Sphinxpark is open!

image: Peter Visser

Sphinxpark, a brand new temporary park in Maastricht, just around the corner of my studio, was officially opened on May 26th. I love it! Too bad it is just temporary. In collaboration with NAiM/Bureau Europa and REcentre, platform for sustainable design in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion, Marres Projects realized a temporary park in the inner city of Maastricht in 2011 and 2012.

This temporary free haven for innovation aspires to be exemplary for the manner in which the Euregion might deal with the interim in times of population decline and economic crisis. The area is part of the so-called ‘Belvédère Plan’, a master plan for the redevelopment of a large part of Maastricht. In 1999, the architect Frits Palmboom presented the plans for a new residential area on the Sphinx terrain and their realization started in 2004. However, due to the economic crisis, many urban development projects have encountered delays and postponement. The Belvédère terrain in Maastricht is also facing these problems, with the consequence that various plans are either delayed or subject to a reassessment. Amongst others, this has led to a situation in which an already serviced plot will remain undeveloped for years to come. Behind the historic walls of this former industrial area, a desolate wilderness has emerged over the past two years, creating the ideal conditions to address the question of the park of the future. Centrally situated, enclosed and featuring a rugged beauty, this walled area presents the ideal environment for a temporary park; the Sphinxpark.

http://www.landschapinperspectief.nl

Carri Munden

Last Friday, 27th of May, Ari Versluis interviewed fashion designer Carri Munden, founder of Cassette Playa.



http://www.cassetteplaya.com

Next week!
The Perfect Cut in collaboration with Premsela, The Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion
Photographer Ari Versluis interviews the American fashion photographer Michael James O’Brien.

Friday 10 June, 5.30 p.m. – apply for a place via kuijstermans@premsela.org

Pyuupiru 2001-2008

Last week (17th May) there was a screening of Pyuupiru 2001-2008 in Lumiere Maastricht.
The screening is part of Out of Fashion-Maastricht edition exhibition.
http://www.bureau-europa.nl/

An intimate portrait of the phenomenon Pyuupiru. A visual artist whose body is the heart of his work, he undergoes a difficult sex change operation. Filmed by Matsunaga, a talented director and dear friend of Pyuupiru, this is a must see for everyone who's interested in art and fashion.

Trailer


A beautiful and enchanting female face is given make-up. It’s the Japanese artist Pyuupiru: neither man nor woman - and both at once.
From 2001, when eccentric Japanese visited clubs in absurdist costumes, Pyuupiru was followed by friend and filmmaker Matsunaga. Pyuupiru’s handmade creations, that he/she sketches intuitively yet acurately, are becoming known in art circles. People are impressed by Pyuupiru’s manga-like pink giants and beautiful but confrontational self-portraits about identity. Yet behind this talented (wo)man is a sometimes deeply unhappy soul. Pyuupiru’s hormone therapy and a major sex-change operation are responsible for an emotional rollercoaster, and the quest for love is difficult.

Matsunaga followed his friend Pyuupiru for eight years. Beautiful shots of theatrical creations are juxtaposed with intimate, emotional moments. For instance, when Pyuupiru’s heart is broken. And when he/she realises he/she is being taken seriously as an artist. Matsunaga lovingly follows the transformation of an artist and a person.

Out of Fashion: Maastricht Edition

Last weekend, Saturday 14 May, the exhibition 'Out of Fashion: Maastricht Edition' was opened in NaiM/Bureau Europa.
Before the official opening there was a performance by Painted Series 'Painted Game'.

Guus Beumer and Eve-Marie Kuistermans

The programme for Out of Fashion – Maastricht Edition consists of an exhibition, a film programme and a series of events on the interaction between fashion and film. This project demonstrates how fashion houses, avant-garde designers and young, still unknown fashion designers make use of film, video and online media to shape, distribute and sell their designs and vision.
For more information on activities during Out of Fashion – Maastricht Edition: www.bureau-europa.nl or my Out of Fashion blogpost.

Here is a short selection of exhibited works.
There is more to see and it's very worth to visit! 'Out of Fashion: Maastricht Edition' is open until 26th of June 2011.



Maison Martin Margiela has a long history when it comes to film as a means of presentation. In this exhibition Maison Martin Margiela shows several men's and women's shows and presentations from 1993-2011.







Out of Fashion: Fashion film competition
During IFFR young designers and film makers were asked to depict the concept of their collections on film.
Dutch designer Niek Pulles (HEYNIEK) won the competition with his short film 'Patch up Pull over'. This video was also exhibited during FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2010. http://www.heyniek.com/



A.F Vandervorst collection s/s 2010




Freudenthal/Verhagen, Painted Series 2008






Anna-Nicole Ziesche
How are adults influenced by events in their childhood? In the film 'Childhood Storage' Anna-Nicole Ziesche searches her nursey room for an answer to this question.


Pyuupiru
During Out of Fashion: Maastricht Edition, there will be two screenings of Pyuupiru, an intimate portrait that Matsunaga Daishi made of his friend Pyuupiru, a visual artist whose body forms the core of his work. He underwent a drastic gender operation and the process is captured in the documentary Pyuupiru 2001-2008.
For more information about the screenings: http://www.bureau-europa.nl/

Painted Game

At the opening of 'Out of Fashion:Maastricht Edition' in NAiM/Bureau Europa, Saturday 14 May, Painted presented their recent and previous work with a performance 'Painted Game'. For this performance Painted collaborated with students from the Toneelacademie Maastricht.



Painted is a collective led by Saskia van Drimmelen, Margreet Sweerts and Desirée Hammen.
They believe in the strength of collaboration. They work together with masters in nearly forgotten crafts like needlepoint lace from Bulgaria and beadwork of the Assiniboine tribe from Northern America. By sharing knowledge and the joy of making, traditional techniques breathe new life.
http://www.paintedseries.com

Out of Fashion: Maastricht Edition

NAiM / Bureau Europa presents
Out of Fashion: Maastricht Edition
14 May to 26 June 2011

On saturday 14 May at 5 p.m, Guus Beumer, director of NAiM / Bureau Europa, is opening the manifestation entitled Out of Fashion – Maastricht Edition.
The programme for Out of Fashion – Maastricht Edition consists of an exhibition, a film programme and a series of events on the interaction between fashion and film. This project demonstrates how fashion houses, avant-garde designers and young, still unknown fashion designers make use of film, video and online media to shape, distribute and sell their designs and vision.
For more information on activities during Out of Fashion – Maastricht Edition, please see www.bureau-europa.nl.

Designers agnès b. and Maison Martin Margiela have compiled a film programme of their own work especially for Out of Fashion and are showing an exclusive installation. In addition, work can be seen from designers including BLESS, Todd Cole, Prada, Freudenthal/Verhagen and Anna-Nicole Ziesche.

Out of Fashion: Maastricht Edition is the result of a collaboration between the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Premsela: the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion, Glamcult Studio and NAiM/Bureau Europa. The project is a sequel to Out of Fashion, compiled by Inge de Leeuw for the 40th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Exhibition design is by Glamcult Studio.

www.bureau-europa.nl

Fringe programme Out of Fashion: Maastricht Edition


- The Perfect Cut in collaboration with Premsela, The Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion
Photographer Ari Versluis interviews Cassette Playa, i.e. English fashion designer Carri Munden.
Friday 27 May, 8 p.m. – apply for a place via kuijstermans@premsela.org

Carri Munden


http://www.cassetteplaya.com

- The Perfect Cut in collaboration with Premsela, The Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion
Photographer Ari Versluis interviews the American fashion photographer Michael James O’Brien.

Friday 10 June, 5.30 p.m. – apply for a place via kuijstermans@premsela.org

- Performance Painted Game
For the opening of Out of Fashion at NAiM/Bureau Europa there will be a performance by Painted, a designers' collective led by Saskia van Drimmelen and Margreet Sweerts. For this performance, Painted has collaborated with actors from the Toneelacademie Maastricht. Saturday 14 May, 5 p.m.

- Film screening Pyuupiru
Matsunaga Daishi made an intimate portrait of his friend Pyuupiru, a visual artist whose body forms the core of his work. Pyuupiru underwent a drastic gender operation. At the Out of Fashion exhibition at the NAiM/Bureau Europa, Pyuupiru will show five self-portraits.

Pyuupiru


- Out of Fashion workshops in collaboration with Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht
In June, as part of Out of Fashion, two workshops will take place for students at the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht about the interaction between fashion and film. The workshops will be led by Romy Tielman and Niek Pullens.
For precise dates see www.bureau-europa.nl

HEYNIEK


- Kiki Niesten window goes Out of Fashion
As part of Out of Fashion, Kiki Niesten will create an Out of Fashion window display.


NAiM/Bureau Europa
Avenue Céramique 226
6221 KX Maastricht
www.bureau-europa.nl
Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Antibodies: the works of Campana brothers

Antibodies
The works of Fernando & Humberto Campana 1989-2009
March 13 - June 6, 2010

The work of the Campana brothers, the most influential contemporary designers of Latin America, in NAiM /Bureau Europa.


Fernando & Humberto Campana