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The Quay Brothers’ Universum

EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam

Exhibition

2014

The Quay Brothers’ Universum | EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam | Exhibition | 2014

A major exhibition of the extraordinary work of the Quay Brothers. These American identical twins have built up an enigmatic and dark body of work that includes stop-motion animation, drawings, and performing arts productions.
This exhibition shows their films amidst many of their special sources of inspiration, including artefacts such as scientific collections, curiosity cabinets, and early-twentieth-century drawings by psychiatric patients.

The exhibition presents the universe of the Quay Brothers and, in addition to their films, also features small installations and wonderful diorama boxes, called Dormitorium, which contain the sets they use to make their films. These sets are often meticulously assembled out of used and time-worn objects.

curatorsJaap Guldemond, Marente Bloemheuvel exhibition designClaus Wiersma graphic designJoseph Plateau executionLandstra & de Vries av techniqueIndy Video light designMaarten Warmerdam documentationHans Wilschut

The Palace and the Dam square

Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam

Exhibition

2014

The Palace and the Dam square | Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam | Exhibition | 2014

Design for an exhibition on the history of the Dam square in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.

exhibition designClaus Wiersma en Barbara Sloots graphic designVanessa van Dam documentationDaria Scagliola

Interior for an office

Rotterdam

Interior Architecture

2013

Interior for an office | Rotterdam | Interior Architecture | 2013

Interiordesign for the new office of the Centre for Visual Arts Rotterdam.

designClaus Wiersma executionAvT Interieurbouw / Landstra & de Vries (meubels) light designSolid Lighting documentationDaria Scagliola

Fellini — The Exhibition

EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam

Exhibition

2013

Fellini — The Exhibition | EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam | Exhibition | 2013

Fellini – The Exhibition, arranged as a visual laboratory, reveals the sources of Fellini’s fertile imagination and shows how Fellini created a mythical image of himself and of Italian life both in his films and in the world at large. Moreover, the exhibition sheds light on the way in which he was able to break with the accepted linear narrative structure in his films, and how he addressed existential questions in a playful manner.
The exhibition includes fragments from the films, drawings made by Fellini, Fellini’s advertising films and the countless images from his dreams that inspired him. Furthermore, the exhibition brings together never previously-shown pictures by photographers such as Gideon Bachmann, Deborah Beer and Paul Ronald. Their behind-the-scenes photos illuminate the fantasy world of Cinecittà, the studio where Fellini shot virtually all his later films. An international selection of posters, several of which hail from the EYE collection, showed how Fellini himself tried to influence the public reception of his films over the years. Also on display are an array of magazines from the period 1960-1985 (Domenica and L’Espresso), which played an important role in forming the public image of the director, his films and the actors.

‘Fellini – The Exhibition is geen expositie die van de daken schreeuwt hoe geweldig Fellini was. En die des te meer effect sorteert wanneer je de tijd neemt om alle dwarsverbanden op je in te laten werken. Het van nissen en doorkijkjes vergeven zaalontwerp van Claus Wiersma steekt wat dat betreft precies goed in elkaar: drukke opstellingen maken net op tijd plaats voor grotere ruimtes waar je even op adem kunt komen. Ook geen gedoe met decorstukken… Een facsimile van Fellini’s dromenboek is dan nog het meest opvallende rekwisiet in deze puntgave expositie, die de beelden wonderwel voor zich laat spreken.’

De Volkskrant

exhibition designClaus Wiersma graphic designJoseph Plateau executionLandstra & de Vries av techniqueIndy Video light designMaarten Warmerdam documentationDaria Scagliola

Jean Cocteau

City Hall Hongkong

Exhibition

2013

Jean Cocteau | City Hall Hongkong | Exhibition | 2013

Exhibition on the work of the french writer/filmmaker/painter Jean Cocteau.

exhibition designClaus Wiersma & Design for culture, Hongkong graphic designDesign for culture, Hongkong documentationGrischa Rueschendorf