Martin Duvall

The winner of last year's "Golden Gnoom Award" for Best Dressed DJ performed that year with the Belgium Electro Pop band "Vive La Fete" on the biggest dutch outdoor festival: Pinkpop! They surprised friend and foe with their version of the Donna Summer classic "I feel love"Martin Duvall (aka Martin C de Waal) is a somebody in Holland who somebody should make a somebody everywhere else.He is a well-respected artist whose challenging work examining issues such as media representation of gender and race, has received attention from the international art community. In March this year a retrospective was held of his photograpic and videowork at the Torch Gallery in Amsterdam.He works extensively as a guest lecturar in art and fashion. But perhaps he is best known as an outrageous club celebrity hosting notorious clubevents, turning his hand to dj-ing,vj-ing and performing in equal parts. More recently he has released recordings such as his own characteristic dance version cover of the Flirts's 'Temptation" and a selfwritten song: "Living on Warhol". And , yes, all those stories you've heard about his events are probaly true.site:http://www.mcdewaal.com.mail:[email protected]*** *********************************** ************************************** ************************************** **************************************Martin de Waal: From Artist to Jury Member in F.A.B.S.: Search For A Video ModelMartin C. de Waal had a face reconstruction, but “I’m no Michael Jackson!”Martin C. de Waal is a pop musician. But also an artist. And photographer. And VJ. To top it all off, this creative all-rounder is making his television debut as jury member on the new TV series F.A.B.S.: Search For A Video Model. In the show, Jorinde Moll leads the search for girls who can dance, sing and, of course, look great. “Maybe I’ll finally get some recognition in my own country!” the artist jokes.Currently, his most recent art project, In Your Face, a film about plastic surgery, is being shown in the Vegas Gallery in London (until 7 October www.vegasgallery.co.uk). The lead role is played by de Waal himself - which is no surprise. In the film, he undergoes an 8-hour long operation on his face. Even though it was recorded several months ago, his face still resembles a basketball. A blue, yellow and purple basketball, that is. “During the first operation, I had a facial transformation, but since then I’ve been back under the knife,” de Waal clarifies. “I wanted my eyes to be 25% Japanese. A Neanderthal forehead wouldn’t have matched, of course, so I had my skull moved back a bit. After a couple of months, I was still not satisfied. So I had some final adjustments made last week. Dotting the i’s, as it were.”Artist The operations were not a result of an artistic need to create, but of a personal desire. “The film I had made of it did root from artistic necessity. Look, you’re either an artist or your not. I tried to shorten the film to a TV documentary format, but I dropped that idea. It would have lost its exquisiteness and run the risk of coming across just plain freaky. And I’m no Michael Jackson!”Abroad, de Waal is also creating a stir, but under the name Duvall. “My name was always getting bastardized anyway, and this seemed the easiest solution.” According to the artist, he was not invited to be a jury member of F.A.B.S. because of his most recent artistic operation, but because of earlier projects. “In the past, I’ve directed music videos and commercials. In the Netherlands, I was the first to have a bunch of ugly pimply gabbers lip sync under water: an utterly vile fashion statement. I dare to do what others cannot. My only stipulation was that I could be myself in the show. That was accepted. It all seems pretty OK, but TV people are still quite scary. Television producers always think in a certain format and you have to fit into that format. In my case, they know better, and so, of course, I’m left totally free in what I say!”mspmb allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://lads.myspace.com/slides/photoslider.swf?u=800507 40" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="445" height="230" FlashVars="culture=nl-NL"