In Dialogue and Meet & Greet Corrina Goutos

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Célio Braga, Corrina Goutos

Corrina Goutos (1991) works with jewellery, objects, and installation and is currently based in Hamburg, Germany.  Having coined the term "Anthrosmithing" to describe her interdisciplinary practice- Corrina renounces the concept of a "raw material", instead considering that when a craftsperson imprints themselves on a material, they are but one of many agents constantly reshaping it. Precise pre-industrial handicraft is applied to post-consumer detritus, to elevate them with the craftsmanship she learned as a goldsmith. She uses, amongst other things, e-waste in her designs, such as old earbuds, cell phones and laptops. Pre-industrial craftsmanship thus mixes with obsolete mass-produced items, challenging modern value systems at a time when revaluation is more urgent than ever.

Célio Braga (1963) is a multidisciplinary artist whose career has been marked by his ability to redefine and to expand conventional categories such as photography, painting, drawing, textiles and sculpture, making reference to a broad spectrum of visual language and traditions of making.  

He experiments with different media and pushes them to the limit through successive construction techniques. These time-consuming processes of making include, collage, perforation, layering, mending, stitching, embroidery and weaving, coalescing in a constant process of construction, destruction and reconstruction.


Programme:
15:30 – 15:45: Introduction by Jeannette Jansen and Astrid Ubbink (board Françoise van den Bosch Foundation).
15:45 – 17:00: In Dialogue: Corrina Goutos and Célio Braga.
17:00 - 18:30: Meet & Greet and closing drink.

Location:
Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Fred. Roeskestraat 96, 1076 ED Amsterdam.