INSTANTANEITY_FROM ATHENS TO SYDNEY

Instant photos of Dr. J. Nestoros shot by Minuella Chapman. Photo of the snap shots by Christoph Ziegler. Our last ONE ARTIST A WEEK project for 2019: Minuella Chapman’s “Intantaneity” following an one week long Artist Residency in Athens/Greece. The Polaroid portraits of modern Athenians shot in situ by the Australian artist will be exhibited […]

My way of thinking of and designing jewellery was broadened+confirmed!

Nicole Maunz_Schmuckgestalterin_Graz, Österreich/Jewellery designer_Graz, Austria sent us her impressions of the workshop “Objekte des Begehrens/Objects of Desire”. The two day long workshop took place at Grassi Museum Leipzig, 2 & 3 November 2019 and was funded by Umweltbundesamt. The workshop was chaired by Christoph Ziegler and Loukia Richards and combined theory and practice. “I found […]

It has been stimulating, instructive, exciting and merry!

Text: Dora Eckhardt, Bildende Künstlerin/Visual artist, Berlin. Picture: Dora wearing her own jewellery. Credit: Christoph Ziegler. Dora participated in the “Objekte des Begehrens” workshop on 2+3 November 2020 at Grassi Museum Leipzig. The workshop has been funded by Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environment Agency of Germany) and chaired by Christoph Ziegler and Loukia Richards. Dora wrote about […]

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 […]

Jewellery cares! World Environment Day

Pictures: Daniel von Weinberger/ Amelie Spitz/ Loukia Richards / Christoph Ziegler SAVE THE DATE 11 September 2019_Opening of our group show Wert/voll at Umweltbundasamt (Federal Agency for the Environment) Dessau Germany on how environmentally conscious jewellery changes social values #WorldEnvironmentDay Featuring twenty jewellery artists from Germany, Belgium France, Greece China Argentina Israel USA Sweden Czech Republic etc. Concept and curation by Christoph Ziegler and Loukia Richards. The Federal […]

Is jewellery a contemporary art discipline?.

Anti-status jewellery by ZLR Betriebsimperium. Credit: Christoph Ziegler You may read my thoughts on https://klimt02.net/forum/articles/jewellery-contemporary-art-discipline-loukia-richards LIKE our Facebook Page: Initiation2017 Follow us in Twitter: @LoukiaRichards Instagram: loukiarichards

Μην φερνετε κουκουβαγιες στην Αθηνα!

Πνύκα _Φωτογραφία Κριστόφ Τσιγκλερ Δεν γνωρίζω περίπτωση Έλληνα καλλιτέχνη, συγγραφέα, μουσικού, ηθοποιού, σκηνοθέτη, σκηνογράφου που να έκανε διεθνή καριέρα χωρίς το έργο του να εκπορεύεται από τα βιώματα και τους συλλογισμους που προέκυψαν από την τριβή του με τον ελληνικό πολιτισμό. Από την Ελλάδα στον κόσμο, θα μπορούσε να ονομαστεί η συνειδητή ή ασυνειδητη στρατηγική […]

It’s the economy, jewellery artist!

Picture: “Talisman for Film Noir Lovers”_Loukia Richards, 2013. The picture/caption was published in Germany’s print weekly Die Zeit (appr. 500.000 readers) in 2013 and left a strong digital trace. Hot air or real business? Fairs, weeks, shows, meetings. More events, more Open Calls, more “jewellery VIPs”, more “nurturing jewellery community bondings”, more phantastic opportunities ask […]