SHELTER

take a deep breath

Shelter is a place where we can find inspiration, where we can hide from the fast crazy world. Everybody can make its own hiding place, where secrets are created and not everything is revealed. You can stop for a moment, take a deep breath and let time pass.

Fleeing the digital trends and everything created on the web gives us more space. Senses are there to be stimulated. Craftsmanship and analogue applications are implemented in this Zine.

Subtle and poetic like a gloaming. Shelter like old books en like the streets after they have been rained under. Take a piece of your identity and inner self, and it might create something even more beautiful.

Made with lots of caring and love,

S h e l t e r

shelter

Sanne Verhoeven is interested by birds, writing letters, secret or hidden things, the way kids see the world, nostalgic and fragile atmospheres. She loves to make little books and combine different techniques like painting, drawing, writing and making analogue photos. Her shelter is her own room, surrounded by photographs, letters from her loved ones, her favorite books and it is the place where she loves to sing.

My name is Jasper van Es. I wish I could escape of my body and watch me live my life like the lead of a Bernardo Bertolucci movie. Leave my boring and safe life behind and start discovering the world without any fear.

Habib Yahyaoui is always fascinated by the fashion industry but more importantly by personal style. At a young age Habib started combining outfits for his dearests. The most important thing for him, is to never forget his own heritage and show this in the work he does. Through styling he is speaking in a language that is breaking boundaries between gender appropriate and the silhouette as we know it nowadays. His Shelter is the night, dark as the robes he wears.

Wencke Nilsson begins her day drinking espresso lungo in the morning while reading a paper. Nature and infrastructure interest her and the small details in life. The hidden place of shelter is inside her head, where thoughts run their own way.

Anouk Griffioen invites us enthusiastically into her workspace. While Anouk is making tea, we’re able to take a look around. The place is decorated spaciously. There are two cabinets and one desk. The wall where the desk stands against is plastered with photographs and drawings, made by her or friends. On her desk isn’t much working space. There lies more stuff, like her collection of analogue cameras and her LP’s. On the other walls are drawings Anouk is working on. And in the middle of the room lies a pile with finished and unfinished drawings.

In 2002 Anouk graduated at the Willem de Kooning academy in Rotterdam studying arts. She is very interested in how things are going nowadays at the academy. When she was studying she didn’t really had a connection with her fellow students. She did really differ from mentality. You could find Anouk at 8 o’clock in de morning in front of the school doors, and leaving at five. Her fellow students partied al night and lived the life of a real artist. According to Anouk, you should be serious with your study. Partying comes afterwards.

Photography and drawing are two of the most important aspects in the life of Anouk. In her workspace you see several analogue cameras. She still uses them more then her digital camera. She loves the authenticity of de photographs. While working she loves to listen to music. On her desk stands a box with LP’s, with Pink Floyd Ummagumma leaning in front of it. “Unfortunately my LP-player is broken, I do have a new one with an USB, but that one hasn’t the great old sound as my old one. But beside LP records I also have an Ipod. Right now I’m secretly downloading music on my computer, but don’t tell.”

Anouk decided to focus mostly on the drawings. Characteristic of Anouk’s working method are the very large sheets of drawing paper she uses. Drawing with nothing more than a pencil and charcoal. She draws mostly women. She does this because she’s a woman herself and therefore it’s easier to portray emotions.Anouk’s drawing style has changed in recent years. What you see is that the background plays a more important role. Women disappear in the background, hide and are not always a leading role. This change evolved itself out of previous made works. Earlier works of Anouk often got reactions like: ‘what a pretty girl’. Which is just the reaction Anouk doesn’t want to get. For her it’s important not to send a message of an ideal woman. The real emotion and being of a woman has to be captured according to Anouk.

When she graduated, Anouk immediately got a job offered as an art teacher at her school. She has done this for over five years. She was the type of teacher, who said to her students to go outside with good weather. But that was not the right way of teaching. “I’m not a trained to teach, I am an artist. So this wasn’t mend for me.”

Anouk Griffioen really wanted to make a living out of drawing before turning thirty. She successfully did so. In addition to her personal work, she also makes drawings for children’s books and small works in fashion magazines. This is something she must do to earn enough money. “But there is no better way to do so, I’m able to draw all day.”

Striking is the shyness about her work. She doesn’t brag about her drawings and her accomplishes. And she thinks some things are too high to reach for her. Her identity is important for her. The way people see her, makes her public. She balances between being a commercial and non-commercial artist. But that’s why see keeps developing herself. “I don’t feel like a standard artist, because I’m not following the artistic path. But I do think that’s what makes me more special. I’m able to live in my cosy home with the heater on, and still people can see me, and my work.”

According to Anouk the artistic live is an artist wanting the biggest galleries while travelling around over the world, staying in Berlin and showing around his art and getting inspired in those places. She does admire artists who are able to sell themselves. They have created their own identity and style in some kind of signature.

“I’m afraid to ask for a greater gallery, what is a pity, because I think there’s more in it. But I do think it’s very important if you want to achieve something more. I am known because I have 10 years of working experience in the industry. So people got to know me for my work and that’s how I got their appreciation.”

You may ask yourself how far her modesty goes?Anouk tells us she was invited to an art exchange TENT Rotterdam, where artist trade their work by choosing each other. While telling us about it she already says that she can’t imagine someone choosing her work. “Why should someone want such a large piece in their home.” Still she is really enthusiastic about it. “It would be great if a big artist would choose my work.”

Later on Facebook we read she didn’t go to the exchange.

the time after sunset and before it goes dark

1. blouse: Maison Martin Margielaskirt: Acne

2.blouse: Martin Margiela

3.top: Studio Ruig

4.jeans: Cheap Monday

5.top: Acnebracelet: Rick Owenstrousers: Ann de Meulenmeestershoes: Jeffrey Campbell

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7.dress: Hendrik Vibskovshoes: Dr. Martens

8.sweater: Cheap Monday

9.skirt: Acne

10.sweater: Les Hommes

11.sweater: Avelon

12.top: Martin Margiela collier: MM6

Clarissa Wiertsema Iris van der Valk Eli Rietveld

Clarissa Wiertsema Iris van der Valk Eli Rietveld

Mirror on the streets personifies the search to us, and our fascinations within every aspect of live. Each issue we will portray ourselves in other individuals or any-thing that is tangible.

“I am seeking for arabic men and women that are highly inte-rested in fashion, giving them a voice through here. Typi-cal for her personification is the way she plays with arabic elements, this is something i also do in the way i dress. It has a mysterious feeling.”

“Fascinated by the young crowd who mature even quicker then it had ever been. Who have more responsibilities, possibilities and are capable of creating their own iden-tity at such a young age.”

“This girl personifies the nomadic sense of the past. The way people dress while travelling is something Wencke appeals, herself she travels almost every day.”

“People with a energetic and nonchalant appearance is something she compares herself with. They look into the world with a refreshing, easy going and happy eye, full of wonder.”

For this project we have asked several artist of different fields to contribute to recreate this image. As the title says it’s about recreating a picture. The image on the right page we made with an analogue camera. The artists can use their own imagination, what to do with this picture. There are no boundaries.

Marijke Appelman

Lieke Romeijn

Maarten Alexander

Leendert Doremifasolatilo

Majken Nilsson