For two years now Henrik Vibskov (Denmark) and Andreas Emenius (Sweden) have been working together on The Fringe Projects: a series of ten flickering tableaus of longing and belonging carried out in multiple media. Nine of the projects have already been completed and exhibited in seven different countries. The work of Henrik Vibksov and Andreas Emenius has been featured in, among others, Dazed and Confused and Nylon magazines, and exhibited in cities such as Milano, Paris, Copenhagen, Zurich, and London.

The Zeeuws Museum has invited Henrik Vibskov and Andreas Emenius to exhibit the entire series of The Fringe Projects and to create the tenth and final project especially for the museum. The Zeeuws Museum will be completely transformed for the duration of the exhibition.

Henrik Vibskov (born 1972) and Andreas Emenius (born 1973) met while studying at Central Saint Martins, London. Henrik Vibksov started his clothing label after graduating in 2000, and has for a period of five years now been the only Scandinavian designer to have a show on the official ‘Paris Fashion Week’ schedule. The label is sold in selected stores around the globe (like Seven, New York, SpaceMOE, Seoul, Midwest Tokyo, Aloharag Hawaï, Traffik Moskva and Kron Reykjavik - as well as his own shops in Copenhagen, Denmark and Oslo, Norway. Vibskov has also dabbled in short films and fine art projects: for instance his film The Monk, which won first Prize at Beck’s Future Prize 2000. He is also a notorious drummer, playing since the age of ten - most recently; he has been behind the drums on the Danish musician Trentemoeller’s album The Last Resort.

After graduating in 1999, Andreas Emenius roamed the better end of the graphic design world for some time, working with acclaimed graphic designer Neville Brody in Paris and moving on to art directly for Kenzo and Adidas, creating artwork for Nike Holland, sculpture for DNP Tokyo, and create scenography for Das Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. As the years go by he is navigating more freely as a visual artist within an interdisciplinary field, combining his knowledge of design, direction and art, and visual landscapes, characterized by precision in thought and an untiring interest in the humane - in popular culture, in science, and where it’s all heading. Emenius shares his musical talent with Vibskov, lurking around the tecchno scene.

The exhibition in the Zeeuws Museum runs from February 28th til June 2nd, 2009 (www.zeeuwsmuseum.nl) and is curated by Christie Arends, Head of exhibitions and collections Zeeuws Museum.

Official opening: February 27th 2009, 7.30 pm with a spectacular performance by Henrik Vibskov and Andreas Emenius.

This first publication about the work of Henrik Vibksov and Andreas Emenius has been published by episode publishers i.c.w. the Zeeuws Museum

www.vibskovemenius.com
www.andreasemenius.com
www.henrikvibskov.com
 The Fringe Projects
Vibskov | Emenius
Andreas Emenius, Henrik Vibskov [eds]
text: Christie Arends, Hannah Heilmann
graphic design:Andreas Emenius, Henrik Vibskov
ISBN 978-90-5973-115-8
language: English
paperback | 136 pp | 29 x 24
price
€ 35.00 [netherlands]
€ 37.50 [europe]
€ 39.50 [outside europe]