Scene from the trailer for ‘Script’ at the Centraal Museum in the Dutch city of Utrecht, which mixes history, fashion and interiors within a continuous filmic experience.    

Presenting masterpieces from the history of fashion and interiors within a continuous filmic experience, the permanent display ‘Script’ at the Centraal Museum in the Dutch city of Utrecht, mixes historical dresses and contemporary fashion by designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Vivienne Westwood with cabinets and sofas as well as modern furniture by Gerrit Rietveld. Costume dramas from the last twenty years are the inspiration for film-sets displays, resulting in a new interpretation of the museum’s unique period rooms.

In the films that are the starting point for ‘Script’, furniture and fashion represent important historical and cultural developments. Within ‘Script’ highlights from the museum’s Rietveld collection are placed within an extraordinary modernistic environment. ‘Script’ is designed by designers Concern and Darlaine Heitinga and not only situates highlights from the collection within film sets, it also invites the visitor to step inside various sets and be photographed. Visitors can assume a role in such cinematic classics as the silent movie ‘Man with a Movie Camera’, the costume drama ‘Sense and Sensibility’ and the science-fiction film ‘Blade Runner’.

 Scene from the the science-fiction film ‘Blade Runner’, which was used as one of the sources of inspiration for ‘Script’

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