2 fee free jewellery workshops_Dessau+Leipzig, Fall 2019

Photos: (Clockwise) Works by Christoph Ziegler, Daniel von Weinberger, Lital Mendel, Elin Flognman, Peter Vermandere, Linda Savineau. Two fee free jewellery workshops for art, design and jewellery students and professionals in Dessau and Leipzig (two day long each)_Germany in Fall 2019. The workshops’ programme include an introduction to the history of conceptually significant jewellery made […]

We felt very free in Athens!

Slke Storjohann and Kathrine Nielsen – a photographers duo from Hamburg – participated in FaveLAB’s programme One+One last May in Athens. They talk about ther experience capturing the essence of SE Europe’s restless capital! Your favorite place/spot through Athens? That’s a hard question and we have no definitive answer. We were drawn to the variety […]

Κωδων κινδυνου κι αφυπνισης για την Εβδομαδα Κοσμηματος του Μοναχου

Φωτογραφία του Christoph Ziegler. Ο “βωμός” της έκθεσης “Το ιερό και το βέβηλο”. Ενώ ο Γερμανός αντικαγκελάριος δηλώνει ότι „περασε η εποχή των παχιών αγελάδων,” η σκηνή του κοσμηματος στο Μοναχο αναρωτιέται αν η επιβράδυνση που παρατηρηθηκε φέτος οφείλεται σε παροδικούς φοβους των καταναλωτών ή αν αντανακλά ένα εγγενές πρόβλημα της αγοράς που πρέπει να […]

Europe’s Top Jewellery Event Seeks to Stay Independent

While Germany’s vice chancellor claims the “fat years are over,” Munich’s jewellery scene wonders if this year’s slowdown should be attributed to temporary consumer fears or reflects an imminent market problem that needs to be addressed. Loukia Richards, an artist, curator, and lecturer has co-curated five group shows during Schmuckwoche München (2015–2019). The last one, […]

Jewellery as a means of political discourse

Picture: Loukia Richards_2014_The party is over! Credit: Christoph Ziegler Our group show Wert/voll – funded by the Federal Agency for the Environment (UBA) and to be presented in Dessau and Grassi Museum Leipzig _Germany (11 Sept-3 Nov 2019) – questions the power of jewellery to influence social values. UBA is the scientific branch of the German […]

ΤΟ ΚΟΥΪΝΤΕΤΟ ΤΟΥ ΥΦΑΣΜΑΤΟΣ / THE TEXTILE QUINTET

Photo: Paper rug_Loukia Richards_Credit: Christoph Ziegler Επτά διεθνείς εικαστικοί ερμηνεύουν την τσακώνικη παράδοση / Seven international textile artists interpret the Tsakonian traditionΠύργος Τσικαλιώτη_Λεωνίδιο / Pyrgos Tsikalioti_Leonidio27 – 29 Ιουνίου 2019 / 27 – 29 June 2019 Ωρες λειτουργίας: 7.00 – 9.30 μμ / 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. Με τους / With Eileen Cubbage / Hadas […]

A Gingerbread House has zero waste

“Lebkuchenhaus” (The Gingerbread House) of the “Hänsel and Gretel” tale had inspired our “anti-consummerism” art project proposal in 2012. The life size Lebkuchenhaus was supposed to host a series of performances and a “Stitchathon” (a stitching marathon) on a “Hänsel & Gretel 2.0” tale version. It was too much for our client who wished to […]