PREZIOSA 2017. Florence Jewellery Week. Connecting worlds. Artistic research, crafts, design, new technologies.

The aims

Tradition, artistic research, new technologies
Dialogue and the confrontation between tradition and contemporary research in jewellery are the focus of the FJW 2017 project.
 
The exhibitions and all the other moments in the programme will place the emphasis on the interactions between tradition and artistic research, manual skills and new technologies, and between the different meanings and symbolical values that jewellery can take on in different cultural and geographical environments.
 
From a technical point of view, in recent years the experimental space has greatly expanded, partially thanks to the creative freedom offered by new technologies and the use of new materials.
From a formal point of view, the outlines of artistic research and craftsmanship overlapping, to produce new creative perspectives.
 
The exhibitions, the invited artists, the lectures and workshops in the programme will follow the main thread of these hybrids, which can be explored in all directions without any prejudice.
 

 
The content and general architecture of the project

FJW is the container for various events dedicated to the cultural aspects, the symbology and meaning which jewellery has always been bearers.

The project includes:
Exhibitions by contemporary artists from various countries;
Lectures and presentations;
Workshops led by invited artists/lecturers/curators.
 


Other sections dealing with PREZIOSA 2017
 
Craftsmanship and Cultural identity
The current socio-economic conditions, the forced and unavoidable globalisation and the changes in traditions and contemporary cultural conceptions are producing a new generation of craftspeople/artists, nomads, multitasking, eternally connected and competent users of the most innovative technologies.
FJW will host some of these new creators, selected through an international competition.
 
Our identity. The value of art and crafts of our time
In vast areas of the world crafts activities are still intimately connected with the lives of people and their communities, and maintains an active role in the transmitting and safeguarding the cultural values of those peoples. These riches and peculiarities are a human heritage and should be protected.
FJW will host some exhibitions of traditional jewellery/goldsmithery from areas that are culturally and geographically distant from the European continent.



Invited Artists and Exhibitions:
 

Solo Exhibition
 

• Fuchi Arata, Italy/Japan
• Robert Baines, Australia
• Sibylle Umlauf, Germany

Groups and curated exhibition
 

• Tasso Mattar e Danni Schwaag, Germany ¡Nácarme! An obsession by mother of pearl
  Curated by Tasso Mattar.
• Contemporary Swedish Silver. New Approaches to an enduring tradition. Curated by Inger Wästberg.
  Artists: Erik Tidäng, Lena Jerström, Tobias Birgersson, Klara Eriksson, Petronella Eriksson, Pernilla Sylwan, Maki Okamoto.
• Preziosa Young Contest 2017, Group exhibition, PY2017 winners: Fang Jin Yeh, Qian Wang, Shachar Cohen, Xiaodai Huang.
• Contemporary jewelry works from Aria Gallery curated by Kevin Murray.

Workshops
 

• Tasso Mattar, Enjoying organic material
• Kevin Murray, The Promise Object. A Social Object Design Workshop
• Robert Baines, Post graduate research proposals. Discussion seminar
• Martina Dempf, Touch wood

 

Conferences
 

• Robert Baines, Australia. Jewellery on the high wire.
• Maria Cristina Bergesio, Italy. Alice nel Paese del gioiello contemporaneo.
• Roberta Bernabei, Italy/GB. Integrating traditional and high-tech goldsmithing techniques in wearables and jewellery that aid wellbeing.
• Martina Dempf, Germany. Jewellery and wood - an artistic challenge.
• Tasso Mattar, Spain/Germany. Jewelry inspired by nature.
• Kevin Murray, Australia. Global art jewellery.
• Inger Wästberg, Sweden. Transformation from craft to art.
• Shruti Agrawal, Italy/India. Body adornments, body paintings. Permanent and semi permanent markings.
• Maria Laura La Mantia, Italy. The moon,the sky and the way up stars. A short digression about the use of celestial symbols through the item or gems in jewellery, between the 18th and the 20th century
• David Loepp, USA/Italy. Experimental Replication of a Granulated Gold Bead from an Ancient Tomb in Oman.
• OMA, Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte, Firenze. Presentation of the 4th edition of the “OmA Contest 2040".
• Closing speech by Petra Holscher, Curator of Die Neue Sammlung, The Design Museum at Pinakothek der Moderne. München, Germany.

 

•  Featuring: Petra Hölscher, Curator of Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum at Pinakothek der Moderne.München, Germany

Artisans

Exhibitions and workshops by craftsmen and artisans from Florence will be presented during Sunday 28^th



Management team:

Giò Carbone, general coordinator and concept
Anna Balatti, founding, administration, logistics



Patronages, collaborations and sponsors:

Presidency of the Italian Republic.
Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism.
Ministry of Education, Universities and Research.
Tuscany Region.
City of Florence.
Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze
Banca Intesa Sanpaolo, Firenze
Chamber of Commerce of Florence.
OMA, Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte, Florence, Italy.
ELIA. Art Schools Association.
IED, Istituto di Europeo di Design.
Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany.
Ermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Inhorgenta Fair Munich, Germany.
Ganjam Nagappa & Son, Bangalore, India.
KLIMT02, Barcelona, Spain.
Associazione Amici di Boboli, Florence, Italy.
Amici Museo dell’Ermitage, Florence, Italy.
The Twocites Gallery, Shanghai, China.
ARK Sign, Florence, Italy.

 

Programme

All the events will be hosted in the “Oltrarno Fiorentino” area
 

Opening evening
24 May 6.00 PM                                      
Bellini Museum, Lungarno Soderini, 5. Florence
 
 
Exhibition, dates and venues                    
25-28 May, 9.00 - 18.00                                           
Bellini Museum, Lungarno Soderini, 5. Florence
Palazzo Coveri Gallery, Lungarno Guicciardini 19, Florence
Botticelli Gallery, Via Maggio, 39. Florence
LAO-Le Arti Orafe, Via dei Serragli 104, Florence

Workshops       
25-28 May, 9.00 - 18.00 h
LAO laboratories. Via dei Serragli 104, Florence

Conferences
26-27  May, 11.00 - 13.00 h / 14.30 - 18.00 h
Sala Consiliare, Santo Spirito Church Cloister. Santo Spirito square, Florence
 
Artisans demonstrations
28 May, 11.00 - 18.00                                             
LAO open space, Via dei Serragli 104, Florence

Reception and meeting point
25-28 May, 11.00 - 18.00                                             
LAO in Palazzo Capponi. Via Michelozzi 2, Firenze



>> The updating programme will be published at www.artiorafe.it  and www.preziosa.org



LAO - Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School
Via dei Serragli, 104
50124 Firenze (Italy) +39 055 22 80 131
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