Salon/Big Bang: Sunday Sermon

Kerkdienst in de Oude Kerk; Eddy Reefhuis over "Being Jesus" van
Klaas Kuiken en Peter van der West.
Op deze laatste zondag met de tentoonsteling SALON/Big Bang in de kerk staan we stil bij het meest opvallende werk, de piepschuimen weergave van het Christusbeeld boven Rio de Janeiro in de Buitenlandvaarderskapel. BeingJesus.nl is de titel van dit werk van Klaas Kuiken en Peter van der West.
Dat is ook de website waarop je een foto kunt uploaden die dan op het hoofd van Jezus wordt geprojecteerd. Is dat blasfemie: dat iedereen Jezus zou kunnen zijn? Of is dat nu juist de navolging waar hij om vraagt?
Misschien is de vraag eerde of je dat wel moet willen. Wie achter mij aan wil komen, moet zichzelf verloochenen en zijn kruis op zich nemen, zegt Jezus in het evangelie van zondag. Of er dan nog zoveel belangstelling voor is …… Maar spannender is de vraag, hoe dit dan de weg kan zijn naar die Christus Redentor, Christus de Verlosser, boven Rio. Misverstand? Of een wonder? (photocredits: JW Kaldenbach)

SALON/Big Bang; Klaas Kuiken & Peter van der West at the Oude Kerk

SALON/Big Bang; Being Jesus by Klaas Kuiken & Peter van der West at the Oude Kerk

You can be Jesus at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam! Upload your portrait to www.beingjesus.nl with your smartphone and within 5 seconds your face will be visible on the styrofoam sculpture of Jesus This interactive project "Being Jesus" is by Klaas Kuiken, productdesigner) and Peter van der West, interactive designer). (photocredits; JW Kaldenbach)

 About: Klaas Kuiken. In 2010 Klaas Kuiken graduated from ArtEZ School of Arts in Arnhem (NL). In his work process Kuiken is more an inventor and craftsman than a designer, which gives him a different, new look on materials, techniques and the production process. This approach provides

him with endless possibilities and - combined with his designing qualities- makes him an innovative

designer. For example, in the collection ‘New Found Treasures’ (in collaboration with Dieter Volkers), Klaas Kuiken’s work is characterized by his pleasure in experiment and research. Kuiken often aims to add new function and new value to his collection of ‘found treasures’. Without losing any of the work’s recognizability, Kuiken has shaped unplanned objects in which the treasures have found a new way to manifest themselves. The collection ‘New Found Treasures’ gives a poetic look at the things around us and the value of worthless.About: Peter van der West.

SALON/Big Bang: Work in progress

SALON/Big Bang: Work in progress. Installing the work of Klaas Kuiken at De Oude Kerk (photocredits: Gijs Stork)

SALON/BA; Dutch product designers

 SALON/BA; Dutch product designers at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Siba Sahabi with Jules J Lefebvre 1879 

Klaas Kuiken with Antonio Tantardini and Pietro Calvi 

Lizan Freijsen with ao Philippe Rousseau. Ulpiano Checa y Sanz, Genaro Perèz Villamil (photocredits: Gijs Stork)

Made by someone in China at Milan Designweek 2014

Made by someone in China, a Teapot designed by Klaas Kuiken and Dieter Volkers was presented for the first time at Milan Designweek 2014. This teapot is the result of  the project "Made by someone in China" by the designers during Salon/BJ >>Read more about that here<<

winterSALON/2014: Drinks at Magazijn

WinterSALON/2014 was officially opened last Sunday on January the 26th. This day ended with drinks at Magazijn. Guests and SALON/ participants drank "mannen liefde" (men love) beer by Brewery Oedipus  in designer cups (by Klaas Kuiken and Dieter Volkers) And get to hear  a reprise by Imara Thomas singing Puccini. (see more of the opening day here)

Gijs Stork and Marjo Kranenborg

Angelo Tromp, Stephanie Gude, Gijs Stork, Marjo Kranenborg

Charlie Reijnderss and Klaas Kuiken

Dieter Volkers and Klaas Kuiken

Bart de Baets

Jeroen Theunissen

Edo Dijksterhuis

Andrea van Pol and Partner

Imara Thomas

Cathal McKee

Selina Parr of NOMAN

Cathal McKee and Conny Groenewegen

Henri Olai

Manon Schaap waiting in line and Nelleke Strijkers

Selina Parr, Conny Groenewegen and Desiree Hammen

Sander Wassink

Angelo Tromp and Klaas Kuiken

winterSALON/2014: Participants at Magazijn

Participants at Magazijn, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 153:
NOMAN, Bart de Baets, Klaas Kuiken, Dieter Volkers, X+L, Anne de Grijff, Martin Butler (Opening hours from Wednesday to Sunday: 12:00/17:00 hrs. Admission: free)

 

Product designers Klaas Kuiken and Dieter Volkers teamed up for winterSALON/2014. Kuiken and Volkers designed beer glasses with recycled glass jars. They altered a traditional meat grinder to produce the porcelain ears.
At the evening of the opening day beer (from the Oedipus Brewery) was served in these designs. They came up with this project especially for this edition of SALON/.
(Kuiken and Volkers also teamed up for SALON/BJ)

X+L, interior designers by trade, created a perfume: Parfum Obscure, which they showcase at Magazijn. The walls are covered with the inspiration they gathered throughout the years to create this scent. The actual perfume is integrated on this wall.

Artists NOMAN teamed up with graphic designer Bart de Baets to create (and co-curate for SALON/) posters in which they share their image collection of industrial, anonymous, designed objects. These photographs are inspirational images and relevant for NOMAN's work which is on show at Magazijn as well. (Bart de Baets is the designer of the SALON/ Logo's)

By invitation only/Special Date: February 8, 18:00 - 21:00 hrs. Fashion show: Anne de Grijff, (choreography by Martin Butler) at Magazijn