Hi Steemers, I'm new here and already seeing in Steemit the future of what our kids will call a social-network (we have to add "fair" "secured" and "democratic" for now).
I'm Rubens, a Frenchman and digital nomad. This post is about introducing myself and the kind of content I will share on Steemit. As many people around here I have many facets and passions, but first here is an upside-down GIF self-portrait :)
Photography
Music Photography
My first passion was and is photography, and especially music-photography. For 10 years I've been shooting artists that put soul in their creations. I've also shot many concerts and festival mainly in France and Europe. I publish my music photography under Free Rubens :
Kutiman
Yacht Club
Kelela
You can find more on my portoflio.
Photo-Reportages > Eco-Villages / Decentralized communities / Off Grid Communities
Music photography is fun and nice, but it doesn't raise awareness about important world's issues. This is how I came to shoot photo-reportages.
So on, I have been recently more than interested in documenting communities that, I believe, own the keys to a better world. Those communities are based on open-source, DIY culture, permaculture, decentralization and off-grid philosophies.
My photo-journalist career started in Israel/Palestine in January 2015 and continued in Morocco. You can see them here.
Eco-Me, Israel/Palestine
Chez Madani, south Morocco
Due to the lack of financial resources, I've put this project on pause, but I'm feeling the motivation again on Steemit !
GIF-Art : GIF-Arte and Gif It!
As an interdisciplinary student (B.A in communication), I've always been interested in mixing disciplines. In 2015, my passion for arts and technology led me to dig into the rich and amazing world of Gif Art, in which I became addicted.
But as we spend more and more time in front of screens, I thought about a way to appreciate those GIFs out of them, in a more natural manner. This is how I launched Gif-Arte, a platform that curates the best GIF Artists out of the cyberspace and bring their work of art into the real world and in limited edition on lenticular prints.
limited GIF print of Joe Winograd
On the top of that, I'm also organizing nomadic GIF-Art exhibitions, "Gif It!", that showcase the GIF Arte artists and artworks.
Gif It! exhibition at La Bellevilloise, in Paris
Solar Sound System
2 years ago, I stumbled on Cedric Carles at a picnic, an energy activist and guru, founder of SolarSoundSystem. The dude has been building Sound Systems powered by renewable energies since 1999, starting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
"Solar Sound System proposes clean parties powered by renewable energies. The systems consist of turntables for DJs and a powerful sound system, which are powered by the sun and bicycles."
SolarSoundSystem in Paris
Since this meeting, I never stopped working with him and another soulmate, Thomas Ortiz, to push the project in France and worldwide : we just opened an antenna in Berlin and are actually looking for people to push it forward in Germany, so don't hesitate to shout-us a word via the website !
We also recently launched a Solar Web-Radio where we stream and upload shows recorded on the Sound Systems : Radio3s. >> LISTEN HERE <<
Open-air Solar Disco party at Le Grands Voisins, Paris
By the way, we are more than happy to host new shows about ecology, decentralization, culture, music and DIY culture. Shout us something at radio@solarsoundsystem.org if you feel like spreading good frequencies.
That's it about myself, let the Steemit adventure begin and Ride on !