Exhibition: Gulliver’s Collections by Pet van de Luijtgaarden

Finally The Day was there.
The Unveiling of The Giant
It was as exciting as Pet van de Luijtgaarden had promised it to be.

First shrouded in darkness.
Then lights began to flicker accompanied by some 80’s sci-fi movie score…

 

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pet van de luijtgaarden ellen vesters

 

pet van de luijtgaarden ellen vesters

 

pet van de luijtgaarden ellen vesters

 

pet van de luijtgaarden ellen vesters

 

pet van de luijtgaarden ellen vesters

 

pet van de luijtgaarden ellen vesters

 

pet van de luijtgaarden ellen vesters

(These amazing pictures were made by Staplab-Utrecht)

 

Again my lamp – that is included in the exhibition – made it to the telly! Watch the item on Gulliver’s Collections below:
(for those who really only want a sneak peek at my lamp: take a look at 37.23)

 

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Maybe I should consider going back to 3D seeing all the attention this lamp has been recieving…?

Go see the exhibition (also great with kids)! It will only be running for a few more days, until the 22nd of July.
More information: http://www.gulliversverzamelingen.nl/.

 

Exhibition: Gulliver’s Collections, opening today!

Feel like an opening party? Feel like an actual Giant Party? With a Giant Collection of Collections? In a Giant Hall of a Giant Exhibition Center? Then you’re invited!

Today the massive exhibition Gulliver’s Collections will be opening at the ‘Jaarbeurs’ in Utrecht. Pet van de Luijtgaarden and his collections have done it again. This time in an even bigger venue than ever before. Pet wants to show us the absurdity of the multitude of things in our society, he asks himself: why do people need all this stuff?

My lamp of sunglasses will be included again!

 

A video of the building of the giant:
http://www.facebook.com/GulliversVerzamelingen.

 

 

The famous collector of collections

Remember the lamp I made from sunglasses…?

 

It’s featured as one of the many artworks of Pets Marktplaats in the book of the same name, and this book (…drumroll…) made it to the Longlist Dutch Doc Award, the biggest award for documentary photography!

 

So proud of Mr. P van de Luijtgaarden and his many collections!

 

You can buy the book here: http://www.dejongehond.nl/NL/shop/0/0/1/15180. It’s quite the object: 160 Folded posters, bound together with a rubber strap.

 

A touching documentary on Pet van de Luijtgaarden:

 

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