We set up a canvas in a city. We stay at the chosen spot for 12 hours asking everyone passing by to paint love as they see it.
Painting is a most sincere way to describe yourself and your life. What you put down with a brush always has an honest subconscious layer. When a person paints she remembers a feeling. When you ask a person to paint love, you ask him to show his most personal inner self. I believe that through Painting Love, we will see something important in ourselves.
Painting Love is remembering love.
Copenhagen, Denmark. 9/21 2005.
Vienna, Austria. 2/21 2006.
Amsterdam, Holland. 3/21 2006.
Tirana, Albania. 4/21 2006.
New York, USA. 7/21 2006.
Reykjavik, Iceland. 20/11 2006.
Berlin, Germnay. 5/27 2007.
Movies
Painting Love is remembering love
Television
Letter of Interest
I hereby confirm an interest for the documentary project “Painting Love”.
In the time to come we will closely follow the developing and the financing of the project.
We give our support to the producer and the originator Bjarke de Koning and wish
them the best in there effort to finance and produce Painting Love.
DR2 suggest a running time of 55 min. for a broadcast version and it is crucial that
part of the story is actually taking part in Mecca, as described in the original idea.
Photos of the Painting Love paintings are now up on the auciton site Paint For Life. The money from the auctions will go to school projects in Sri Lanka and South Africa:
Seems like our project Painting Love will auction the "PL" paintings to charity at PAINT FOR LIFE http://www.paintforlife.net
This is a dream coming true! When Painting Love started out in Copenhagen September 2005 we had a wish to auction all the paintings and give the money to charity. This is now happening!
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We've started editing!! Woop wooooop!! :-)
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The Painting Love promo + the 5 video from PL in Copenhagen will be screened at I DO ART + CPH UNFAIR which is going on from Thursday, February 5 to Sunday, February 8, 2009 in Kødboderne 18, Kødbyen, Copenhagen, Denmark. If you get the chance: Check it out!! :-)
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The material from Painting Love in Cyprus has arrived and it is beautiful! Thanks to Midia Hadjixenofontos who did it all on her own on July the 21st 2008! WOW!
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Esben Heick has made a great cover for PL!
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"Traveler one" wrote a blog about her experience with Painting Love in Albania:
Hi Bjarke, I just want to ask you if I can put the video: 5 min Panting love on myspace, I really like it and I want to show your work to more people.
Amy
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Hello,
I came across your website and I wanted to say that what I think you are doing is really great. I did the same thing in back in 2003 -2004 and called it Shared Canvas.
If you are ever in Arizona let me know. I would love to put a few stroke on your canvas.
All my best
John Paul Quilliard
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Painting Love has been pitched at Habana, Cuba.
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Hi,
I am a foundation student at the Cyprus Academy of Art and I recently found out about your project while researching for a project of mine related to art. I think what you are doing is very interesting and revolutionary too. Is it possible to run your project in cyprus as well? It might be very interesting to find out how cypriots picture love. I could help in the whole procedure.
Best regards,
midia
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THE PAINTING LOVE SONG 2 (May 14, 2007):
The band Mia Mirror is working on a version of the Painting Love song. More news will appear on this page soon.
Several other talents have been working on this song.
Among others
Muri (Murad Mahmoud).
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THE PAINT IS ON THE STREET (May 7, 2007):
We just got this comment from Megan
June, Detroit, Michigan, USA:
"i just stumbeled across it one day on youtube..
and went to the site and everything.. and i thought it was an amazing thing. and a
wonderfull idea. we need more ideas.. and people like you guys in this world, no
doubt. im doing an indy project in one of my art classes.. and im going to do the
whole painting love thing. i hope you guys dont mind. i just loved the whole idea so
much and i thought it would be a lot of fun to do it around my house. like in
detroit.. and royal oaks and stuff."
A few weeks later she send me these wonderful photos from the Painting Love they had done as a part of an art class project. What more could this project achieve. "Painting Love! Coming to a neighbourhood near you" ;) Thank you Megan and all the people participating!
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stopping by to say hi! here's a fav quote I thought you'd enjoy...
- Alice laughed: 'there's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.
'I dare say you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen.
'When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'" ~ Lewis Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
Comments
Nov 18 2009 3:00 PM
Nov 10 2009 6:45 PM
Safe Travels!!!
Sunrise, St. Augustine Bayfront, 6-27-09
Oct 27 2009 6:59 PM
♥ ♥ ♥
Jun 15 2009 5:40 PM
Mar 6 2009 11:57 AM
Nov 20 2008 8:01 PM
- Alice laughed: 'there's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.
'I dare say you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen.
'When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'" ~ Lewis Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
sending much love!
Nov 10 2008 7:23 AM
Nov 7 2008 3:56 PM
Oct 25 2008 4:57 PM
Oct 23 2008 11:22 AM
Sep 7 2008 12:21 AM
Jan 2 2008 2:03 PM
Nov 9 2007 6:46 PM
Keep that paint moving!! ! !
Peace
Hes
Aug 6 2007 2:49 PM
May 12 2007 10:54 AM
12 points goes tooooo.... PAINTING LOVE!!! Håber snart Ålen får fingeren ud :D
May 12 2007 8:03 AM
Tak for det. Er glad for at i kan lide musikken...
Fedt projekt i har gang i!! Jeg skal prøve at sprede det så meget som jeg kan:)
Talal
May 10 2007 9:55 PM
May 9 2007 9:34 AM
Arash
Jan 22 2007 9:19 AM
Dec 29 2006 3:31 PM
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reel
Oct 19 2006 3:03 PM
tks for the add
take care
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