Toegepast 15

In 2010, Design Platform Limburg and Z33 organise the fifteenth edition of Toegepast, a presentation of young design talent.
Toegepast 15: new participants, new coaches, new concept. This year the participants choose to work with a central theme: the Meeting

Toegepast 15: de Meeting





The fifteenth edition of Toegepast presents five yound designers in the houses of the Beguinage at Z33:

. Liesbeth Bussche (Gerrit Rietveld Academie - Silversmith)
. Jon Stam (Design Academie Eindhoven)
. Rocco Verdult (Design Academie Eindhoven)
. Andries Vanvinckenroye (MDA - Productdesign)
. Mieke Dierckx (PHL - Jewellery Design)

Design duo Ti+Hann coached the design process and created the design of the presentation.

Liesbeth Bussche 'inside jewellery'






Andries Vanvinckenroye ' Brench 2'




Mieke Dierckx






Rocco Verdult


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Aslo in Z33 Philip Metten - INNERCOMA (27.06 to 10.10.2010)

This exhibition transformed the whole of Z33 into an enormous sculpture, without a doubt the biggest Hasselt has ever seen. Philip Metten (Genk, 1977) is the man behind this gigantic project. Z33 gave him the opportunity to create his first solo exhibition. Philip Metten proposed to transform Z33 into a huge work of art.
Philip Metten chooses to make sculptures because that medium contrasts greatly with the hastiness of our time. Sculptures are unwieldy and static constructions that do not square with the pressure of time, the speed and the evolution of our society. Philip Metten strives to be innovative in his imagery within the art of sculpturing. His sculptures create a link between primitive, religious art forms and contemporary archetypes. He elaborates these various elements further in the architectural sculpture INNERCOMA.

Hussein Chalayan Spring/Summer 2011 Womenswear

http://www.vogue.com/videos/hussein-chalayan-spring-2011/

source: http://www.husseinchalayan.com

For Real / 28 Utopian projections in public space

For Real
28 Utopian projections in public space
01-31 October 2010
17.00 - 24.00
Maastricht/Hasselt

http://www.for-real.eu



Trailer

FOR REAL 2010 - 28 Utopian Projections in Public Space from Viewmaster Foundation on Vimeo.

Bus trip to Hasselt


From 1 to 31 October, Viewmaster Foundation presents the exhibition For Real in the public spaces of the cities of Maastricht (the Netherlands) and Hasselt (Belgium). From 17:00 hrs till 00:00 hrs, 28 various artistic visions of the shifting boundaries between the ‘real’ and the ‘unreal’ will be projected on large store windows, cultural organisations and offices.

The artists in For Real visualize unknown realities, dream worlds, utopias or conversely apocalyptic stories that both amaze and alienate. The selected works are reflections on contemporary developments in film, media, commercials and games. Areas in which boundaries between reality and virtuality increasingly blur the artificial and the authentic.

The videos, by established national and international artists and new emerging talent, have rarely or never been displayed in public areas. In the urban landscape other layers of meaning are tapped into than when displayed in a ‘white cube’ and ‘black box’ where the ‘real world’ is excluded.

For Real will be presenting new and awarded works of art by:
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács (NL), Thomas Bürke (DE), Brody Condon (US), Chris Cornish (UK), Erwin Driessens & Maria Verstappen (NL), Pieter Geenen (BE), Stephen Honegger (AU), Harald Hund & Paul Horn (AT), Dagmar Keller & Martin Wittwer (DE/CH), Clare Langan (IE), Michael Najjar (DE), Jan van Nuenen (NL), David O'Reilly (IE), Saskia Olde Wolbers (NL), Jacco Olivier (NL), Hans Op de Beeck (BE), Joris Perdieus (BE), Nicolas Provost (BE), Christine Rebet (FR), Hiraki Sawa (JP), Monica Studer & Christoph van den Berg (CH), Mungo Thomson (US) and Markus Vater (DE).

For Real is organised by Viewmaster Foundation, Maastricht, and curated by Bart van den Boom.
Viewmaster Foundation wants to place video art (and related media) in the Euregion, by realising high-profile video art projects in the urban and public space (and other special locations). Artistic, social and cultural topicalities are the main focus. Viewmaster Foundation wants to reach a large and new audience, and set up new partnerships.



Nicolas Provost ' Suspension'


Persijn Broersen & Margrit Lukacs 'Everytime'


Stephen Honegger 'Three hour donut'


Christine Rebet ' Brand band news'


Hans Op de Beeck ' Places (gardening 2)

The endless song of silence

Endless Song of Silence 2010 by Nanine Linning

Last weekend the city of Maastricht hosted once again the Dutch Dance Festival (Nederlandse Dansdagen). For me personally one of the highlights of the cultural offerings of Maastricht. On the Sunday program featured the stunning performance of 'The Endless Song of Silence' by Nanine Linning. Two people being together, but also increasingly going their separate ways. Nanine Lining and Danilo Colona dancing in a beautiful setting and impressive music (Third Symphony by Gorecki) and not to forget the costumes are designed by Iris van Herpen. 'The endless song of silence' is one of the most beautiful dance performances I've ever seen.





Trailer:

Endless song of silence- Nanine Linning from Josanne Buiting on Vimeo.

Concept: Nanine Linning / Choreografie en dans: Nanine Linning en Danilo Colonna /

for more information: http://www.naninelinning.nl

* pictures bij Kalle Kuikkaniemi

Parcours Modo 2010

Dansaert area
— Friday, October 22nd 2010
11:00AM > 10:00PM
— Saturday, October 23rd 2010
11:00AM > 06:00PM
— Sunday, October 24th 2010
11:00AM > 06:00PM

Price — Tickets are sold at La Centrale électrique (European Centre for Contemporary Art of Brussels city – 44 Place Sainte Catherine) for 8 euros from 22nd to 24th of October 2010. Each ticket comes with a bag and a program containing all the information about the Designers’ Trail (locations, designers, events, varnishing days, parties…).

http://www.modobrussels.be/

Modo Brussels promotes the work of Brussel's designers through a fashion festival called The Designers' Trail.

Designers
Ada Rajszys, Andrea Kern, Annemie Verbeke, B by B, B.E. MEN, Cabanekaban, Carine Gilson, Cathy Pill, Cécile Bertrand, Céline Lellouche, Christa Reniers, Christophe Coppens, Ciss N’gagne, CLJP Originals, Conni Kaminski, Eric Beauduin, GIRLS FROM OMSK, Giuseppe Virgone, Guaranteed veritale super mix, Han Mannaert, Heidewinne, Homemade, Hüsniye Kardas, Isabelle Lenfant, Isabelle Azaïs, Jean-Paul Lespagnard, jeanpaulknott, Jessie Lecomte, Jojo Project, Johanne Riss, Kim Stumpf, Le Fabuleux Marcel de Bruxelles, Mademoiselle Jean, marianne timperman, Martin Bing, Michael Guérisse O’Leary, Monsieur Bul, Mouton Collet, Olivia Hainaut, own Shop, Pieceofchic, Samuel Dronet, Sandrina Fasoli, Simon-Pierre Toussaint, Sophie Heymans, sophievandevenne, The Cookie Therapy, The Wolf, Tine Prophete, Valérie Laroche, Vanessa Vukicevik, Walter Lecompte, Yael Landman, l’atelier Design Textile de l’Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, l’Institut Saint Luc and Atelier Lannaux.

Gareth Pugh S/S 2011 Collection

Gareth Pugh S/S 2011 Collection
- Director: Ruth Hogben

Gareth Pugh S/S 2011 Collection - Director: Ruth Hogben from SHOWstudio on Vimeo.

Marina Abramovic and Tyson Ballou for V Magazine

V magazine New York Issue, Marina Abramovic and Tyson Ballou cover of the 67th issue


Photography:Mario Testino
Styling: Nicola Formichetti

Lady GaGa meat dress for VMA 2010

for more pictures:http://photos.toofab.com/galleries/lady_gagas_looks__zoom_view#tab=most_recent&id=

Meat dress and accessories by Franc Fernandez, styled by Nicola Formichetti

Parcours Maastricht 2010

Parcours (Opening of the cultural season in Maastricht)
11 & 12 September 2010


Last weekend Parcours Maastricht celebrated it's 15th edition.
This year multidisciplinary artist, Kaspar König, came up with a project ' Park your ID' for Parcours opening night (Saturday 11 September). In the Q-park garage Vrijthof, artists and cultural organisations where invited to 'park their identity' or ‘park their idea'. Great and innovative concept, but I was disappointed by the content of the program that is partially filled by the KOM (Cultural Discussion Maastricht) members and partly by various artists from Europe who have been invited.

Here are some impressions of Saturday, September 11.

Tim Prins and Kaspar König standing next to this 'cultural snack machine',




Toneelgroep Maastricht



Toneelgroep Maastricht (Dieke Ruwhof and Michiel van Zuijlen)





Check out the Maasterclass installation for Parcours 2008: www.maasterclass.com

Decadent Pigeons in Barcelona

Decadent Pigeons in Barcelona by Lisa Klappe and Joachim van den Hurk



Photographer Lisa Klappe and spatial artist Joachim van den Hurk detect decay, boredom and slackness in many people. Is that blatant decadence the price we have to pay for prosperity and the so-called individual freedom in which we live?

With the exposition Decadent Pigeons both (together and separate) hold up a mirror to us. From the parallels they discovered between the behavior of pigeons and people they drew the not very roseate conclusion that if we continue this way, we will end up being exactly as those birds, grey shadows, still further removed from out nature, dismally bored and scandalously discontented.

Their works of art are unequivocally blunt and direct. Static portraits, grubby film mountings and living sculptures do confront us with their black humor and their nearly perverse overtones. In that way, they create an 'unheimisch' feeling that in itself leads to an immediate reflective mood.

Lisa Klappe (Eindhoven, 1979) is a photographer of fashion, design and people. In 2006 she finished her studies at the Amsterdam Photo Academy. Since that day she works as an independent photographer and editor, both for herself and on commission. Her photographs are a staged registration of the way she sees, discovers and experiences her surroundings. With a clear eye for detail she creates a subtle tension between beauty and repulsiveness. In that way even ugliness becomes aesthetical, but never without telling a story.

Joachim van den Hurk (Eindhoven, 1945) is spatial artist. He graduated from the Academy of Art as architectural designer, worked for several years in architectural firms in The Netherlands and organized expositions. During these years he developed a great passion for landscape architecture and planology. Since the 1980's he works as an independent artist and designer. Expositions of his works were held in The Netherlands, France, Spain and Australia. Joachim van den Hurk by turns lives in Barcelona and the south of France.



Decadent Pigeons opens September 09, 2010 until September 30, 2010 at Gallery Fort Pienc in Barcelona, Spain. In October 2010 Decadent Pigeons will under proviso move to the former textile factory De Ploeg near Eindhoven, The Netherlands for a special exposition during Eindhoven's Dutch Design Week. More information will follow as soon as possible.
Decadent Pigeons / Photos: Lisa Klappe / Sculptures: Joachim van den Hurk

* for more information: http://www.decadentpigeons.com





all photos by Lisa Klappe

Vivianne Sassen in Toulouse (France)

Viviane Sassen 'Flamboya', Château d'eau in Toulouse (30 June - 19 September 2010)



Viviane Sassen spent part of her youth in Kenya where her father was a doctor, and her earliest memories date from this time. She began her career as an artist and fashion photographer, before returning to the continent of her childhood in 2002. Since then, Africa has become the sole object of her photographic work.
http://www.galeriechateaudeau.org/

http://www.vivianesassen.com/#/flamboya





© Viviane Sassen, Courtesy of Motive Gallery, Amsterdam

The Toulouse-Lautrec museum in Albi

This summer I travelled through France. One of the surprises was the red brick town Albi, the home of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and a museum devoted to his work. More than 1000 works, including the 30 famous posters, are kept within the walls. This body of work forms the largest public collection in the world devoted to Toulouse-Lautrec.

Musée Toulouse-Lautrec

Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin / Pretty Much Everything

Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin / Pretty Much Everything /

photographs 1985-2010
25 June 2010 until 15 September 2010 at Foam



Inez and Vinoodh began their work together in 1986 in Amsterdam. Now, 25 years later, with their campaigns for fashion houses such as YSL, Chanel, Balmain, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Chloé, and with regular publications in W Magazine, Vogue and The New York Times, they are amongst the most important photographers in the world today. They are amongst the very few artists that have successfully crossed the line drawn between fashion and art and have managed to simultaneously maintain careers in both fields. The team has lived and worked in New York since 1995.



You can see the work of the famous photographic duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin at Foam (Amsterdam)until the 15th of September. It is worth a visit!










Foam shows approximately 300 photographs spanning 25 years of the duo’s career. Art, fashion and portrait works all exist next to each other. By disregarding any chronological order the combinations of images are based on personal, formal, social, political and intuitive associations that show the way the artists have lived with the images for 25 years.

© Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin