ARNO DROST

'Arno Drost', born on April 22, 1981, in Huizen, The Netherlands, is the CEO and co-founder of new media company Brothers in Art. He is also co-founder of the Digital Artist Community GFXartist.com that he started together with high school friends Martin Kool and Martijn van Zal in early 2000.

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Life and career

References

External links

Life and career

Arno Drost entered the world of new media by attending the Utrecht School of the Arts, studying Digital Media Design from 1999 to 2003. In 2001 he has been nominated for a Multimedia Award for an interactive production called Crepusculo 6 at the film festival of Poitiers, France.
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After graduation at the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2003, he successfully completed the Master course for Digital Media Design at the Open University in London, United Kingdom
In 2003, after his studies he started the company Brothers in art together with Martin Kool and Marvin Ronk. The company that already made name with Digital artist community GFXartist.com was asked in 2004 to create a community website for the American hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas. The website^[2] which launched simultaneous with the Black Eyed Peas album release of Monkey Business on June 7, 2005, welcomed over 100,000 fans during the first month.
In December 2005 Drost produced an online campaign for the Black Eyed Peas which allowed them to record videos on their mobile phone which were directly available on their website. The Black Eyed Peas were supposedly the first band in the world to use a 3G UMTS video connection to stay connected with their fans throughout their 2005 European tour.
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Today Drost continues to work as CEO at Brothers in art, working with various artists and entertainment companies around the world, such as Universal Music, Interscope, Fergie, The Partysquad, The Black Eyed Peas etc.

References

1. 24 eme Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois
2. Black Eyed Peas credits
3. Black Eyed Peas broadcast online using 3G mobile videophones
4. BEP Videodiary during European tour

External links

★ Brothers in art

★ Black Eyed Peas Community

★ GFXartist Digital Art Community