein, Ana Mandieta, Rembrandt, John Currin, Rodin, Michelangelo, the strength of Silvano Lora, Adela Dore, Helmut Newton, Gerard Ellis, Jose Garcia Cordero, Eleomar Puente, Gustavo Acosta, and Raquel Paiewonsky.

Such artists take me aback.

7. How do you see yourself five years from now? How do you see your artwork evolving from now?

Regularly, when you are 21 years old, you are a dreamer. I am not the only one. I am beginning to place my feet on the ground on some level, but from now until 5 years from now I see myself improving and being a much better artist than I am presently, with open doors and without the monetary restrictions to carry out any project.

3. Tell us about your creative process, do you have any rituals, routines you follow? How does your artwork come together? (Do you use found objects, image banks, etc) I always begin with research. I write an essay of what I want to convey, I read articles about it, take test images of possible ‘models’ and I finish gathering a series of information that support my ideas. I believe firmly that without the research, I would have nothing, it is my base, without it, the painting is meaningless.

4. How did you get started with your artistic career?

I had always been interested in the arts, in fact, I was especially drawn to Literature.

When I went on an exchange course to Italy and I stood in front of Michelangelo’s La Pietá, I knew that art was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

5. What would you say is one of your greatest accomplishments?

I would say that I have overcome my insecurities, improved my technique and my way of thinking has matured. I am proud of that.

6. Where does your inspiration come from? Or is there any particular movement, artwork or artist you find yourself influenced by?

My inspiration comes from wanting to create, to shake things up a little, and change the world’s perception. The rejection I have experienced from society as I perceive it, I fight back as to let people like myself know that they are not alone, to create a consciousness of respect and to overcome obstacles.

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‘rechazados series’ by leticia ceballos

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‘greed series’ by leticia ceballos IC69

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‘hermafrodita’ by leticia ceballos

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photography

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‘waiting’ by luisa rollins

‘untitled’ by eduardo suarez

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‘untitled’ by eduardo suarez

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‘untitled’ by eduardo suarez

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IC78 ‘beautiful carcass’ by marcela boliva

‘the virgin born’ by marcela bolivar

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IC80 ‘in full bloom’ by marcela bolivar

‘wounded machinery’ by marcela bolivar IC81

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‘aiko milky’ by arisu IC83

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‘metamorphosis of a shapeless heart’ by arisu IC85

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‘retrato’ by arisu

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call for entries deadline for the may issue april 20th, 2007 The new issue for Iniciativa Colectiva is requesting you to send in your best work so it can be showcased and exhibited in our bi-montly online magazine. IC has now an artist database of over 500 artists. Become a part of it and Participate!

Entries should be sent in as high resolution flat JPGs (300 dpi) and should follow the magazine始s format of 7in wide X 9in high. (178mm x 229mm) Make sure you include your name, country of origin, and website information (if available) for proper credit.

Visit our website to download the current issue.

Send submissions to: info[at]iniciativacolectiva.com For more info, visit IC at: http://www.iniciativacolectiva.com

A collective for artists, by artists. Tell everyone.

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Published by: Nicole Andujar and Chixink Media Services. nicole@chixink.com

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