Oasis&Lagoon
founded in 2014

Projects and workshops

 

2022

#Tablevivant

Collective workshop; experimental and explorative journey to discover and trigger the five senses; taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing.

-In collaboration with Product Design department ArtEZ & Domaine de Boisbuchet (FR).

 

 

2021 - 22

‘LOCUS 8B Vol.1’

An explorative 9 days’ workshop focusing on textile and ceramic zooming in on local resources in the very concept of crafts.

-In collaboration with Kunstkollektivet 8B (DK), students and professionals.

 

 

2019 -20 -21 -22

‘Glass(s)elf’

A magical glass 7 days’ workshop in collaboration with a team of professional glassblowers

- Boda Glassbruck (SE), in collaboration with divers Academies in NL / EU

 

2020

‘Achter de schermen van Polder TV’

Students of Product Design ArtEZ worked to produce the filmset of Polder TV in Schokland as part of their class Future Artefacts, rethinking their future production.

-In collaboration with Rianne Makkink (architect and founder of Studio Makkink&Bey), Willem Schenk (cultural strategist) and Jules van den Langenberg (curator, writer)

 

2019

‘Instant School’

A spot-on performance, composed by ArtEZ Zwolle, DBKV students.

- The NDSM Nursery Square, Amsterdam in collaboration with curator Jules van den Langenberg

 

2019

'A GROUP OF AMATEUR LIVING STATUES hold their breath'.

1 day performance workshop

- The NDSM Nursery Square, Amsterdam in collaboration with curator Jules van den Langenberg and ArtEZ Product Design students

 

2018

‘Plantation.school’/ The Garden Of Komba

Zanzibar, intercultural workshops, the “familiar” and the “strange.” Mfumbwi (Zanzibar, TZ)

 

2017

‘The Gym’

How can we stimulate creative processes through exercise?

- Product Design Arnhem, ArtEZ academy (Arnhem, NL)

https://vimeo.com/255442520

 

2017

‘Object or Thing?’ 
Workshop with design students questioning: What do we perceive as being Art or Design in relation to the object or the thing?
- Product Design Arnhem, ArtEZ academy (Arnhem, NL)

https://vimeo.com/255425563

 

2016

‘Excavations From The Southern Landscapes’

Archeology before digging in the dirt. How do objects look like as if they were hidden in the ground?

- Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design (Maastricht, NL)

https://vimeo.com/255438257

 

2016

‘Playa Blanca’ & ‘Playa Negro’

Series of Postcards that invite the audience to create and send playful messages.

-In collaboration with Postmodern, (Amsterdam, NL)

 

2015

‘This Doesn’t Smell Right’

Workshop on the influence of scent on our memory.

- Studium Generale ArtEZ, (Arnhem, NL)

http://studiumgenerale.artez.nl/2015/02/marcel-van-kan/

 

2015

‘Bye Textielmuseum’

Hosting an expert meeting on domestic textiles.

- Het Heuvelland, (Maastricht, NL), in collaboration with Jules van den Langenberg and TextielLab. Textile experts: Maaike Gottschal, Maartje Boer, Hebe Verstappen, Romy Voncken. Intern: Geert Lebens. Photographer: Fabian Landewee. Tour guide: Roy van Kan

 

2014

‘A State of Wellbeing’

A nine-day exhibition, staging nine artists that discuss new notions of wellbeing with the audience.

- Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, NL), DeeDeeWeeDoomPaDiDee curated by Jules van den Langenberg

Day 7 I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself in collaboration with Juul de Metz, Guus van Beers, Mick Geurts

 

2013

‘S.O.A.P.P. Shredded Obsession Addictive Pleasure Piece’

The production of soap consisting of shredded pieces of a new contemporary jewelry magazine called Current Obsession.

- Fashion Biennial, (Arnhem, NL) curated by Lidewij Edelkoort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t8Y1pAyWjI