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Author Archive: maki

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Posted by maki on April 12th, 2010 | Category: Photos, Public Spaces, Workshops

We recently visited the Spanish island Gran Canaria, located in the Atlantic Ocean about 150 kilometers off the northwestern coast of Africa, for two days of Tagtool workshops and a performance.


Twitter & Facebook

Posted by maki on March 12th, 2010 | Category: News

For those who like their media social, we’ve recently started an official Tagtool Twitter account and a Facebook group.


RZM – Chernivtsi 2009

Posted by maki on March 3rd, 2010 | Category: Features, Live Music, Videos

When Ritsche asked me to join RZM as a guest for a gig in the Ukraine, among other things I was up for it because I saw a good opportunity to combine Tagtooling with traditional painting. We already had made some steps into that direction, but this was different.


This was “The Wall of Light” in York

Posted by maki on December 28th, 2009 | Category: Features, Photos, Public Spaces, Videos

In October 2009, the Multangular Tower of York, UK, was turned into a canvas for 10 days of Tagtool sessions by artists and the public. Check out our videos and images documenting the event here!


Checkpoint Charlie

Posted by maki on December 14th, 2009 | Category: Photos, Public Spaces

We were hired for three days of double Tagtool sessions at the historic site of Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, to support an initiative for the recycling of light bulbs. On the Tagtool: Luca Barcellona, iink and Maki.


Session with Ritsche

Posted by maki on September 4th, 2009 | Category: Live Music, Videos

Here are three clips – excerpts from a freestyle session with trumpeter Ritsche Koch at Wassergasse, end of August 2009.


September 27th, 2009 Ritsche & Zast vs. Tagtool

Posted by maki on September 1st, 2009 | Category: Events

Featuring Maki & Marien. Bukowina Center, Czerniwizi, Ukraine


September 11th, 2009 Write the Wall

Posted by maki on August 28th, 2009 | Category: Events

Tagtool Session as part of the project Write the Wall, celebrating the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Starting at dusk at Heidestrasse.


Tagtool with Live Performers

Posted by maki on August 20th, 2009 | Category: Features, Videos

May 2009 was a busy month. Among many performances, one thing stood out: the use of the Tagtool with dancers and circus artists. These sessions were experiments, fragments of a bigger picture that is still taking shape. Here are some happy accidents on video.


Sam’s Latest

Posted by maki on July 21st, 2009 | Category: DIY Tagtools

Sam Thongrong from Chicago has been busy with some DIY Tagtools. Number one features an RGB LED glowing in the currently selected color, as we first saw in Fred Paulino’s and Lucas Mafra’s Gambiological Tagtool. And Number two sets the record for the smallest Tagtool – 2.5 x 1.75 inches.