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Olives in Kabana
2 November 2010
3 exclusive series of Olive Bloom are now for sale at Kabana in the Villa Arena.
Closing Event ‘Domweg Gelukkig Aan De Nieuwmarkt’
8 August 2010
Sunday august 22nd will be the last chance to see our exhibition ‘Domweg Gelukkig Aan De Nieuwmarkt’
We will close the exhibition with a short lecture by museum designer, architecture storyteller and former Gerrit Rietveld Academy teacher Ynte Alkema. The lecture will bring to light the connections between local history, the architectural story of the Nieuwmarkt and the personal stories and memories on which the exhibition was based. A short architectural walk around the Nieuwmarkt will end the lecture.
Location: Flesseman building, Nieuwmarkt 77, Amsterdam
Date: Sunday August 22nd , from 14.30
Start lecture: 15.00 – 15.15
Start walk: 15.30 – 16.00 (maximum 30 people)
RSVP: We appreciate you letting us know if you come! You can send a mail to contact@olivebloom.nl.
Dialogue
28 July 2010
Dialogue was chosen as the theme for the collaboration with our guest star, and aconversation has begun! Here are a few “words”.
Next…
13 July 2010
Olive Bloom is busy these days with organizing the closing event for the exhibition “Domweg Gelukkig aan de Nieuwmarkt”. The event will take place on August, at the Flesseman center. We have some interesting plans for that day – stay tuned, more details coming soon!
And the Winner is…
26 June 2010
Our Guest Star for the August theme is Essy Evian from Ape Studio in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Essy is a good friend and a talented graphic designer, making beautiful, fresh and clean works. Check out their site: www.ape-studio.com
Baby Bloom
9 June 2010
Boaz is since last night a proud father! Hooray! We are very excited and happy to welcome the first baby bloom to the olive family. So excited, that we chose “kids” as our new monthly theme!
We wish Boaz and Loes an easy and joyous start. Welcome to this world Amir!
Guest Star
31 May 2010
From august Olive Bloom will introduce a guest artist every three months. The guest artist will create a series of designs wherefrom one in collaboration with Olive Bloom. Those designs will be made available for order on the site.
So who will be our first guest? Stay tuned – we will soon reveal the chosen one…
Stadsblad
19 May 2010
New Category!
We added a new category to our site – Projects!
In the Paper
10 May 2010
An image from our exhibition “Domweg gelukkig op de Nieuwmarkt” is illustrating an article in the Amsterdams Stadsblad. The article “We danced for three months” (“We dansten drie maanden”) by Johan Vogels is an interview with one of the residents of the Flesseman Elderly Centre, telling about the days of the war. The chosen work ‘Jatten bij tram 14′ portraits people stealing wooden block from under the tram rails during the ‘Dutch famine of 1944’ (hongerwinter). The stolen wood was used to heat the houses. The series of works now exhibited in Flesseman is based upon such stories and other memories of the residents.
Snitching tram 14
“Everything was stolen in the hunger winter. Staircases were taken away from deserted houses, shutters were taken down , we burned everything!
Tram rails, for example, we burned them for warmth. The tram tracks
were tarred, though. If you burned them, it stank. You could not get the tar out.”
Prepare to spring
2 May 2010
Working hard on our Flesseman project, we left our Theme Of The Month unattended. We are back in business; the creative wheels are starting to turn. Next week we will have our new theme available on the site.
Moving…
27 April 2010
We are moving our site to a new server. Therefore the site might become unavailable for a short period in the next 48 hours. Thank you for your understanding!
Memories from an Opening
23 April 2010
Last Friday, on the 16th of April, we celebrated the opening of the exhibition “Domweg gelukkig op de Nieuwmarkt” in the Flesseman center for the elderly, on the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam.
The exhibition shows the result of our pilot project: 7 series of works based on memories and stories that were collected during a workshop with 11 residents of Flesseman.
The opening took place at the ground floor, where the works will be exposed until the 15th of August. With an accordionist playing favorite Amsterdam tunes, residents, friends and colleagues gathered, telling and listening to stories from the past and making plans for the future.
We are thrilled about the many positive reactions we got. Seeing and hearing the residents taking part in the project – who saw the resulting works for the first time – recognizing their stories weaved into the canvases hanging on the walls was for us the most valued feedback. Other visitors told us they were moved by the link to the past that was laid in the works, a link that brought up memories of stories told by parents and grandparents.
We would like to give special thanks to Jeannete Groot from Flesseman for her help and support, to Martje Oosterkerk for all her help and lovely speech and to Geertje van Berlo for her great texts.
Photos: Dikla Arama.
The exhibition is open for the public everyday until 17:00.
Flesseman
Nieuwmarkt 77
1011 MA Amsterdam
020 620 48 90
Opening Exhibition
14 April 2010
Olive Bloom in every computer
16 March 2010
Along with the sun that started shining, filling us with joy, we decided to do something for our fellow men! Follow this link and download one of our original Olive Bloom desktop wallpapers (available in different sizes).
A bicycle tax plate from the 1920’s
As devoted bikers we are happy this tax is not compulsory any more.
Pilot project
Olive Bloom had a fruitful workshop with residents of Flesseman, Centre for the elderly located at the Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam. We will design a costume-made series of works inspired by stories and memories of the workshop participants. The works will be shown from April 16th at Flesseman, Nieuwmarkt 77.
Still Inside
24 January 2010
Due to the holiday season, the good food and the cold weather, we have decided to stay in until the end of January. New theme is coming up in February! Until then, enjoy the new works we just published on The Theme of the Month.
Staying In
21 December 2009
The new month theme is The Great Indoors, we are going to take a good look at what happens behind closed doors.
Out There
14 December 2009
Last week, with much excitement, we officially launched Olive Bloom! We are getting some good responses, which makes us very happy. We appreciate all the feedback we’re receiving, so feel free to share your first impressions with us at contact@olivebloom.nl