BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29532@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Perdu Avond: Maison Avant / Après DTSTAMP:20261026T230709Z DTSTART:20261120T190000Z DESCRIPTION:Maison Avant Après is a new project that opens up a space for l iterature on\nfashion. Maison Avant Après presents its debut collection Ha ute Écriture during\nthis festive Evening full of poetry and performance\, audiovisual spectacle and\ndanceable music.\n\nOn 20 November Maison Avan t Après presents their first collection Haute\nÉcriture. The écrituriers o f service turn their fascination for fashion into\nstrange and dazzling pi eces full of paradoxes. The practitioner of haute\nécriture spends years g athering enough impressions and spends hundreds of hours\non the tiniest d etails. The pieces on show are made using complex techniques and\nparadoxi cal feelings. We see how fashion dictates strict laws and conceals\noppres sion\, but also offers possibilities to escape corsets and straightjackets .\n\nDuring the presentation\, the Maison proudly shows the result of this labour\,\nhoping to form an artistic avant-garde together with the audien ce rather than a\nflock of passive fashion victims. There is no doubt that fashion has the power\nto mobilise the masses\, but can the continuous me tamorphosis on the catwalk\nbring about real\, substantial change?\n\nHurr y to the front row!\n\nA programme by Perdu x Maison Avant Après\nHost: La rs Meijer\nLanguage: EN/NL (during the Dutch parts\, English translations are shown)\nDress code: Overdressed\n\nDewi de Nijs Bik relates to the Rad ical Call for Love collection of fashion\ndesigner Marine Serre\, who took the fashion world by storm a decade ago in the\naftermath of the attacks in Paris and Brussels. What remains of this mobilizing\nenergy in 2026? An d how do these remnants inscribe themselves into history? This\nnew poetry work\, shaped through a process of upcycling\, will be presented by the\n enigmatic model Ursula Newton and resonates within a larger stitchwork\,\n alongside the poetry of Rahman Qul.\n\nRahman Qul presents his “G-Star RAW 69” as well as new poetry work\, turning\nmetropolitan Paris – global fas hion capital – into an echo chamber for\npost-Soviet experiences and the s tories of marginalized communities that have\nended up in Limburg. Through the perspective of someone whose heart moves\nbetween cultures\, he shows how people with limited means use fashion to shape\ntheir desire for a lu xurious\, post-capitalist world. DAVID de prins created\naccompanying vide o works.\n\nTim Fraanje provides a fashion commentary to Alessandro Michel e’s debut-couture\nshow Valentino Vertigineux (2025)\, of which a rich sel ection of video fragments\nis shown. What can this exorbitant parade teach us about abundance and excess?\nLuuk Dolfijn joins on the drums. Tim and Luuk bring musical closure to the\nevening by going on stage for a second time as music duo Big Hare. They give a\ndemonstration of Solarcore\, a da nceable method to manifest a magnificent\, solar\npowered future. The perf ormance includes a display of futuristic solarcore\ncostumes made by desig ner Jonathan Ho.\n\nRainer Diana Hamilton and Violet Spurlock are the writ ers of the text What does\nit mean to be well-dressed? in which they explo re the idea of fashion as a\ncollective dialogue. In their absence\, the a udience will perform this polyphonic\nconversation introduced by host Lars Meijer.\n\nDewi de Nijs Bik made her debut in 2023 with the poetry collec tion Indolente (De\nArbeiderspers)\, which was nominated for the Grote Poë zieprijs\, the Herman de\nConinckprijs\, and the C. Buddingh’-prijs and wa s awarded the Henriette Roland\nHolstprijs 2026. Indolente is currently fe atured at the Literature Museum as\npart of the exhibition “Because we hav e lived and still exist” which explores\nliterary perspectives on the Indo nesian independence.\n\nUrsula Newton was born in 2020 as the alternative identity of a poet\, to use in\nthe fashion world. Ursula debuted at Paris Fasion Week SS27 for Pauline Blind.\n\nRahman Qul – the pseudonym of Roma n Ansari (1995) is a poet\, thinker\, and\nvisionary. His name\, uprooted from the (anti)poetical post-taliban tradition\nfrom the heart of Asia. Hi s poetics are nourished by punk\, sampling en\nостранение\, as well as by the fashion and visual language of houses like Maison\nMargiela. He works with fragmentation\, deconstruction\, and anti-aesthetics:\npoetry that is deliberately unfinished\, asymmetrical\, and disruptive. His work\nhas pr eviously appeared in Kluger Hans\, De Revisor and Hard//hoofd. In 2025\, h e\nparticipated in the deBuren writing residency in Paris. He is currently working\non his poetry debut.\n\nDAVID de prins is an artist who departs from contradiction and imagination\,\nseeking serenity amidst constant est rangement. As a mythical figure he moves\nbetween worlds and contradiction s\, looking for a way to exist within them.\nCurrently he works on Don’t T ouch My Hair\, an artistic research project\nsupported by Fonds ZOZ.\n\nAu thors Rainer Diana Hamilton and Violet Spurlock together wrote This Reason able\nHabit\, a book-length poem. Over the course of a long phone call\, t he two become\nhosts of an imaginary literary summit where attendees spar over casualwear\,\nanimal metaphors\, fascist art\, bodily autonomy\, and other problems of the\neveryday. The authors will not be present\, but the chapter What does it mean to\nbe well dressed will be performed through a collective reading.\n\nTim Fraanje makes music\, teaches at a fashion ins titute in Amsterdam and writes.\nHe worked for VICE as a societyjournalist and for i-D as a fashion columnist. He\nalso had a trashy glamour column on Hard//hoofd and wrote for De Architect. As\npart of the Solarcore proje ct he writes futuristic E-sermons for a small but\ndevoted cult of followe rs.\n\nLuuk Dolfijn is a hundred percent fish\, half-boiled and half Big H are. As a\nproducer he traces the edges of organised sound. At Stranded FM he presents the\nLuuk Dolfijn Show.\n\nLuuk and Tim form the musical duo Big Hare since 2012. They have performed at\nart spaces\, clubs and concer t venues including Worm\, Roodkapje\, 1646\, Arti\,\nSexyland World\, Ekko \, Extrapool and Mudac. Last year their third album Sun House\nappeard on Blowpipe Records. It is a collection of hymns for a post fossil solar\ncul t\, in the genre of Solarcore. They hope to manifest a hedonistic future o n\nsolar power\, wind power and will power.\n\nJonathan Ho is a Malaysian- Dutch clothing and textile designer based in\nAmsterdam. Working across fa shion\, costume and textiles\, his practice fuses\nEastern and Western aes thetics shaped by his cross-cultural background. Drawing\nfrom theatre\, s ubcultures\, historical dress\, and contemporary performance\, he\ncreates garments that explore identity and cultural hybridity. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/perdu-avond-maison-avant-apres GEO:52.3689174;4.896321 LOCATION:Perdu - Kloveniersburgwal 86\, 1012 CZ Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:concert,in english,literature,poetry X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Maison Avant Après is a new project tha t opens up a space for literature on fashion. Maison Avant Après presents its debut collection Haute Écriture during this festive Evening full of po etry and performance, audiovisual spectacle and danceable music.

On 20 November Maison Avant Après presents their first collection Haute Écriture. The écrituriers of service turn their fascination for fashion i nto strange and dazzling pieces full of paradoxes. The practitioner of hau te écriture spends years gathering enough impressions and spends hundreds of hours on the tiniest details. The pieces on show are made using complex techniques and paradoxical feelings. We see how fashion dictates strict l aws and conceals oppression, but also offers possibilities to escape corse ts and straightjackets.

During the presentation, the Maison proudly shows the result of this labour, hoping to form an artistic avant-garde t ogether with the audience rather than a flock of passive fashion victims. There is no doubt that fashion has the power to mobilise the masses, but c an the continuous metamorphosis on the catwalk bring about real, substanti al change?

Hurry to the front row!

A programme by Perdu x Ma ison Avant Après
Host: Lars Meijer
Language: EN/NL (during the Dut ch parts, English translations are shown)
Dress code: Overdressed

Dewi de Nijs Bik relates to the Radical Call for L ove collection of fashion designer Marine Serre, who took the fashion world by storm a decade ago in the aftermath of the attacks in Paris and Brussels. What remains of this mobilizing energy in 2026? And how do these remnants inscribe themselves into history? This new poetry work, shaped t hrough a process of upcycling, will be presented by the enigmatic model Ursula Newton and resonates within a larger stitchwork, alo ngside the poetry of Rahman Qul.

Rahman Qul presen ts his “G-Star RAW 69” as well as new poetry work, turning metropolitan Pa ris – global fashion capital – into an echo chamber for post-Soviet experi ences and the stories of marginalized communities that have ended up in Li mburg. Through the perspective of someone whose heart moves between cultur es, he shows how people with limited means use fashion to shape their desi re for a luxurious, post-capitalist world. DAVID de prins created accompanying video works.

Tim Fraanje pro vides a fashion commentary to Alessandro Michele’s debut-couture show Vale ntino Vertigineux (2025), of which a rich selection of video fragments is shown. What can this exorbitant parade teach us about abundance and excess ? Luuk Dolfijn joins on the drums. Tim and Luuk bring mus ical closure to the evening by going on stage for a second time as music d uo Big Hare. They give a demonstration of Solarcore, a da nceable method to manifest a magnificent, solar powered future. The perfor mance includes a display of futuristic solarcore costumes made by designer Jonathan Ho.

Rainer Diana Hamilton and Violet Spurlock are the writers of the text Wh at does it mean to be well-dressed? in which they explore the idea of fashion as a collective dialogue. In their absence, the audience will per form this polyphonic conversation introduced by host Lars Meijer.

Dewi de Nijs Bik made her debut in 2023 w ith the poetry collection Indolente (De Arbeiderspers), which was nominate d for the Grote Poëzieprijs, the Herman de Coninckprijs, and the C. Buddin gh’-prijs and was awarded the Henriette Roland Holstprijs 2026. Indolente is currently featured at the Literature Museum as part of the exhibition “ Because we have lived and still exist” which explores literary perspective s on the Indonesian independence.

Ursula Newton wa s born in 2020 as the alternative identity of a poet, to use in the fashio n world. Ursula debuted at Paris Fasion Week SS27 for Pauline Blind.

< p>Rahman Qul – the pseudonym of Roman Ansari (1995) is a poet, thinker, and visionary. His name, uprooted from the (anti)poetical p ost-taliban tradition from the heart of Asia. His poetics are nourished by punk, sampling en остранение, as well as by the fashion and visual langua ge of houses like Maison Margiela. He works with fragmentation, deconstruc tion, and anti-aesthetics: poetry that is deliberately unfinished, asymmet rical, and disruptive. His work has previously appeared in Kluger Hans, De Revisor and Hard//hoofd. In 2025, he participated in the deBuren writing residency in Paris. He is currently working on his poetry debut.

DAVID de prins is an artist who departs from contradiction and imagination, seeking serenity amidst constant estrangement. As a mythi cal figure he moves between worlds and contradictions, looking for a way t o exist within them. Currently he works on Don’t Touch My Hair, a n artistic research project supported by Fonds ZOZ.

Authors Rainer Diana Hamilton and Violet Spurlock toget her wrote This Reasonable Habit, a book-length poem. Over the course of a long phone call, the two become hosts of an imaginary literary summit wher e attendees spar over casualwear, animal metaphors, fascist art, bodily au tonomy, and other problems of the everyday. The authors will not be presen t, but the chapter What does it mean to be well dressed will be p erformed through a collective reading.

Tim Fraanje makes music, teaches at a fashion institute in Amsterdam and writes. He w orked for VICE as a societyjournalist and for i-D as a fashion columnist. He also had a trashy glamour column on Hard//hoofd and wrote for De Archit ect. As part of the Solarcore project he writes futuristic E-sermons for a small but devoted cult of followers.

Luuk Dolfijn is a hundred percent fish, half-boiled and half Big Hare. As a producer h e traces the edges of organised sound. At Stranded FM he presents the Luuk Dolfijn Show.

Luuk and Tim form the musical duo Big Hare since 2012. They have performed at art spaces, clubs and concert v enues including Worm, Roodkapje, 1646, Arti, Sexyland World, Ekko, Extrapo ol and Mudac. Last year their third album Sun House appeard on Blowpipe Re cords. It is a collection of hymns for a post fossil solar cult, in the ge nre of Solarcore. They hope to manifest a hedonistic future on solar power , wind power and will power.

Jonathan Ho is a Mala ysian-Dutch clothing and textile designer based in Amsterdam. Working acro ss fashion, costume and textiles, his practice fuses Eastern and Western a esthetics shaped by his cross-cultural background. Drawing from theatre, s ubcultures, historical dress, and contemporary performance, he creates gar ments that explore identity and cultural hybridity.

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