Hello World ! I'm Rubens, photographer, GIF-Art addict & part of the SolarSoundSystem team.

in #introduceyourself8 years ago (edited)

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
Kutiman

Yacht-Club
Yacht Club

Kelela
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
Eco-Me, Israel/Palestine

Chez Madani
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 [email protected] if you feel like spreading good frequencies.

That's it about myself, let the Steemit adventure begin and Ride on !

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Welcome to Steemit.com @freerubens here are a few tips:

1.) Awe hell who am I kidding, awesome post. Proper use of formatting (except one un-centered pic), good use of imagery and H1 tags and excellent writing.

This post is #venusAPPROVED!

wellcome

awesome glad to know you are a proponent of the gif arts! I've done a few recently - check them out @timelapse (upvoted and following you @freerubens)

Nice Pics man, i love the shows photography! and didnt know that a SolarSoundSystem exists.

Love the first animation. Hope you don't mind (will remove if you do), but I wondered what it would look like from a different perspective...

ahah, good one :)

Hey! I REALLY hope you post a photo with you holding a sign with today's date..maybe make it a cool gif?! I think a lot of people would upvote this if we were 100% sure it's you :)

Why holding a sign with the date would give me more votes ? Is this like a Steem tradition ?

it really is. we're not sure this is not an imposter otherwise. or post on your fb a link to this. you'll sure to get more upvotes soon

Nice pic's rubens
Thanks for sharing

Thanks and welcome. This is a fantastic post. Your music photography is outstanding:)

Welcome on board, buddy! SolarSoundSystems looks promising. Do solar panels produce enough energy to power all audio equipment?

BTW, I've added you on Steemians Go and find yourself and don't forget to check other fellow Steemians!

yes it do saulius, come to say hi in Paris, Berlin or Lausanne