Yksi organizes exhibition in Amman (Jordan)
Second Life, from worthless to valuable

28/5-12/6

From May 28th through June 12th, the exhibition “Second Life, from worthless to valuable” is shown in Amman, the capital of Jordan. The exhibition, organized by Yksi Expo in Eindhoven, consists of almost thirty Dutch designers whose work is based entirely on special objects made from residual material.
From bag and bracelet made from old bicycle tires to stools made of discarded furniture. The exhibition "Second Life, from worthless to valuable” shows a collection with surprising designs. These creative expressions are a response to mass production and our throwaway society. The artists help visitors see or experience their surroundings, and reality, in different ways.
The exhibition "Second Life, from worthless to valuable" can be seen at the Dar Al-Anda Art Gallery in Amman (www.daralanda.com). Owner Majdolin Al Ghoul will act as trustee and host. The exhibition represents both Dutch and Jordanian designers. The exhibition is an initiative of the Dutch Embassy in Amman The exhibition is on initiative of the Dutch Ambassady in Amman. This is the sixth consecutively successful exhibition organized by the Dutch Festival. Many activities and events will take place in different places in Jordan.
Participants: Sasja Saptenno, Greypants, Yksi Ontwerp, Usuals, Joost Gehem, Maren Hartveld, Jo Meesters, Ontwerpduo, Mieke Meijer, Ontwerplabel Vij5, rENs, Esther van Groeningen, Thijs Bakker, Dirk van der Kooij, Floris Hovers, es. ontwerp, Aart Roelandt, Klaas Kuiken, Doreen Westphal, Jos van der Meulen and Studio Oooms.

Information: Yksi Expo / Yksi Winkel
Torenallee 22-04 (Strijp-S), NL-5617 BD Eindhoven?t 040-7805033 (shop) +31 (0)40-7805034
winkel@yksi.nl
www.yksi.nl

With the photo:
BOTTLES COLLECTION by Klaas Kuiken
Mass produced green glass bottles will get new individual shapes when designer Klaas Kuiken works with them. He blows them one by one into unique objects.
He started his project with the question "Are there any irregularities in mass production?" He discovered those irregularities in glass bottles: when cutting the bottle, the wall thickness was found to be different every time.
To emphasize those differences he developed his own technique of glassblowing, by using of an oven, adapted by himself, and a compressor. By blowing up the bottle the glass bulges more at places where the thickness of the walls is thinner and less at places where it’s thicker.
Playing with heat and presure controls - and not without a fair share of explosions and cracked bottles – he created a collection of unique bottles that all have the same origin. www.klasskuiken.nl