Rainhall

Visitors got their feet wet in the rain hall, the first room of the biennale exhibition. Here, collections of renowned Dutch designers — including G+N Fashion Fugitive and Keupr / Van Bentum — were exhibited in splashing downpours of rain, only to be viewed from under the shelter of a big umbrella.

This unconventional way of displaying fashion, fitted the work of the rebellious Bas Kosters to a tee. “I see my work as an oeuvre. My dolls belong to it, as do my music performances, clothing, illustrations, pillows, graphic work and paintings. I am critical: I don’t agree with art’s and fashion’s conventions. I protest against them by my positioning in the system, but on the other hand I profit from them. I can quite do as I like. When I started I thought it impossible, but there is space for my approach. Actually I don’t have to protest so hard.”