Iris van Herpen Summer Collection 2024
NAU is a celebration for eternity. This year, we mark the first orbit. How will we dance and sing our way into the distant future? Celebrations are time capsules for culture and customs, journeying through the past and into the future. Could they perhaps be among the most enduring things there are?
Conversation halts. Voices cease. Strikes break. The right to protest is curtailed. What else can we do but dance? For centuries, communities have formed around beats and pulses. We need celebrations. Can we flirt with the moss, get cozy with saplings? A budding festivity tradition sprouts like marram grass, sending regards to the centuries to follow. This isn’t the end, but from here, you can see it. Let’s dance. And let’s dance in a way that even the forest rangers can appreciate.
NAU 1e Jaarring
NAU is a celebration for eternity. This year, we mark the first orbit. How will we dance and sing our way into the distant future? Celebrations are time capsules for culture and customs, journeying through the past and into the future. Could they perhaps be among the most enduring things there are?
Conversation halts. Voices cease. Strikes break. The right to protest is curtailed. What else can we do but dance? For centuries, communities have formed around beats and pulses. We need celebrations. Can we flirt with the moss, get cozy with saplings? A budding festivity tradition sprouts like marram grass, sending regards to the centuries to follow. This isn’t the end, but from here, you can see it. Let’s dance. And let’s dance in a way that even the forest rangers can appreciate.
san diego opera hackathon
From June 4th till July 6th I'll be working along with peers on the 2nd edition of the San Diego Opera Hackathon 2021.
I hope to share more information with you soon.
material matters: testing new products
During the everlasting COVID-19 pandemic I have been researching different sustainable products in preparation of some projects in the near future (more info will follow soon!) I have been using the website: www.materialdistrict.com. A true gem!
One of these projects I am working on is called: The Sound of Light.
For this project I am researching UV sensitive pigments from the 70's. Below a picture showing different samples.
making off: the logo
This week I have been working on designing my logo! See the result on my website.
The photo shows this process from start to finish!
oedipus @ de ceuvel has been postponed!
Due to the corona pandemic most of my projects have been cancelled. One of the project I was looking forward to this season was Oedipus. A project in collaboration with Stijn Dijkema, for which I designed set, light & costumes. We were planning it to be the first CO2 neutral theater production produced in the Netherlands. Designing for theatre following the cradle to cradle method has huge impacts on both the environment but also your design. By the looks of it this project will be moved to the summer of 2021.
Digital Location Scouting | Oedipus @ de Ceuvel
Since Oedipus will be performed outside and on open water I had to create a digital backdrop, before starting the design process. Below a short video in which you can see it come together. Enjoy :)
bachelor thesis: innovatief toneelbeeld
I finally managed to get my BFA thesis uploaded onto this website!
My goal was to show that natural light can expand the way we experience and think about theater today. Research investigated natural theater lighting ranging from ancient Greece to the early baroque period.
This led to the conclusion that theatrical productions that make use of natural sources of light lead to new theatrical experiences, by holding performances of the same production during different times of day: morning, afternoon, evening. So why put effort into recreating natural light when it is readily available in its true form?
written in dutch, but there are pictures!!!
Blog
I created this blog to give you an idea of the projects I am working on at the moment. I might share some work samples from time to time.