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
