Shining DESPAIR

"It is clear to all of us that the degree of the current chaos in the world is caused by our own actions, creating internal as well as external conflicts. We all suffer. The texture, characteristics, and significance of our suffering are more or less known to us, we try to get rid of them. Always with limited success. Some sort of pain and suffering are too overwhelming and cause a feeling of helplessness and a state of mind that we can either transform or accept as it is.

But we artists have a unique opportunity; with our craftsmanship and its requirements and the various materials and substances that are in front of us, we can take out the texture of our despair and transform it, following the call for life and creating luminous objects, – giving birth to a shining jewelry piece, with all its beauty and grace, a silent witness to our despair."

PARTICIPANTS:

Aimee Howard-Clinger, Anna Talbot, Anna Timar, Ara Jo, Arisa Inoue, Aya Iwata, Carmen Lopez, Catalina Rivera, Clara Del Papa, Deganit Schocken, Deimezi Xenia, Denis Music, Donald Friedlich, Eiko Nakahara, Eliane-Catrie Blouin Achim, Elvira Cibotti, Esteban Erosky, Eunhee Cho, Fanni Nagy, Gloria Tormo, Holland Houdek, Henrike Altes, Iris Merkle, Isabelle Busnel, Javier Ens, Jeanine van der Linde, Jeannette Knigge, Jina Seo, Jounghye Park, Juan Harnie, Juan Riusech, Kamile Staneliene, Katherine Hubble, Katherine Mc Namara, Laurel Fulton, Léna Lindahl, Lily Preve, Lorena Lazard, Malene Kastalje, Maria Konschake, Marilyn Koch, Marta Alonso, Minami Hiranuma, Maud Traon, Misha McLean, Myriam Theveniaud, Namkyung Lee., Pilar Viedma, Raquel Bessudo, Rho Tang, Rikke Lunnemann, Sanna Svedestedt, Sara Shahak, Sébastien Carré, Sunyoung Cheong, Susan Buchanan, Taibe Palacios, Thu Huong Nguyen, Uri Samet, Ute van der Plaats, Wiebke Pandikow, Willy Van de velde, Yichen Dong & Stacey Huang, Youjin-Um.