SALON/Big Bang; Marleen Elenbaas at the Oude Kerk
July 3, 2014
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
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.
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