Bas Jan Ader

Date
16 July 2009

Bas Jan Alder has cropped up many a time since I started art school. The first time thanks to Pete and a nice post on but does it float being the most recent.

His life story is as fascinating as the small body of work he left behind. Films of free-fall/forced-fall are the most notable and ask more questions than could be answered before he disappeared.

“Who will fight the bear? No one? Then the bear has won.”

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Bryony Quinn

Bryony was It’s Nice That’s first ever intern and worked her way up to assistant online editor before moving on to pursue other interests in the summer of 2012.

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