2008/05/30 by Matylda

cardboard: just in case you should get bored, we’re enclosing a little something for you to make

my friend, daniel van hauten, is making a movie for his graduation (of course it’s a film – he is studying video) we worked the hole night to prepare the set for one scene. all elements are printed out in black & white and glued to paperboard. it was a lot of work but there was some fun in between. unfortunatly the xxl bazokka wasn’t dry yet. this thing is huge! even bigger than me. here are some snapshots of that night.

osama-band
osama band

killer
If you want a job done well hire a professional

shoot-yourself
the black princess disaster

stick-ford-ka

2008/05/27 by Matylda

guess: what’s that?

let me know what you see in this ketchup, mustard mix.

ketchup-face

2008/05/25 by Matylda

kunsttour maastricht: 2 day get-together

2 days of art (and design): 24 + 25 may, 2008 = kunsttour

till-kramer
till kramer – till tomorrow, graphic design

maasterclass-shop
maasterclass shop – go there and shop!

nina-grunenberg
nina grunenberg – palms, cakes and everyday stuff

brigitta-van-drie
brigitta van drie – pschological gangbang

bright-and-beautiful
bright and beautiful – linda maissan

bimbo-titts-artist
I’m not just some bimbo with tits

kaat-waterschoot
kaat waterschoot – realistic oil paintings like gerhard richter (obviously the theme is different)

berg-and-kather
berg & kather – sounds of silver (fashion)

mireille-gromowski
mireille gromowski at lbb

dissocia.
‘the wonderful world of disscoia‘ at kumulus theater

catarina-vasconcelos
yvonne laufer + catarina vasconcelos actors from ‘the wonderful world of disscoia‘

film-reel
film reel swimming

2008/05/24 by Matylda

luxe paarden in actie: 2nd edition – the review

thanks to all people who joined our event on top of the gulf station in maastricht. for everybody who doesn’t know any word in dutch: ‘luxe paarden in actie’ means: ‘luxury horses in action’ – we had a lot of horses and we are the action.

to sell.

sonja-schoedel

anna-pors

opening

rob-bimmel

marc-de-vree

location

post-it

norbert verboeket

laszlo rozsnoki

tobi

till kramer

luxe-paarden-in-actie.
happy miriam hartwig and me, a day after the event

2008/05/22 by Matylda

luxe paarden in actie: press release – event is in couple hours

I am so tired – it’s 3 am and we are still busy with arranging the event (to be honest, we started 3 days ago. everything is very spontanious but going well). but there is still some power left for a post:

the second edition is meant to give people the chance to experience maastricht’s hidden personality in a special public location. the social qualities of a living space are translated and rearranged. different personal furniture of different local households are merged together to perform the setting of the night while revealing their origin to the visitors.

we, miriam hartiwg and myself, decided to set up the event at the glass pavilion on top of the gulf gas station, next to the A2. the location is one of the first buildings people would see driving into maastricht. regarding the space we will provide the opportunity to socialise and to express creativity. In doing so, the visitor becomes a part of the event.

we welcome the guests, at the opening, 22 may 2008 at 7pm to be a part of the get-together and to enjoy the night with a perfect panorama view on the highway.

gas-station-location
before: at 5 pm

luxe paarden in actie
after: at 10 pm

2008/05/21 by Matylda

luxe paarden in actie: preview 2nd edition

there is a 2nd luxe paarden in actie event coming up. after a sucessful exhibition at our appartment (in march) we decided to do the next in an off location (our neighbours are happy). between 22 and 23 may 2008 we are presenting an event of ‘personal space’. we decided to set up an event at the glass pavilion on top of the gulf gas station. the location is one of the first buildings people would see driving into maastricht. regarding the space we will provide the opportunity to socialise and to express creativity. join us tomorrow night! it’s one day before the kunstour. it would be a pleasure to host you! (the event starts at 7pm)

viaductweg 27
maastricht
next to the A2 highway

front_invitation
luxe paarden in actie invitation

lpia-flyer
luxe paarden in actie poster

gas station
the location

viaductweg-maastricht
the location

2008/05/20 by Matylda

abk maastricht: who needs who?

I am studying at the academy of fine arts in maastricht, netherlands. I have been quite happy with that (I am still). we have an awarded design building (wiel arets was the architect), great workshops, a mix of dutch and german students (and some from other foreign countries) and what is the best: tolerant and open-minded professors (if you are not stupid they let you do what you want to do). but the academy is just a department of the educative institute hogeschool zuyd, which has been voted to the best hogeschool in 2007 (maybe they bought somebody over). but since the academy is up to one’s ears in debt, the institute is focusing on efficiency and the quality is fading away. that’s why the students of the academy (the video department was the initiator) came together at 11:55 at the herdenkingsplein, the forecourt of the academy, to demonstrate that they don’t want to accept the situation.

a quotation from the website of the abk maastricht – a hilarious mission when you watch the truth:

‘This World Needs Us!
The above slogan is a core principle for the Academy of Fine Art Maastricht (ABKM); not only because many of the academy ’s graduates find work immediately following their academic time thanks to our collaboration with the professional world, but also because we receive many requests from the business world and (art) institutions to work together with them during their studies. We are happy to exploit this interaction. To do that, we need talented and motivated students.’

niet in het graaf in
‘we won’t let the quality be buried’