Residents of care home De Leeuwenhoek give their clothes to the hands of Das Leben am Haverkamp, stitching a soft embrace of the past into full-body cushions. Witness as they are revealed for the first time on June 12, unleashed to embrace, lounge, gaze. Proximity won’t just be felt: it will be made.

In the context of our participation in the Kinderkunstweek and on the occasion of our 10th anniversary as the collective Das Leben am Haverkamp, ​​we have delved into our own archive.

Works of Anouk van Klaveren, Dewi Bekker and Gino Anthonisse are part of the group exhibition Fitting In in Z33, Hasselt (BE).

2 October 2022–26 February 2023

The Artist Mascot is a performative piece in which Anouk van Klaveren (the interchangeable mortal) aims to transform herself into Anouk van Klaveren (the mythical artist). By imagining her artist image as a collectively crafted object, she reflects on the mysterious aura that surrounds artisthood. Under what conditions is manual labor elevated to a mystical act that we call art?

June 2022–ongoing

Design Museum Den Bosh invited us to create a work for their exhibition Sneakers Under Construction.

11 June–24 September 2022

Join us on a reversed odyssey! During a performative night, full of interventions we explore the delightful process of reversing; a sensorial playful activity.

6 October 2022

Our works are on show at NEST, The Hague. We are part of Out and About, an outdoor program by NEST in times when art institutions need to keep their doors shut.

30 April 2021

During FASHIONCLASH Festival in Maastricht the work Scarecrows by Christa van der Meer is on display in the garden of Marres.

26 November 2021–18 January 2022.

The collective’s site specific work The Residents is part of the group show Must See at Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen.

2 April–24 October 2021

Gino Anthonisse created new work during his residency at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (JPN).

2020

A Highly Charged Affair is an installation by Dewi Bekker that is part of her ongoing exploration of the extent to which visual identity can be shaped.

2020

Studying at Sandberg Institute’s MA F for Fact, has drawn Anouk van Klaveren to explore the art of coffee ground reading.

October 2020

Christa van der Meer’s work Suzie, the dog formerly known as Guus participated in The Savage by Oscar Peters in de Electriciteitsfabriek, The Hague (NL).

31 January 2019–22 March 2020

After an artist-in-residency in the spacious hall of De Fabriek, Anouk van Klaveren launches her long awaited project: Peach Tree, Ambiguous during Dutch Design Week 2020!

18–25 October 2020

Anouk van Klaveren sculpted Zoute Stick Jewels from copper, opalite and crushed pearls. They are handcrafted individually, and made in an edition of 30 pieces. They are exhibited in Loui Meeuwissen’s installation Celebration Scenes IV - The Buffet.

29 August 2019

The installation Yellow Hands, Yellow Ears by Dewi Bekker has been on show in the exhibition New Fashion Narratives at Bureau Europa, Maastricht (NL).

17 October–3 November 2019

With the project Candy Canes (2019), Christa van der Meer playfully investigates different relationships with what we wear.

Can we leave this male posturing bullshit till later? was first shown at Bureau Europa during Fashionclash Festival as part of New Fashion Narratives.

17 October–3 November 2019

The Waiting Costume (2019), by Anouk van Klaveren has been on show at the exhibition New Fashion Narratives at Bureau Europa, Maastricht (NL).

17 October–3 November 2019

Our work Quirky Cruise takes part in De Toutes Façons, an exhibition in Le Signe, Centre National du Graphisme (FR), in an exhibition on graphic design and textiles. During the opening 17 October 2019 we organize a performance. Hop on board!

17 October 2019–22 March 2020

Our favourite book store Page Not Found invited us to make a presentation contextualising our new book Zeeuws Museum x Das Leben am Haverkamp.

24 May 2019

We are launching our first book! In the context of Zeeuws Museum x Das Leben am Haverkamp, we organize a celebrative get-together at Stroom Den Haag. We hope to see you there!

30 November 2018, 17:00–19:00

We had the honour to develop the poster campaign for the 10th edition of Fashion Clash Festival Maastricht. Come by and have some cake with us during the opening!

15—17 June 2018

In the early Summer of 2017, the Zeeuws Museum, as instructed by Das Leben am Haverkamp, invites 40 visitors to give a description of 40 randomly selected objects of the museum’s collection. You are welcome to join us for the big opening on 17 February 2018!

17 February 2018 – 10 June 2019

OMG we just won a Dutch Design Award.

Our Quirky Cruise collection is captured by the great Sanja Marušić!

Our Quirky Cruise is now on show in the exhibition Uit de Mode in Centraal Museum Utrecht. In respons to our show at Amsterdam Fashion Week this summer, the museum aquired three of our pieces. Yet, the whole collection will be on show. Don’t miss it!

12 September—23 October 2017

Hop on board ladies and gentlemen! Das Leben am Haverkamp is opening Fashion Week.

13 July 2017

Our show Bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage during Amsterdam Fashion Week. Four collections in one show, while exploring different ways to present fashion to an audience.

26 January 2017

Wandâ was shown during Paris Fashion Week in 2016 and part of Bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage during Amsterdam Fashion Week, January 2017. Four collections in one show, while exploring different ways to present fashion to an audience.

Clothing enables you to express your identity and flaunt it. That is why Christa van der Meer wonders, in what way is the clothing you wear connected to your identity? Is fashion still an expression of identity when it is not worn by a person, but worn by an object? The collection Creamy Dream is a cheerful exploration of these questions.

‘A Flag, Stripes And A Guy in Green Overalls’ (2017) is a project by Dewi Bekker and was part of Bravado, a four-part show by Das Leben am Haverkamp, during Amsterdam Fashion Week.

For PROJECT 000 005 – His majesty prefers pigs, Anouk van Klaveren created a series of characters, costumes, jewellery, props and sets. The projects will be show in various set-ups at Atelier Néerlandais, Amsterdam Fashion Week and Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland. Stay tuned!

Join us during Amsterdam Fashion Week & Paris Fashion Week.

January 2017

Teaming up with Imke Lighthart, Anouk van Klaveren shot this photo series of the jewellery she has made as part of PROJECT 000 005 – ‘His Majesty prefers pigs’. Soon on show!

23–27 January 2016

Teaming up with our friends from Marsdiep, we created this dysfunctional calendar, exploring the notion of time.

Imke Ligthart and Das Leben am Haverkamp paired up! Playing around with garments made by Gino Anthonisse, Dewi Bekker, Christa van der Meer and Anouk van Klaveren, Imke created this visual story Welcome To Cathood. The photos are published in the book Pairs Project, Paris.

MADODA was shown during Paris Fashion Week in 2016 as part of The Show-Off Show, an exhibition and showroom by Das Leben am Haverkamp.

The sun would not catch them on the road is a series of garments, props and masks by Dewi Bekker. It was shown as part of Das Leben am Haverkamp’s collective presentation The Show-Off Show during Paris Men’s Fashionweek at Atelier Neerlandais.

23–27 January 2016.

Hear Hear! We are getting ready for a show in Atelier Néerlandais, Paris.

23–27 January 2016

Our project Gefelicifashion got featured in Glamcult!

This Das Leben am Haverkamp collaborative work is on show during Future Generation at Amsterdam Fashion Week.

July 2015

PROJECT 000 002 – Hypertrichosis bow tie 2.0 is an ongoing project by Anouk van Klaveren. Collected human hair is being preserved in a series of custom made bow ties. The project was created as a performative sequal to Anouks graduation project and shown at BACK STAGE ON STAGE, Salone del Mobile in Milan.

8–13 April 2014

Anouk van Klaveren has been collecting hair of the audience at Salone del mobile 2014 to be used as raw material in PROJECT 000 004 – Hypertrichosis Bow Tie 2.0.

The graduation work Lost Wonder was presented at the graduation show.

2014

A series of portraits painted on silk that were made by Christa van der Meer during a performance at BACK STAGE ON STAGE during Salone del Mobile, Milano 2014. This project stems from a fascination for the proportions of the face and the emotions that influence its expression. Specific parts of the portraits are shrunk to change the expression of the portrait.

Imke Ligthart captured the characters that Anouk van Klaveren developed for her graduation project! The designs of distorted fashion icons were captured in a desert!

September 2015

The graduation project I would like to brink beer high among the Aesir by Dewi Bekker explores the absurd intertwined with myths and everyday life. The work has been on show at the graduation show of The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Modebelofte, DDW Eindhoven and at AFW Lichting 2013.

2013

Jeronimus van Pelt photographed us in our studio. Each of us took some of our materials to dress up.