About the exhibition

In the early summer of 2017, the Zeeuws Museum, as instructed by Das Leben am Haverkamp, invites 40 visitors to give a description of 40 randomly selected collection pieces from the museum’s depot. Objects in the depot are anonymously, without judgement, without a story. It is that anonymity that appeals to the imagination. The subjective descriptions of regional costume, jewellery and household goods induce the collective to develop a new collection without ever having seen these objects.

With this side specific solo show, Das Leben am Haverkamp creates a bridge between past and future, between knowing and fantasizing, between the image of the self and the other.

About Das Leben am Haverkamp 

Anouk van Klaveren(1991), Christa van der Meer (1988), Dewi Bekker (1990) and Gino Anthonisse (1988) together form the collective Das Leben am Haverkamp. After finishing their education at the Royal Academy of Art in The Haque, they all started their individual design practice. They operate on the cutting edge of different art disciplines and together they create the necessary context for their unpolished way of working and unconventional approach to fashion. This results in thought-provoking projects such as Gefelicifashion, Quirky Cruise and Bravado – A pretentious, swaggering display of courage. For the latter, the collective is awarded the Dutch Design Award for the Fashion category in October 2017.