Program

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Last updated: March 31, 2010

Day 1
Monday 12.04

Theme I. What Does It Mean To Us? Jewellery, Identity and Communication
09:00	Registration of participants
11:00	Welcome
11:30	Gray Matter: No Brain, No Gain Manon van Kouswijk (The Netherlands) Jewellery maker, head of the jewellery department at the Rietveld Academy
11:45	Walking the Gray Area - Ways of Seeing: The body as an area for experimentation; interaction between jewel, wearer, and viewer Caroline Broadhead (UK) Jewellery maker, head of the jewellery department at the Central Saint Martins College of Art And Design
12:30	American Cosmovision through Metals Dr. Clemencia Plazas (Colombia)
13:00	Lunch break
14:00	Use and meaning of materials for different cultures Clemencia Plazas (Chile) Anthropologist, teacher at the Uneiversity of Bogotá, former director of the Museo del Oro del Banco de la Republica Ramón Puig Cuyas (España) Jewellery maker, head of the jewellery department at the Escola Massana Damian Skinner (NZ) Art historian, freelance curator
15:00	Round Table: What does it mean to us? Liesbeth den Besten (The Netherlands) Art historian and journalist, president of the Francoise van den Bosch Foundation Benjamin Lignel (France) Art historian, philosopher and jewellery maker Jorge Manilla (Mexico - Belgium) Sculptor, jewellery maker, profesor of the St. Niklaas Academy Belgium Ximena Briseño (Peru-Australia) Jewellery maker, researcher José Manuel Springer (Mexico) Art critic, editor of Replica 21 magazine, attaché culturel of Mexico in the Netherlands Damian Skinner (NZ) Art historian, freelance curator

Day 2
Tuesday 13.04

Theme II. Two Sides of the Same Coin: The State of the Contemporary Jewellery in Latin America

10:00	Artist Presentation Ruudt Peters (The Netherlands) Jewellery artist
10:30	Versions of contemporary jewellery (teleconference) Monica Gaspar (Spain) Art historian and independent curator, member of Think Tank
11:15	Artist Presentation: Work Inventory Manon van Kouswijk (The Netherlands) Jewellery maker, head of the jewellery department at the Rietveld Academy
11:45	Coffee break
12:00	Artist Presentation (dual): Group Therapy: Artistic Migration Jorge Manilla (Mexico - Belgium) Martha Hryc (Poland - Mexico)
12:55	Artist Presentation: The Labyrinth of Synchrony Beate Eismann (Germany)
13:25	Artist Presentation: Precise and Precious Mirla Fernandes (Brazil)
14:00	Lunch Break
15:00	Artist Presentation: Things of Value Jiro Kamata (Japan - Germany)
15:30	Jewellery in Ecuador: Practices, Dialogues, Flux Dr. Xavier Andrade (Ecuador) Anthropologist, director of the Visual Anthropology department at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Quito
16:10	Coffee break
16:25	Round Table: The role of art and design academies in the encouragement of formal and conceptual experimentation in jewellery Ramon Puig (Spain) Esola Massana Marlen Piloto (Cuba) Academy of Fine Arts of Havana Andres Fonseca (Colombia, Mexico) UNAM Manon van Kouswijk (The Netherlands) Rietveld Academy Iker Otriz (Mexico) Centro Diseño, Cine y Televisión

Day 3
Wednesday 14.04

Theme II. Two Sides of the Same Coin: The State of the Contemporary Jewellery in Latin America

10:30	Artist Presentation: From Chile Walka Studio: Claudia Betancourt y Ricardo Pulgar (Chile)
11:00	From Shamanism to Laser Raúl Ybarra (Mexico) Embryologist, researcher, expert on pre-Columbian metalsmithing techniques. Dr. Sarah O'Hana (UK) Jewellery artist and researcher, The University of Manchester
11:45	Coffee Break
12:00	Artist Presentation: The Zoo of Life Felieke van der Leest (The Netherlands)
12:30	In Search of Identity - Contemporary Jewellery in Colombia and its Contribution to the Craft Field Nuria Carulla (Colombia) Jeweller, founder of Academy Nuria Carulla
13:00	Artist Presentation: A Rose isn’t just a Rose Nana Melland (Norway)
13:30	Lunch break
14:30	Artist Presentation: A Trans-Pacific Technique: Filigree in Australia Ximena Briceño (Peru-Australia)
15:00	Artist Presentation: Encounters and Lost Encounters Francisca Kweitel (Argentina) Jewellery maker, co-founder of gallery Metalisteria, member of Peu de Reina Estela Saez Vilanova (Spain - The Netherlands) Jewellery maker, member of Peu de Reina
15:45	Coffee break
16:00	Artist presentation: Pure Plantanium Miguel Luciano (Puerto Rico) Visual artist
16:30	Round Table: Management and promotion of contemporary jewellery in Latin America Marina Molinelli Wells (Argentina) Metalisteria Ofelia Murrieta (Mexico) Asociación Mexicana de Autores de Joyas Mirla Fernándes (Brazil) Nova Joia Mónica Benítez (Mexico) Centro de Información de Moda para Joyería Peñoles Carolina Rojo (Spain) Fundación Otro Diseño y Design Flux Francisco Ceppi (Chile) Galería Ceppi

Day 4
Thursday 15.04

Theme III. Reshaping the Gray Area: Creating, Connecting, Disseminating

10:00	Just Some Poor Schmuck: The crimes committed against jewellery by the museum and some potential act of reconciliation James Beighton (UK) Curator at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art The Jewellery – The Gallery – The Future Jurgen Eickhoff (Germany) Jeweller and co-funder of Gallery Spektrum, Munich
10:50	Round Table: Dialogues of the Gray Aea José Manuel Springer (Mexico) Art critic, editor of Replica 21 magazine, attaché culturel of Mexico in the Netherlands Valeria Siemelink (Mexico - The Netherlands) Art curator, founder of the Otro Diseño Foundation Andrea Wagner (The Netherlands) Jewellery maker, independent curator Carolina Hornauer (Chile) Jeweller Hanna Hedman (Suecia) Jeweller Andrés Fonseca (Mexico - Colombia) Jeweller Ineke Herkens (Países Bajos) Jeweller Miguel Luciano (Puerto Rico) Jeweller
12:20	Coffee Break
12:35	To Break Down a Wall, is to Open up a View Cristina Filipe (Portugal) Jeweller, president of PIN, Portuguese Association of Contemporary Jewellery
13:20	The Art of Collecting Wearable Art Liesbeth den Besten (The Netherlands) Art historian, journalist, president of the Francoise van den Bosch Foundation
14:00	Lunch break
15:00	In Search of the Missing DNA: From Contemporaneity to Commercialization Ricardo Domingo (Spain) Jewellery maker, marketeer Introduction by Angélica Espina Tozcano, Project Manager Eurocentro NAFIN México, Program AL-Invest
16:00	Coffee break
16:15	Round table: The positioning of jewellery in a truly global context Valeria Siemelink (Mexico - The Netherlands) Art curator, founder of the Otro Diseño Foundation Cristina Filipe (Portugal) Jeweller, president of PIN, Portuguese Association of Contemporary Jewellery Damian Skinner (New Zealand) Art historian, freelance curator Mirla Fernándes (Brazil) Jewellery maker Francisca Kweitel (Argentina) Jewellery maker, co-founder of gallery Metalisteria, member of Peu de Reina Jo Bloxham (UK) Independent curator, cultural promoter Carmen Cordera (Mexico) Founder of Galeria Mexicana de Diseño

Day 5
Friday 16.04

Theme III. Reshaping the Gray Area: Creating, Connecting, Disseminating

10:30	Worktable Lecturers, organizers and audience will have the opportunity to discuss the results of the symposium and formulate ideas for future cooperation projects
13:00	Closure of Symposium