SALON/Big Bang; MaryMe-JimmyPaul at the Oude Kerk

(photocredits; JW Kaldenbach)
SALON/Big Bang; MaryMe-JimmyPaul at the Oude Kerk
MaryMe-JimmyPaul works with the area that exists between art and fashion. Taking inspiration from their own created stories, worlds, people and view on the current (and past) pop culture, they show fashion in a different way.

Constantly pushing the boundaries of shape, textures and colors, they raise eyebrows with their big, sculptural works that not only provide a surprising look, but also evoke a feeling. This feeling, or emotion, is one of the most important factors in the works of MaryMe-JimmyPaul. It explains to the viewer what the collection is about and what the label stands for at that particular time.

With the help of different disciplines from the art and fashion world, MaryMe-JimmyPaul takes the viewer into the beautiful, eerie, humorous, bizarre, grandiose fantasy fashion world of MaryMe-JimmyPaul, through its unique presentation. The end result is an explosion in the face, like a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

SALON/Big Bang: Robin de Vogel at Magazijn

SALON/Big Bang: Robin de Vogel at Magazijn

 

Robin de Vogel, I twisted more than my neck

About: Robin de Vogel How do we relate to the objects around us?
Oftentimes, this question functions as a starting point for Robin de Vogel’s work. Intrigued by the object’s ability to narrate elements of our personal lives, she looks for the moment in which we decide to attach ourselves to an object.

Zooming in on fragments allows her to excavate personal fascinations and simultaneously reflect on society on a larger scale. The applied transformation of material is used to dig into the various layers of meaning, uncovering a very private and intimate connection with the object.

Whether it is a worn out sexdoll, a dusty floor mat, a broken tile, a disregarded trash bin or a souvenir; Robin tries to find the point at which an object is no longer anonymous, ultimately leaving the viewers to question their own roles as owners of objects.


Robin de Vogel was born in Holland and raised in Aruba.
She is currently living and working in the Netherlands.

SALON/Big Bang: Celestial Teapot Project by Joris Landman

SALON/Big Bang: Celestial Teapot Project by Joris Landman at the Oude Kerk 

www.celestialteapotproject.com  is a series of events and presentations, 2014–ongoing by Joris Landman

Project description

Artist and designer Joris Landman wants to put a teapot in orbit around the sun. During SALON/Big Bang, he presents an update on his Celestial Teapot Project. The image of a teapot floating in space comes from a 1950s article about religion, by thinker and scientist Bertrand Russell. In that text, Russell compared the belief in a god to the belief in a teapot orbiting the sun. Over the following 60+ years, that image was spread in many iterations and variations. It has acquired iconic status in scientific and digital culture, and has become a symbol for philosophical questions about reality. Joris is fascinated by the Celestial Teapot. Why and how are this imagery, and the ideas it represents, being perpetuated? Working from the assumption that the best way to understand how a thing works, is to actually make it, Joris aims to launch a teapot into space, following the literal words from the original article. He is bringing together a group of individuals and organizations to share this goal, and to turn the virtual icon into actual reality. The output of the project is an ongoing series of events, presentations and collaborations—with experts ranging from theologians to astrophysicists and ceramists, on subjects ranging from Christian liturgy to Silicon Valley and Alice in Wonderland—until that goal is realized. www.celestialteapotproject.com

About:

Joris Landman works as an independent graphic designer for local, national and international clients

with a focus on creative industries and digital media. He also does commissioned and non-commissioned art and design projects in a wide range of media, which have been presented in international museums, manifestations and magazines. Constant in his work, is his interest in the emergence and storage of meaning through man-made signs and signals. www.jorislandman.com

(photocredits; JW Kaldenbach)

SALON/Big Bang; Marleen Elenbaas at the Oude Kerk

SALON/Big Bang; Marleen Elenbaas at the Oude Kerk

Marleen Elenbaas, Ordinary Glory

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.