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FABRICA FEATURES OPENS IN ROTTERDAM
When: 21 May, 2007
Where: Blaak 10, Rotterdam
What: Exhibition
YOU ARE HERE
an exhibition about identities and perceptions
After Paris, Fabrica inaugurates at the Blaak 10 space in Rotterdam a new temporary store which will stay open until December 2007.
The occasion is the opening of YOU ARE HERE, an exhibition showing the results of a workshop held by Fabrica at the Willem de Kooning Academy last March and presenting a series of new products reinterpreting the Delph blue and the typical Dutch pottery of the 17th century.
Invited by the French Embassy Cultural service last March, Sam Baron, head of Fabrica Design, has held a workshop titled “From Tulips to Baguettes” with a multidisciplinary group of 30 students of the Willem De Kooning Academy on the “Identity” issue: what it means in a tridimensional space (interior, architecture, products and over the borders of countries) and how it is defined culturally.
Besides the results of the workshop, the exhibition will also present some new Fabrica Features products, useful and practical objects designed for an open-minded audience and infused with a young and creative perception. The Fabrica Features collections are always changing and evolving, just as the artistic community at Fabrica, whilst maintaining quality and vision. Fabrica Features is also the name of a network of commercial and cultural spaces which are currently opened in Bologna, Montecatini, Lisbon, Hong Kong and Istanbul. Fabrica Features is a multiethnic, multimedia and multipurpose space where concerts, video shows, live performances, conferences, one-person shows and workshops become key opportunities for gathering together.
Willem de Kooning Academy
Visual and expressive creativity based on a concept is the core of the matter at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. Around 1250 students follow one of the BA Courses; Graphic Design, Advertising, Illustration, Audiovisual Design, Interactive Multimedia, Fashion Design, Interior Design, Lifestyle & Design, Fine Arts, Digital Photography or Art and Design Teacher Training. The Willem de Kooning Academy also offers postgraduate studies and research. It comprises MA study programs in fine art, retail & interior design, media design and education in arts, as well as a research program in media design. The Willem de Kooning Academy is part of the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
YOU ARE HERE
Dates:
24 May – 29 June 2007
Opening reception:
Thursday, 24 May at 17:00 PM
BLAAK10 opening hours:
Wednesday to Sunday 11:00 - 18:00
Academy Gallery BLAAK10
Witte de Withstraat 7A
3012 BK, Rotterdam - The Netherlands
www.blaak10.nl
Credits
Curated by: Sam Baron and Carine Damon
Artists: Sam Baron, Carine Damon, Valentina Carretta, Michael Ciancio and guests, the students from the De Kooning Academy who participated in the workshop.
Objects from the Fabrica Features collection will be sold.
http://www.wdka.nl
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