Fetishism and the Objectified Body with Jean-Paul Paula
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to Salon Maxivive Season 2, Session 6, a special evening featuring multidisciplinary creative, stylist, and artist Jean Paul Paula, taking place on November 26, 2026, at The Art Chapel, Prinses Irenestraat 19, Amsterdam. The evening will begin at 7:00 PM and conclude at 10:00 PM.
Salon Maxivive is a reciprocal initiative by Nigerian fashion designer and activist Papa Oyeyemi, founder of Maxivive and member of the DARKMATTER Collective. What began in 2023 as a proposed collaboration has evolved into an ongoing platform for dialogue, bringing together artists, thinkers, and communities through intimate salon gatherings.
For our sixth session, we welcome Jean Paul Paula, whose multidisciplinary practice spans fashion, styling, photography, performance, and creative direction. Through his work, Jean Paul explores questions of identity, gender, sexuality, and representation, challenging conventional ideas of beauty and the ways bodies are perceived and presented.
Under the theme Fetishism and the Objectified Body, we will explore the complex relationship between desire, the body, and the objects we attach meaning to. From fashion and visual culture to the politics of representation, the conversation will examine how bodies become objects of fascination, consumption, and control, and how fetishism can also serve as a language of self-expression, empowerment, and resistance.
The evening will unfold as a dinner interwoven with fashion, performance, and conversation. Nigerian jollof rice will be served, bringing together guests from our different networks, including artists, designers, cultural workers, and members of the wider creative community.
Together with Jean Paul Paula, we invite you to join an evening that creates space for exchange on fashion, desire, identity, and the ways we construct, objectify, and reclaim the body. We hope this encounter sparks meaningful conversations, new insights, friendships, and future collaborations.
This event is made possible with the support of the Creative Industries Fund NL and the Municipality of Amsterdam, and is a co-production between Maxivive and the DARKMATTER Collective.
As the organisation of the evening requires careful preparation, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you in good time regarding your attendance.
Event Details
Session: Fetishism and the Objectified Body
Date: Thursday, November 26, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Venue: The Art Chapel
Address: Prinses Irenestraat 19, Amsterdam
With thanks and warm regards,
Papa Oyeyemi
Jean Paul Paula