K E U P R / v a n B E N T M

Tuesday 25 October 2022

Fanzine/ Mode and Mode

In 2018 Mode and Mode dedicated a single issue to Friction/Parade 1999, our collaboration with the Experimental Jetset from 1999. Mode and Mode is concerned with experimental publishing and fashion, and takes the form of a periodical and collaboration between editor Laura Gardner and designer Karina Soraya with each issue singularly exploring a fashion publishing subject.

The issue features a reprint of Friction/Parade, as well as an interview with Michiel about how the project came about in the context of Dutch design in the late 1990s. More info and the possibility to purchase a Mode and Mode copy: here.

Mode and Mode four ‘fashion without fashion’ features a reprint of the publication Friction/Parade 99 (1999) created by Keupr/Van Bentm in collaboration with Experimental Jetset.

February 2018
English, Softcover, 46 pages
11 × 17.5 cm
Edition of 500
$6 AUD

Sunday 12 January 2020

Magazine Launch/ Monument No. 2 - Keupr/van Bentm

At the direct beginning of this new decade, a blast from the past :)

On January 16th 2020 the second edition of Monument Magazine, dedicated to Keupr/van Bentm, will be launched at Athenaeum Booksellers in Amsterdam.

Monument is a project initiated by Mary-Lou Berkulin and dedicated to Dutch fashion design around the turn of the century. The magazine features contributions by photographer Roos Quakernaat, and researcher Laura Gardner. Graphic design by Karen van de Kraats.

If you’re around, we’d be very pleased to see you, see invitation details below.

We would be happy to share with you the past in the present with memories of our work.

Otherwise look out for a copy in selected international magazine stores, or visit www.monumentmagazine.nl.

Saturday 11 January 2020

Cartoon Couture/ Flash Art Online

Some time ago I was interviewed by Matthew Linde for Flash Art Online. We talked about the beginnings of Keupr/van Bentm, studying at ArtEZ Arnhem, showing in Paris, our maximalist answer to late 1990s minimalism and more. Have a read by clicking here.

Saturday 28 February 2015

Interview for O.P.A. blog / December 2014

In December 2014 I was interviewed by Peter Nijenhuis of Ontwerp Platform Arnhem for the O.P.A.-blog on Keupr/van Bentm, the fashion label I ran with Francisco van Benthum till 2001, on the fashion climate in the 1990s in Holland in general, on the abouts of the so-called Dutch Wave, the Fashion Institute Arnhem MA, presenting in Paris, being in Berlin and more.

Click the link for the full article: https://o-p-a.nl/nl/artikelen/michiel-keuper-berlijn

For those interested, beware, it's a longread (and sorry to non-Dutch readers; so far the interview is only in Dutch. A translation might be coming up).

Monday 15 September 2014

FROST/ Parade 1999 - details

Keupr/van Bentm - Frost/ Parade 1999, video still

Friday 31 January 2014

Fleurs du Mal / spring 1998

Keupr/van Bentm - Fleurs du Mal #2, 1998

Click photos to enlarge.

'Fleurs du Mal/ Collection Femmes/ Hiver 1998' was selected for the Festival des jeunes Stylistes in Hyères, France, in the spring of 1998. It was awarded with the Prix de la Ville, and with a special jury prize consisting of a presentation in The Musée des Art Décorativs in the Louvre, Paris, during Fashion Week in october later that year. For that occasion we complemented the collection with a menswear part, under the title 'Evil Wrapped in Beauty'. For a video of this presentation published in an earlier post, click here.