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.

before: at 5 pm

after: at 10 pm

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

luxe paarden in actie invitation

luxe paarden in actie poster

the location

the location

who knows morgan spurlock’s documentary super size me? the trademark of america – everything HAS to be bigger, here – also can be seen in american art, it seems to me.
this sculpture stands in the golden gate park, san francisco and is part of the de young museum.

claes oldenburg + coosje van bruggen
(even the europeans believe in bigness)
corridor pin, blue, 1999
stainless steel, aluminium and polyuretane enamel

herzog & de meuron architects, basel, switzerland
more pictures

we want to be ‘like boys’. comme des garcons – the japan label which not even has a website (like an official one). I met brett westfall, one of the shop co-owner (he is also fashion designer + artist) and had the chance to take some photos. soon I will take my ass to duesseldorf and warsaw and check on the shops there.

brett westfall likes his back a lot

A couple weeks ago paul snowden gave me an invitation to an exhibion. unfortunatly the opening was yesterday and I couldn’t be there. 10 artist who already presented their work in a solo exhibition at galerie brügel in berlin are becoming team players in setting a group exhibition. franziska cordes, raphael danke, aleana egan, james evans, alex frost, martina heinz, nina rhode, thomas schroeren, paul snowden and klaus winichner are in the game. the exhibition is till the 30th may. next month I will take a look.

galerie brügel
hedemannstr. 25
d-10969 berlin

open tue-sat 11-18 h

there is not so much time.. some fast posted pictures again. maybe I will have some more time to adapt the last 3 posts. maybe..

nacho carbonell – his new collection was exhibited at spazio rossana orlandi

michou nanon de bruijn – a lost product, with lost heat, for lost time. it’s michou’s graduation project, 2008

at the design triennale: finally sitting on the myto chair from konstantin grcic

tejo remy – chest of drawers xs. limited edition of 13 – still a classic. one of these is also in the collection of the museum of modern art/moma in ny

laszlo rozsnoki and tiago sa da costa at the droog design showroom

woman with fish head. pretending to read a newspaper

miss geschick and lady lapsus from hamburg at the designersblock party. click and visit their online boutique.

if you are in milan for the design week you shouldn’t be too obsessed with the idea of seeing everything in a short time. select what you really want to see. affacted by mies van der rohe‘s statement ‘less is more’ and by the bad weather we made some sightseeing and shopping and in the end we visited richard hutten for a gin tonic.

on the roof of milan’s gothic cathedral ‘duomo’

torre velasca – much debated at the time of its construction in 1957 but dominant in milan’s skyline

customize your tic tac box

camilla is fashion designer. she names her collection: reale slow-fashion. couple days ago she opened her own shop in the centre of milano. visit her at via brisa 15!

richard hutten elephant’s, his work from 2006, was standing at some places in milano. the ‘fuck’ doesn’t include his design.

fabian von spreckelsen, derya inanici, me and theda shoppe at the richard hutten showroom

richard hutten’s new collection ‘layers’: a table made of books with an epoxy coating

another piece of his collection ‘layers’: a table made of foam with an epoxy coating