I’m starting off this week end with a little video of BeatnikOnline.net‘s coverage of the Soundwave Croatia festival last year to make up for the fact that I couldn’t go this year, and it’s happening right now, as we speak! My photos are all over the program (although I still haven’t seen it) – and if you’re not there, well, you’re square!

Beatnik At Soundwave Festival Croatia 2010 from Beatnik Online on Vimeo.

And more about the festival:

SOUNDWAVE CROATIA 2010 from Jack Whiteley on Vimeo.

This year I went to Petricane, Croatia with the Beatnik Crew to cover the Soundwave festival 2010. As you can imagine, it was really really hard to be by the adriatic sea, under the sun, in my swimsuit, working away… But I promise I DID manage to have a good time! ahah.

Our writer Rob Boffard recollects his experience. And Sven and Ali give account of Day 1 and Day 2 on Beatnik Online. More photos after the break!

Some partying with everyone with DJs such as Kidkanevil, Illum Sphere & MC Chunky:

or Paul White:

And DJ Format and Mr Thing:

Performances of our favourite artists, such as Tranquil:

Olivier DaySoul:

People dancing in the sun:

Our favourite Odissee:

Andreya Triana (whose album just came out! Go and check it out here!)

The fantastic “Riot Jazz” band:

The king of new funk a.k.a DamFunk:

And Of course our Team, Ali and Sven (founders of Beatnik online), alongside DJ Vadim and his wife MCs Yarah Bravo:

So… as they say, Ain’t the devil happy? ahah

And stay tuned for more content to come, more videos and a lot of other surprises!

As some of you may know, I like getting involved in all sorts of events, and especially when it is for charity. And this week was no different.

Number 68 Project brings you a limited series of seven evenings of conceptual food, fine wine, art, performance and spoken word set in an intriguing pop-up venue with a rich history. Launched on 28 March, 2010, Number 68 Project came about when Dalston Dining Club and Urban Sage decided to combine the best that each club had to offer. Each event is specially designed as a themed combination of food, wines and performance.

So, for more info, check out their website here: http://www.number68.com and a little explanation from the BBC interview they did at the last event:

For more info on upcoming events, check them out on twitter:  http://twitter.com/number68project

This week I went to cover the opening of Mary’s Living and Giving Shop for the Save the Children charity. “This Westbourne Grove shop is the first of a series of “Mary’s Living and Giving shops for Save the Children” to open in London throughout 2010, following the opening of the first permanent shop at Stockbridge, Scotland in December 2009.” [...] As seen on their website, they are calling for donations: “We would love donations and for local volunteers to work in the shop.  To donate stock or to enquire about volunteering, please call 020 7012 6400 or fill out our Volunteer in a Shop form online”

More about this on the Save The Children’s Website. And to view the full gallery, check it out on flickr.

Live performance to music

I just wanted to write a quick post about yesterday’s encounter. Julien is a very talented guy who I met at an event I was covering. And as we’re both french, you can imagine we had a chat and talked about each other’s passion. And I have to say, I never expected this.

What HE does is really, like REALLY REALLY impressive and inspiring. Go and check him out here: http://kaalam.free.fr/ – Amazing! And since we said we might do a little project together in London,  stay tuned, you never know.

I will let you know more in time anyway.

Bye for now!

So I thought I’d throw a couple of pics from the session:

Here it is, straight out from the scan, the best 5:

It’s just a shame that the strobes were pointed at me that whole time. But then again, what can you do!

So as each new RDI was introduced, his/her work were shown, explained and commented on the big screen before receiving their awards. Here are a couple of shots of the short evening:

And you can follow them on twitter here.

this is a little unusual but I got a slot on the 4th Plinth in Trafalguar Square. It’s this coming Friday (9th Oct. 2009) between 7pm and 8pm. For more info, read on there: http://www.oneandother.co.uk – Thanks to my Girlfriend Ilana, it was her initiative (as always, she has the best ideas!)

Now, since i’ve been really lucky, it falls at the exact time of the weekly live show on Sky arts and will be streamed live (like any other “performances”) on the One And Another website as well as on sky arts. So there is a chance I’ll be interviewed as well! Me! Interviewed!? lol

Let’s really hope for no rain. Imagine the laugh! All soaking wet, for an hour up there on the plinth!

I will be doing a few things up there.

• I’ll be taking photos, of course, of you people and the surrounding! At the end of the day I am a photographer! And I will be using a very old medium format that used to be used by press photographers in the late 1940′s. It’s a Graflex Speed Graphic Press camera, and looks every little bit old like… really old! It will be my first use since a good friend of ilana’s mum gave it to me. And it produces massive slides almost the size of an A5!

• We’ll be doing a sing along on the song “Smile“, also known as the Charlie Chaplin song… Thx to ilana, cause i wouldn’t know how to organize that myself! So come along and learn the words, we’ll be singing our heart out! and follow her on twitter for the latest info about her upcoming events!

• I’ll be promoting a project put together by Jeremy Cowart called Help-portrait. The idea being to find people/charities that could do with free quality portrait and give them the photos for free. It will take place on the 12th December 2009 and this will be my attempt to get as many people involved as possible! We need photographers who are willing to give their time for free. We need Locations! Photographic Studios, empty rooms or any cool place we could use on the day. Of course, all that for free! And we’ll need people to photograph: charity, youth movement, people in need… Anyone in need! I even got a T-shirt made for that which i’ll be wearing on the day!

Here is a little video to explain all about the Help-Portrait project:

For more info, here are a few links:

The One and Another website, to catch the streaming live: http://www.oneandother.co.uk

The help portrait website: http://www.help-portrait.com

The help-portrait community website to get involved: http://community.help-portrait.com

the place I got the T-shirt made: http://www.eastlondonprinters.com (thx to Brian, you’re brilliant!)

My twitter (if you want to spk to me while i’m up there!):  http://twitter.com/romainkedochim

And to spread the love, you can email or tweet and retweet this post using this shrot url: http://bit.ly/3wxPjJ

EDIT: a little review on londonnet as well http://www.londonnet.co.uk/news/2009/oct/smile-flashmob-heads-4th-plinth-trafalgar-square.html