yesterday we were making a movie set from cardboard. now I will show how it looked like. take a look on a bunch of actors, non actors, wannabes, friends and people from the street who have fun (hey, I had a huge chain saw in my hand and lost an arm) and who are curious how daniel van hauten’s movie will be at the premier on june, 26th in the lumiere maastricht.

matthias tarnath (got the ‘mini pistol’), me (afraid of losing an arm), kay macke (with the killer cat’s paw), bert smeets (terror musician), louise oguli (the hot jungle amazon)- ready to fight!

matthias tarnath, me, bert smeets, louise oguli - can we survive?

minghao ‘ming’ xu - director of photography

daniel van hauten - director & minghao ‘ming’ xu

theo pfeifer, leading part in ‘made in china’

louise oguli knows how to use a weapon

kay macke with his transformer costume

my friend, daniel van hauten, is making a movie for his graduation (of course it’s a film - he is studying video) we worked the hole night to prepare the set for one scene. all elements are printed out in black & white and glued to paperboard. it was a lot of work but there was some fun in between. unfortunatly the xxl bazokka wasn’t dry yet. this thing is huge! even bigger than me. here are some snapshots of that night.

osama band

If you want a job done well hire a professional

the black princess disaster

let me know what you see in this ketchup, mustard mix.

2 days of art (and design): 24 + 25 may, 2008 = kunsttour

till kramer - till tomorrow, graphic design

maasterclass shop - go there and shop!

nina grunenberg - palms, cakes and everyday stuff

brigitta van drie - pschological gangbang

bright and beautiful - linda maissan

I’m not just some bimbo with tits

kaat waterschoot - realistic oil paintings like gerhard richter (obviously the theme is different)

berg & kather - sounds of silver (fashion)

mireille gromowski at lbb

‘the wonderful world of disscoia‘ at kumulus theater

yvonne laufer + catarina vasconcelos actors from ‘the wonderful world of disscoia‘

film reel swimming

thanks to all people who joined our event on top of the gulf station in maastricht. for everybody who doesn’t know any word in dutch: ‘luxe paarden in actie’ means: ‘luxury horses in action’ - we had a lot of horses and we are the action.

happy miriam hartwig and me, a day after the event

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

I am studying at the academy of fine arts in maastricht, netherlands. I have been quite happy with that (I am still). we have an awarded design building (wiel arets was the architect), great workshops, a mix of dutch and german students (and some from other foreign countries) and what is the best: tolerant and open-minded professors (if you are not stupid they let you do what you want to do). but the academy is just a department of the educative institute hogeschool zuyd, which has been voted to the best hogeschool in 2007 (maybe they bought somebody over). but since the academy is up to one’s ears in debt, the institute is focusing on efficiency and the quality is fading away. that’s why the students of the academy (the video department was the initiator) came together at 11:55 at the herdenkingsplein, the forecourt of the academy, to demonstrate that they don’t want to accept the situation.

a quotation from the website of the abk maastricht - a hilarious mission when you watch the truth:

‘This World Needs Us!
The above slogan is a core principle for the Academy of Fine Art Maastricht (ABKM); not only because many of the academy ’s graduates find work immediately following their academic time thanks to our collaboration with the professional world, but also because we receive many requests from the business world and (art) institutions to work together with them during their studies. We are happy to exploit this interaction. To do that, we need talented and motivated students.’

‘we won’t let the quality be buried’

r.i.p. quality

11:55 was the time everbody showed up at the herdenkingsplein

the cruxes as a symbol for dead quality

free gold watch shirt.

matthew henri, born somewhere close the yosemite national park, opened the shop 2 years ago. he and his partner goldstein created the brand in the back of a dry clenars in 2005. matthew moved to san franciso because it was the nearest (and coolest) city. for him, success is that he wakes up and wants to go to his job (doing this since 2 years is a progress, he said - he never sticked to the same job for so long) great that I came across the store and had the chance to celebrate matthews 2 years of service in the shirt industry.

that’s matthew henri. ‘director of vertical plant management’ is wriiten on his buisness card

matthew in front of the store

his ‘watch tattoo’ - just an outline. his only tattoo (he can hide it easily in front of his grandma)

walter - one of the free gold watch employees

one of the customized levi’s

draw yourself

describe yourself in one word

draw your favourite product

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

there is this town in america where everbody wants to spend a night (at least the day) once in his lifetime. (I think tijuana, mexico, has more ambience) it’s in the middle of nowhere and is made up of one avenue, called ‘the strip’. (no, people are not naked on that street) the good part is that las vegas is the only city in the u.s.a where you can drink on public places, including the street. so, that’s what you see - a lot people walking around with beer and margaritas (you can buy them for 99¢). I spend 2 days at the venetian pool deck in the tao beach and observed people passing by. I was so bored that I was even thinking about marriage in one of this wedding chaples. just for fun - like britney does it.

is it christina, but where is britney?

he ordered a ‘candy’ in the evening because it was written: ‘totally nude - full service - to your room in 20 min or less - special 35$’

hm..I choose my tattoos in a book at the tattoo studio and they are awful

jeans hotpans are trendy again (and pink highlights)

caught in the act

‘your bikini would look great on my bedroom floor’

gas station in los angeles - I saw it once in a presentation of jürgen meyer h.

los angeles - venice beach - sport booths

live large here - yes, indeed

matt van natta - knows everything. a waitress told him once that hamilton(10$) is the best looking man on money

greg gardy, justin morrison an his cat with the summer look (pay attention to the tail)

blog

some research center in san diego - looks like a ‘the man in black’ hq entry

that’s how the mini street stores in tijuana, mexico, look like when they are closed

for any mum and especially for my mum!

that was los angeles. (I am in san diego now) some moments. some creatives. it’s still a holiday. ma holiday. (yeah, I should say vacation) don’t expect long stories. pictures have more to say than words, I heard.

andy cline -check out re-title.com (International contemporary art listings guide and directory of artists worldwide)

the million dollar hotel (do you remember the wim wenders movie?)

paul linkogle - an american creative with an austrian name

without a trace film set

simon & garfunkel poster at california select, sunset boulevard

she is this girl you love to meet. the one you even would hang out (I invited her to come to europe and visit me after a 5 min talk). born in orange county (she says o.c. is dull) she is now driving her moped in the streets of los angeles.

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

mayumi date is from japan. after her fashion studies in ny she moved to los angeles, where she lives life and workes. there is something about mayumi what makes you feel that she acts naturally in her total being. if she wouldn’t do fashion she would move to the countryside and live on a farm.

we bought the couch she is sitting on in venice for 50 $
(but she is not sure if she likes it)

america vs. europe

some asian kids at physical education

my mobile number in the u.s.a.

kidrobot chair aprox. 1000 $

dewey gaedecke, founder minggl at the venturebeat party in the ambassador (dewey, I see sth gayish)

kelly tunstall at their opening in the minna gallery

‘life savers’ - it’s not really working

they call this ‘minibus’

we call this the ‘perfect car’

at anderson anderson architecture, downtown

steven shein shirts at wasteland

bus stop (cool white stripes + 3 black seats)