(2024)
Qalb Mahmood at Melkweg Expo
exhibition design
Exhibition design for Qalb Mahmood, the latest work by Omani photographer Abdulaziz Al-Hosni in collaboration with WePresent and Melkweg Expo. In Qalb Mahmood Aziz challenges traditional notions of masculinity and the rigid gender norms often associated with Omani culture. Through his lens, he invites viewers to rethink the concept of the “authentic self” and explore the fluidity of gender roles, offering a fresh perspective on self-representation within a futuristic, utopian context.
The exhibition immerses visitors in Aziz’s world, featuring large-scale images displayed on vibrant pink walls, where the central figures express bold, powerful emotions. These larger-than-life visuals are paired with smaller black-and-white prints, framed on aluminum, which add depth and nuance to the narrative of self-representation. In the middle of the exhibit is a photo set in the shape of a red heart, allowing visitors to step into Aziz his world filled with love and self-expression.
Team
Photography Abdulaziz al-Hosni Creative producer WePresent - Faye Quinn Curator Melkweg Expo Fleurie Kloostra Producer Melkweg Expo Rosalie van der Wolf Builders Magnus Mondfeldt and Nico Prints Fotolab Kiekie Building photo set Guido Bevers
Painting photo set Nico and Waleed Flower installation photo set Rae Blooms Sketchup master Stijn Terpstra Photography exhibition Randy Dacosta and David Bodhi Thank you Mohammed and Waleed
(2023)
Like A River
graphic design and spatial design
With Like a River, American photographer Daniel Jack Lyons creates a vulnerable yet powerful portrayal of trans and queer communities in the Amazon. He explores themes of identity, transformation, and coming-of-age stories within marginalized communities at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest. Studio Tjade Bouma did the graphic design of the exhibition and helped with the spatial design of the exhibition.
Like A River
graphic design and spatial design
With Like a River, American photographer Daniel Jack Lyons creates a vulnerable yet powerful portrayal of trans and queer communities in the Amazon. He explores themes of identity, transformation, and coming-of-age stories within marginalized communities at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest. Studio Tjade Bouma did the graphic design of the exhibition and helped with the spatial design of the exhibition.
(2022)
I Went on a Holiday to the Country You Fled From
graphic design and exhibition design
Photographer Iris Haverkamp Begemann went on a holiday to the country Mexican author and trans woman Alejandra Ortiz fled from—Mexico. After forming a unique friendship based on mutual trust and understanding, their connection sparked this communal multimedia project in 2021. Led by Alejandra’s instructions and hand-printed maps drawn from memory, Iris travelled to Mexico to visit meaningful locations from Alejandra’s childhood. The map guided Iris to places where Alejandra felt both loved and cared for, but also extremely unsafe, marginalised and rejected by her own family. Shown alongside Alejandra’s personal messages and childhood stories, Iris’s photo series presents a visual diary capturing Alejandra’s memories of a birthplace she had to leave behind, and to which she cannot return.
Team
Photography Iris Haverkamp Begemann Curator Melkweg Expo Claire Hoogakker Producer Melkweg Expo Rosalie van der Wolf Builder Magnus Mondfeldt Prints Fotolab Kiekie Exhibition Text Roxy Merrell Photography exhibition Françoise Bolechowski
(2022)
Eyes on Robert
curation and exhibition design
For the Eyes on Robert exhibition, together with Melkweg Expo (in co-curation by Fleurie Kloostra) and Holland Festival, studio Tjade Bouma invited a diverse group of contemporary photographers: Ari Versluis, Daan Couzijn, Dustin Thierry, Dylan van Vliet, Ferry van der Nat, Henri Verhoef, Martijn Mendel and Vytautas Kumza to produce new work inspired by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Robert Mapplethorpe: photographer, enfant terrible and queer. His transgressive work is characterised by an uncompromising curiosity for sexuality, the body and eroticism. His iconic nudes, celebrity portraits and documentation of New York’s S&M scene in the 1970s and ‘80s pushed artistic boundaries and broke taboos.
Team
Co-curator Melkweg Expo Fleurie Kloostra Producer Melkweg Builder Magnus Mondfeldt Prints Fotolab Kiekie Exhibition Text Roxy Merrell Photography exhibition Françoise Bolechowski
Eyes on Robert
curation and exhibition design
For the Eyes on Robert exhibition, together with Melkweg Expo (in co-curation by Fleurie Kloostra) and Holland Festival, studio Tjade Bouma invited a diverse group of contemporary photographers: Ari Versluis, Daan Couzijn, Dustin Thierry, Dylan van Vliet, Ferry van der Nat, Henri Verhoef, Martijn Mendel and Vytautas Kumza to produce new work inspired by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Robert Mapplethorpe: photographer, enfant terrible and queer. His transgressive work is characterised by an uncompromising curiosity for sexuality, the body and eroticism. His iconic nudes, celebrity portraits and documentation of New York’s S&M scene in the 1970s and ‘80s pushed artistic boundaries and broke taboos.
Team
Co-curator Melkweg Expo Fleurie Kloostra Producer Melkweg Builder Magnus Mondfeldt Prints Fotolab Kiekie Exhibition Text Roxy Merrell Photography exhibition Françoise Bolechowski