We moved some metal with Bregje Sliepenbeek! Empty cans were transformed into dangling mobiles, giving everyday packaging a new life. And because people like to open a cold can on a warm summer day, bringing along a canned drink was part of the experience.

Through cutting, shaping, and embossing, we turned the cans into something new and meaningful. We worked together in the garden at Broedplaats BOUW, making the most of the lush Dutch summer weather.

Bregje Sliepenbeek

Bregje Sliepenbeek is an artist, living and working in Amsterdam. Bregje’s practice revolves around the transformation of materials. She is fascinated by the metamorphosis she can impose on metal, the magic of reshaping a cold, hard material into something soft and organic. The flat aluminum sheets she uses morph under her hands into curved, pillow-like forms, almost bodily. Bregje explores the material’s possibilities in a tactile manner, as if she cannot bear the hardness of the metal and wants to imbue it with feminine softness. This results in installations and relief sculptures often containing botanical and historical architectural references.