FASHIONCLASH Festival 2017 - Program

L'EGSQERE
photo Photography Anouk Nitsche

WHAT TO EXPECT!

Fashion Makes Sense, 9th edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival 2017
29 June - 2 July 2017 | Maastricht

The unique four-day fashion festival FASHIONCLASH promises to exceed all expectations with unique work from more than 150 young designers and artists from all over the world including countries such as Italy, Spain, China, Switzerland, The Netherlands, France, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Uruguay, Australia, United Kingdom and Belgium. Expect extraordinary fashion shows, crossover theatre and dance performance, the wilfully 9th edition of Clash Project and the Fashion Makes Sense LAB especially composed for this edition. This LAB will include expositions, a designer market, workshops and fashion talks. Moreover, the long expected opening of the new incubator, the Forza Fashion House Maastricht will also be part of this year’s edition. FASHIONCLASH is a unique opportunity to stimulate your senses, to be inspired by the world of fashion, to meet new upcoming international fashion talents and obviously to enjoy the fashion city of Maastricht.

Sepideh Ahadi
Photo Dennis Leiding

What can you expect?
Take a look at fashionclash.nl and the complete FCF 2017 participants list.


Practical information

When: from Thursday 29 June to Sunday 2 July 2017.

Locations: - Festival Main venue (30 June – 2 July): SAMdecorfabriek, Meerssenerweg 215, Maastricht - Opening Forza Fashion House Maastricht (29 June): 2nd floor LAB Building/The Radium, Lage Frontweg 2A.

Other locations: Jan van Eyck Academy, Marres and Thiessen Wijnkoopers

Tickets: FASHIONCLASH Festival is accessible for everyone and mostly free (excl. the fashion shows). Tickets for fashion shows are available in presale online for €12,50, tickets are available at the door for €15, students get a discount and pay €5 at the door. Tickets are available at www.fashionclash.nl and during the festival at SAMdecorfabriek.

Les Deux Garçons - Museum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht

The Dutch artist duo ‘Les Deux Garçons’
are presenting their
their first retrospective ‘PURE’ in Maastricht at Museum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht.

Sculptures of taxidermy, bronze statues and free-style assemblage show the diversity of artists.
Atelier Les Deux Garçons was founded by the artists Roel Moonen (1966) and Michel Vanderheijden van Tinteren (1965). Originally from Limburg the artists met in Maastricht and have been working together since 2000. The duo enjoys international fame with their sculptures of taxidermy, in which mounted animals receive human features.
With their distinctive and intriguing imagery Les Deux Garçons create absurdistic, sometimes moving or humorous objects, made with materials found at the taxidermist, at auctions or at antique dealers.

Reflection
Les Deux Garçons present their deer, lambs, piglets, dogs and other animals often as Siamese twins with accessories such as colourful porcelain, toys and all kinds of useful objects. These symbolize fear, fate and mortality. In their creations, the artists shun no themes, whether it be instinctive, artistic urge or in the prompting by current affairs.

The exhibition is open until 6th June 2016.

http://www.lesdeuxgarcons.nl

For more information www.museumaanhetvrijthof.nl

Secret Postcards

The very first of edition of Secret Postcards in The Netherlands is opening doors in Maastricht this Saturday at Jan van Eyck Academy.
Make sure that you are on time (11.am), because this is your unique chance to purchase a piece of art for just 55 euro. 'first come, first served ' is the sales procedure.
I got the chance to get a sneak preview and there is quite a lot to choose from; 575 art works from around 250 artists like Atelier van Lieshout, Barbara Visser, Romain Brau, Linda Maissan, Kaspar Hamacher, Elvira 't Hart, Jeroen van Bergen, Antoine Berghs, Sidi el Karchi, Jeroen Evertz, Laurens Hamacher, Nawie Kuiper, Lonneke van der Palen, Les Deux Garçons, Keetje Mans, Maurice Mentjens, Jack Reubsaet, Edwin Smet, Ivo Straetmans, Ellen Truijen, Sara Vrugt, Bas de Wit, and many more... and me :)

Secret Postcards exhibition open Saturday 17th of November at 11 am and is open until 25th of November.
Location: Jan van Eyck Academie Maastricht (Academieplein 1 in Maastricht)

So what is Secret Postcards project all about
Secret Postcards is a very unique sort of exhibition that is not like any other. The artists produce postcard-sized works of art that are exhibited anonymously and can be purchased for a modest sum. It's a concept that is entirely new to the Netherlands: a high-quality exhibition that is easily accessible to the public because it's held outside the museum.
What's important here is the visitor's own perception and interpretation. The exhibited artworks will not be readily identifiable. Secret Postcards challenges the audience to cross the frontiers of their usual way of working.The artists taking part in Secret Postcards have been recommended by a team of four curators from celebrated museums and cultural organisations.
The choice is outstanding and the experience is very refreshing!

Read more about Secret Postcards initiative and vision here:

http://www.secretpostcards.eu

Have a look at this preview. In real they are more exciting and for now no credits...Psssst.

Requiem, a visual spectacle by Nanine Linning

It's During Tefaf festival and each year there is a dance evening. This year it is a very special one, an very impressive interdisciplinary work of art.  After hugh success in Germany  'Requiem' celebrated it's Dutch premiere tonight at Theater a/h Vrijthof.
First part is an exhibition on stage where the audience can walk through and the second part is a dance performance.
In REQUIEM Nanine Linning imagines the tension between life and death, the profane and the sacred, the carnal and the spiritual. Themes, which are inextricably linked together and are at the same time absolute opposites. Inspired by Fauré's “Requiem”, Dante's “La Divina Commedia” and the absurd and surreal images of the artist duo “Les Deux Garçons”, Linning is searching for her own paradise on earth.

You can see a picture report of the exhibition part here, and if you want to experience it take a look a the tour: http://www.naninelinning.nl/