New Craft Object Design, Peter Behrens School of Art/Hochschule Düsseldorf at the 3rd Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial 2026
Exhibition
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25 Sep 2026
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29 Sep 2026
Published: 27.08.2026
Ar.Co. Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual
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Linda Büscher, Brooch: Bacterial Bodies, 2026.
Bacterial Bodies explores how jewellery can become a site of collaboration between humans and living organisms. Cyanobacteria embedded in a custom-developed, 3D-printed hydrogel remain alive, continue to photosynthesise, capture CO₂ and gradually harden through biomineralization. Accompanied by a dedicated care system, the project reframes jewellery as a living relationship and invites reflection on how we might shape future coexistence with other species.
Bacterial Bodies explores how jewellery can become a site of collaboration between humans and living organisms. Cyanobacteria embedded in a custom-developed, 3D-printed hydrogel remain alive, continue to photosynthesise, capture CO₂ and gradually harden through biomineralization. Accompanied by a dedicated care system, the project reframes jewellery as a living relationship and invites reflection on how we might shape future coexistence with other species.
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As part of the 3rd Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial, the New Craft Object Design, Peter Behrens School of Art/Hochschule Düsseldorf presents an exhibition with works by students redefining responsibility; through jewellery, they express their stance within society. They design both one-off and series-based pieces; their choice of materials and production techniques is conceptually coherent.
Artist list
Linda Büscher, Rachel Crehan, Theo Crombach, Uli Hempel, Lennard Otis Klein, Milan Lorenz, Selina Lotter, Margarete Lux, Anna Rebecca Riks, Maya Shochat, Leonie Simon, Hendrik Thomberg
Imagination into Impact
We need to rethink our relationship with the Earth. Co-existence means more than simply living side by side: it requires sharing resources, mutual consideration, complementary roles, and appropriate regulatory frameworks – in other words, a reciprocal, respectful, and sustainable coexistence among people, nature, and technology.
The students design jewellery that visualises, presents and communicates the future web of relationships between humankind and the Earth’s ecology. They identify existing forms of coexistence, map their surroundings and seek out non-human voices. They explore alternative and utopian realities, interweaving fiction with mysticism; they develop radical models for future coexistence.
The result is jewellery—wearable manifestos that articulate connections between the mineral, plant, animal, digital, magical and artificial realms. They are visually clear statements that provide a platform for the non-human world.
The students redefine responsibility; through jewellery, they express their stance within society. They design both one-off and series-based pieces; their choice of materials and production techniques is conceptually coherent.
Meeting and Opening: 25 September, 11 am–1 pm.
Visits: 25 September until 5 pm. Exhibition open until 29 September
We need to rethink our relationship with the Earth. Co-existence means more than simply living side by side: it requires sharing resources, mutual consideration, complementary roles, and appropriate regulatory frameworks – in other words, a reciprocal, respectful, and sustainable coexistence among people, nature, and technology.
The students design jewellery that visualises, presents and communicates the future web of relationships between humankind and the Earth’s ecology. They identify existing forms of coexistence, map their surroundings and seek out non-human voices. They explore alternative and utopian realities, interweaving fiction with mysticism; they develop radical models for future coexistence.
The result is jewellery—wearable manifestos that articulate connections between the mineral, plant, animal, digital, magical and artificial realms. They are visually clear statements that provide a platform for the non-human world.
The students redefine responsibility; through jewellery, they express their stance within society. They design both one-off and series-based pieces; their choice of materials and production techniques is conceptually coherent.
Meeting and Opening: 25 September, 11 am–1 pm.
Visits: 25 September until 5 pm. Exhibition open until 29 September
Ar.Co. Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual
- Mail:
- bienal
pin.pt
- Phone:
- +351 91 116 18 53
- Curator:
- Jantje Fleischhut
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