Materializing Soft Borders: Studio Buro Belén

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Tutor documentation 2018-11-28

Studio Buro Belén (Brecht Duijf and Lenneke Langenhuijsen), tutors at current Temporary Programme Challenging Jewellery (2018-2020), and their exhibition ‘Soft Borders’ at Looiersgracht 60 was featured in an article written by Lara Chapman for TL Magazine.

In a former cardboard and bottling plant in the heart of Amsterdam’s 19th-century industrial area, Studio Buro Belén are examining the notion of experienced physicality through tantalizingly tactile works. Their exhibition, Soft Borders is hosted at the nonprofit center for art, design and architecture Looiersgracht 60. The exhibition combines the material designers’ past work alongside new site-specific installations and pieces. The works are displayed in an associative order rather than chronologically or thematically inviting the audience to make associations and, in doing so, dissolving hierarchies of materials, colors and disciplines, hence the name – Soft Borders.