Het Nieuwe Instituut asked me to organise a Design Fair. I curated different Designers and stores to participate and asked Berry Dijkstra to be the curator of the young design section. The Fair became a huge succes and has been a returning event for several years now.
DESIGN FAIR HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT
2023
Het Nieuwe Instituut asked me to organise a Design Fair. I curated different Designers and stores to participate and asked Berry Dijkstra to be the curator of the young design section. The Fair became a huge succes and has been a returning event for several years now.
H E R F S T I G E B E R G E N BOERDERIJ DRIEBERGEN
2023
On the boarder of Rotterdam stands the beautiful old farm, Driebergen. Here we organised a small theatre and performance festival in the old barns and stables. Under the hay stack artists and visitors sat under cozy lights while performances happend on and around the stage, creating small utopian places for casual meetings and special art experiences.
Design fair HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT
2022
Het Nieuwe Instituut asked me to organise a Design Fair. I curated different Designers and stores to participate and asked Berry Dijkstra to be the curator of the young design section. The Fair became a huge succes and has been a returning event for several years now.
NEUHAUS SYMPOSIUM HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT
2019
For Het Nieuwe Instituut, I organised a Symposium for the Neuhaus exhibition. From arranging locations, side programming and the details like lunch, travel and stay.
CHOCOLADE FESTIVAL SCHIEDAM
2016
For De Bonte Koe, I organized two Chocolate Festivals. In 2016, this meant the decor of the church, a temporary restaurant and a "chocolate" fashion show/dance performance.
The Food Art Festival, was the fourth and biggest edition of the Hidden Alleys art festival. It won two big regional art prizes and focused on young emerging artists. The main festival showcased many different site specific installations, in secret alleys, a derelict soda factory, an overgrown hidden monastery garden and church. Visitors were invited to explore these strange hidden locations that are normally closed off to the public. The temporary art installations in unexpected surroundings, proved to be a special stage for both the artists and visitors, creating small utopian places for casual meetings and special art experiences.
The Bonte Koe asked me to organize their first chocolate festival in 2015. I curated several artists to make chocolate art pieces, a big chocolate graffiti mural and melting chocolate fashion show. There were chocolate dinners and breakfasts in the church that I adorned with 12 meter long gold curtains.
Verborgen stegen verbouwen
2015
This third edition of the hidden alleys project, was themed around architecture. With urbanization on the rise, this edition shined light on unused spaces that can be found in every city and repurposed those forgotten and otherwise "lost" spaces.
The second edition of Verborgen Stegen, transformed 16 hidden alleys, normally unused and forgotten, locked off from the public, into temporary stages for young emerging dancers, musicians, acrobats and theater makers. Locked within the small spaces the performer and audiences all had to compromise, resulting in intimate moments of unexpected sometimes magical moments.