Stuff: Guy Rombouts and Benjamin Verdonck rearrange Jaap Kruithof
The Belgian philosopher Jaap Kruithof (1929-2009) collected 10,000 items, things that other people usually discard. He was a serious critic of our culture of disposability. Half of the Kruithof collection is being given a new life thanks to the visual work of artists Guy Rombouts and Benjamin Verdonck. In the MAS, they create a new installation with the objects.
After the death of Jaap Kruithof, the MAS acquired the entire collection, with the intention of investigating the value of the objects. This took place in 2018, in collaboration with many partners.
The MAS decided to give half of the Kruithof collection back to society, as raw materials for the future. People or organisations that were interested were given a number of objects on the condition that everything was to be reused and thus given a new life. The upcycling led to interesting results.
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The Belgian philosopher Jaap Kruithof (1929-2009) collected 10,000 items, things that other people usually discard. He was a serious critic of our culture of disposability. Half of the Kruithof collection is being given a new life thanks to the visual work of artists Guy Rombouts and Benjamin Verdonck. In the MAS, they create a new installation with the objects.
After the death of Jaap Kruithof, the MAS acquired the entire collection, with the intention of investigating the value of the objects. This took place in 2018, in collaboration with many partners.
The MAS decided to give half of the Kruithof collection back to society, as raw materials for the future. People or organisations that were interested were given a number of objects on the condition that everything was to be reused and thus given a new life. The upcycling led to interesting results.
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