Nieuw Jurk Crisis Fashion

Krisis, new unisex collection is inspired by the financial crisis. Meijer believes strongly in the wish of people to support culture at this moment when the Dutch government is letting us down by enormous cuts on culture funding. Nieuw Jurk (New Dress) came up with the idea to use crowdfunding to be able to fund the collection. By raising money through their website www.nieuwjurk.com they provide fans and supporters the opportunity to invest in their collection. Nieuw Jurk is the label of Esther Meijer who graduated from ArtEZ fashion institute.
Nieuw Jurk gave an energetic show with the Krisis collection at the Amsterdam Fashion Week last Thursday.

Architecture of Fear

Architecture of Fear
02.10 to 31.12.2011
http://www.z33.be

Architecture of Fear explores how feelings of fear pervade daily life in the contemporary media society. The cause of fear seems interchangeable and constantly fluctuating. Shifting from one thing to the next, often relating to invisible or indirect phenomena’s (terrorism, viral diseases, pollution, financial crisis), anything has the ability to become a potential threat. Rather than an immediate emotional strategy for survival fear is becoming a constant low level feeling in the background that gives rise to a new global infrastructure based on security, prevention and risk-management.

Architecture of Fear brings together a selection of international artists and designers that reflect in different ways on the society of fear, ranging from registration and critical research, to exploring its emotional, social and spatial mechanisms.

Artists: Bureau D'Etudes, De Geuzen, Floris Douma, Laurent Grasso, Ilkka Halso, Susanna Hertrich, Charlotte Lybeer, Jill Magid, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Tracey Moffatt, Trevor Paglen, Marie Sester, Kin Wah Tsang and Els Vanden Meersch.