Two Strange and Awesome Events (Images from designartnews.com)

So I'm at the final month of my college degree. After finishing my demo reel for the umpteenth I'm feeling great. As many of you know, I like art. I like it very much. I also like intricate designs for festivals, if you didn't catch that in my recent posts. So, let it be known that this pattern will continue for quite some time.

The first show that I saw was The Horn of Plenty To Lowered Ceiling.

 This show, curated by Gosse Osterhof, was about the pieces of Jonathon Monk and his jigsaw mentality. Born in Leicester in 1969, Jonathan Monk isn't a young up and comer like many of events tend to showcase. No, he is already established, and this is his first solo effort in Holland. Monk visited Amsterdam and saw The Horn of Plenty as a 19 year old, quickly becoming inspired by its free nature. Designws' Tim Voss made a great point in that the charm of Monk comes from the fact that the exhibit is woven from his crazy stories. Where the normally silent atmosphere of a museum is now a game.

From Designws 

From Designws

Another event was Joep Van Liesshout's stage design for Opera Tannhauser. He was invited by Sebastien Baumgarten to design the set for the July 25 edition of the show that took place during the Bayreuther Festspiele. The Festspiele is very prestigious due in part to the fact that it founded by the composer Richard Wagner. Since its conception, the House only showcased Wagner's music and only during the summer festspiele.  Every year festspiele makes one new production that will be carried on for  five continuous years.This time it is Tannhauser, and Lieshout, alongside Baumgarten, Chris Kondek, and Nina Von Mechov, looked to make it one to remember.

Here are some images from the show (from Designws)

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