3 days in Oeiras

You could not miss Paulo’s graphical work, which was on display just outside the main room – Hangar K7 – it resembled a street scene with an interesting illustration of what looked like several heads fused together with influences of Picasso evident.

We caught up with Paulo, who gave us a few of this thoughts about Offf

If you stand just outside the Openroom – Loopita, providing you don’t go deaf with the electro and experimental noise’s emanating from the room, you will see Markus Altmann – acting as a digital ambassador for the digital music being showcased here at Offf.

We managed to grab a few moments of his time, to find out what his takeaway from Offf will be for this year – he was a little shy to give the interview in English, so the whole piece is in German.
If you want more information about what these guys are up to have a look at www.rastor-norton.de or you can email him direct on booking@raster-noton.de

As you wander down the main hallway take a moment to pop across to see Beesub on the Mercadillo. A Graphic designer with a great idea is celebrating design through collaboration to create unique books of graphic works, each sourced from individual designers and artists who freely contribute their work.

Previously known as PA-Collective they are changing with a new direction and ambition to become WAPA (We Are Proud to Affect) – a design collective built to promote french and international emerging talents.

DAHRA – Designers Against Human Rights Abuse is a non profit organisation formed by Rishi Sodhu – his was exhibiting his work on the Mercadilo – with a mixture of fabric prints. We thought we recognised a London accent from yesterday as he chatted with Offf residents, and we decided to catch up with him and find out what he thought of Offf.

If ever there was ever a perfect to start and end the first day of the Offf Festival then the production team cracked it this year. A captive audience of 3,500 Offf residents listened, clapped and roared after each piece.

It was amusing he opened the interview with a statement that he doesn’t like speaking in public and yet he confidently spoke at length for what seemed like an hour about Chemical Brothers and U2 amongst others.

We captured a few AudioBoo’s

	U2 video piece
	Gone Daddy Gone
	The Last Dream

As part of this experimental coverage of Offf we will be interviewing a number of artists, designers and creatives at the event. The first one is Urban Myth – an idea created by Luis.