Crowdfunding musical couture dress a great success!
The crowdfunding campaign for the musical couture dress by Maartje Dijkstra and Beorn Lebenstedt has been a success. The target of 8,000 euros was amply achieved. The spectacular dress will be on display in Museum Speelklok at the end of February.
On November 21, Maartje Dijkstra and Museum Speelklok started their crowdfunding campaign together on the Voor de kunst platform. An amount of 8,000 euros was needed to complete work on the spectacular musical couture dress designed by fashion designer Maartje Dijkstra and composer Beorn Lebenstedt. A month later the required amount was achieved! This allows Maartje and Beorn to continue working on the dress entitled AU-2-MATERIA. For this they were inspired by the baroque Clay clock, a masterpiece in Museum Speelklok’s collection.
Dazzling gold couture dress
The installation will consist of a dazzling gold dress and a transparent overdress. This controls a ribbon with a music composition by Beorn Lebenstedt. The ribbon moves around the dress like an organ book. What is unique about Maartje’s work is that the fabric of the dress is printed by hand with a 3D pen, an innovative, labor-intensive and expensive process. The couture dress will be on display in Museum Speelklok from the second half of February.
About Maartje Dijkstra
After an internship at fashion house Alexander McQueen and graduating in Fashion Design at ArtEZ, Maartje founded her own label. New technologies are the basis of her creations. For the exhibition ‘Pracht in Dracht’ she made a futuristic design based on traditional costumes from Drenthe, the Netherlands. This creation, called Braindrain, was also presented during King’s Day in April 2024. In addition to exhibitions and collaborations with artists such as Daan Roosegaarde, her couture attracted the attention of international artists such as Lady Gaga. You can find more information about Maartje’s work via this link. Photo: Eric Kampherbeek