SALON/BJ: SALON/ in Beijing, during
BJDW : Beijing Design Week 2013.
September 26 - October 3, Dashilar, Beijing, China.
Breaking down the walls
With each new edition,
SALON/ aspires to
connect their existing network to new participants; this time to a
creative network in Beijing. Far beyond traditional oppositions as
between centre and periphery, craft and concept, design, fashion, art
and commerce and autonomy, the project primarily addresses how new
generations of artists and designers work (together) and give expression
to their ideas in collaboration with the habitants, craftsmen and
creative industry of Dashilar Hutong during
BJDW.
During
BJDW 2013,
SALON/
will re-locate and domiciliate designers from Amsterdam and Beijing for
10 days in Dashilar where they will “break down the walls” between the
disciplines, the creator and the spectator, the neighbourhood and the
city. They will break down the differences between cultures by producing
“in situ” installations and workshops and creating the possibility to
participate among the designers and artists.
SALON/
BJ will innovate and create the process of collaboration and a
SALON/route
through Dashilar, a realtime experience and awareness of Design goes
Dutch and will emphasize on the importance of co-operation and
collaboration.
SALON/
BJ
will inspire and engage a dialogue and reflection in between the
participants, the locations, site-specific workshop/installations, the
public and the inhabitants.
Participants from The Netherlands:
Borre Akkersdijk
Chris Kabel
Conny Groenewegen
Desirée Hammen
Dieter Volkers
Elisa van Joolen
Eric Roelen
Ernst van der Hoeven
Femke de Vries
Frank Bruggeman
Jan Rothuizen
Klaas Kuiken
NOMAN
rENs
Sander Wassink
Participants from China (or based in China):
Biin Shen
CYJO
Dooling Jiang
Henny van Nistelrooy
Hutopolis
Lava
Li Yongling
Nathan Zhang
T-D-Z-W (Lee Xibin/Yao Ye)
Yuan Yuan
Participants curated part:
Aliki van der Kruijs
Anouk Griffioen
Barbara Nanning
Cobbenhagen Hendriksen
Dagan Cohen/Upload Cinema
Deniz Buga
Elsien Gringhuis
Esther Dornhout Mees
Femke Agema
Femke van Gemert
Freudenthal/Verhagen
Henriette Tilanus
Jan Willem Kaldenbach
Joris Landman
Juliette Warmenhoven
Lernert
& Sander
Li Qing Xian
Linda Maissan
Liselore Frowijn
Lizan Freijsen
Lu Liang
Marga Weimans
Martin Butler
Mattijs van Bergen
Merel Boers
Mimi Berlin
Ni Haifeng
Painted Series
Pauline van Dongen
Petra Vonk
Petrovsky
& Ramone
Reinier Bosch
& Caroline Wilcke
Siba Sahabi
Soepboer
& Stooker
Thomas Voorn
Tiong Ang
Viviane Sassen
Volume
Vroonland
Winde Rienstra
YOUASME-
MEASYOU
SALON/ is an initiative of Manon Schaap en Gijs Stork.
Photographer JW Kaldenbach will cover SALON/BJ. Blogging for SALON/BJ is done by Mimi Berlin.
SALON/
BJ is generously supported by the City of Amsterdam and Creative Industries Fund
NL.
Desiree
will be working together with Lily, she studies at CAFA, during her
stay in Beijing. Like all designers, they will also create their work in
the exhibition space. This one has a small courtyard. 
Manon Schaap takes all newcomers on a tour around the Dashilar area, showing and explaining the ins and outs on BJDW.
She also teams up the Dutch participating designers and the
Chinese students. Fifteen teams in total.
No keys available yet for Borre Akkersdijk’s space (at
Sanjing Huton number 12). Checking out fabrics he might need for his project instead.
