Let’s move some metal with Bregje Sliepenbeek! An empty can will transform into a lucky charm, because extra luck is always a good idea. Just as opening a cold can on a warm summer day can be, so bring a canned drink along. Through cutting, shaping, and embossing, you’ll turn it into something meaningful. We’ll be working in the garden at Broedplaats BOUW. It should be summer. It’s Holland, though, so watch the forecast.

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.