safe haven
tijdsduur:
2 maanden (MTE)
project: installatie
projectdatum:
januari 2003
projectnaam:
'Safe Haven'
cliënt:
Guus Beumer + Rutger Wolfson
waar: Vleeshal
Middelburg
onderwerp:
installatie voor Safe Haven, the aesthetics of safety
beschrijving:
team: uitvoering
Kees Wijker en Vleeshal team + Pilkington glas
stadium: voltooid
materialen:
documentatie:
SAFE HAVEN
... or the æsthetic of safety
A project organised by De Vleeshal and Guus Beumer, in collaboration with
the Dutch Institute for Architecture (NAi) and the Premsela foundation for
Dutch design.
With contributions by: goodwill, Marjo Kranenborg, Herman Verkerk, Lucas Verweij
and Tobias Woldendorp. And lectures by: Aaron Betsky, Dingeman Kuilman, Mark
Wigley and Anna Tilroe.
Safety has an æsthetic all of its own. The project 'Safe Haven... or
the æsthetic of safety' is an attempt to illuminate our desires &
fears with regard to safety by examining the æsthetic employed.
EXHIBITION AT DE VLEESHAL
24 January through 23 March 2003
Central to 'Safe Haven... or the æsthetic of safety' is the exhibition
with the same title at De Vleeshal. This exhibition consists of two parts.
The first part of the exhibition endeavours to provide a historical context
for the present æsthetic of safety by means of a number of 'settings'.
The focus of these settings is not so much on any one style or designer, but
rather on the development of the æsthetic aspect - and in particular
the use of materials: from the velour covered interior of the 19th century
to the steel and glass of the 1930's.
The second part is a 1:1 model of an inside and an outside space. This model
forms an illustration of how the æsthetic of safety has led to a radical
transparency of materials, resulting in the increasing blending of inside
and outside spaces.
The model was designed by Herman Verkerk, architect and one of the founders
of sloom.org, while Marjo Kranenborg created the different
'settings'.
