sperkstret

ŠPERKSTRET´10 is coming....

2010-10-15T07:48:00.000-07:00

The forth international conference of contemporary jewellery in Bratislava (Slovakia) Sperkstret´10, follows short running tradition, evolves consciousness in this art discipline and creates the space for meeting of Professional artist-jewellers and theorists in this sphere.

This year the main topic of the conference “Schmuck Causa” will be reflecting field of art jewellery from different points of view and connections (free art versus applied art versus design and so on). The aim is to encourage a search across disciplines for new inspiration and offers a forum for dialogue and discussion. It is a two day conference accompanied by several exhibitions. Sperkstret conference 2010 will take place at the Accademy of Fine Arts and Desing in Bratislava, room no.135 ( It is a nonprofit action, entry is voluntary).

Program of the conference you can find here.
All the support events you can find here.

Program - ŠPERKSTRET´10

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Šperkstret conference 2010 will take place at the Accademy of fine arts and desing in Bratislava. room no.13521st October
10.00 StossimHimmel /Stoss im Himmel (AT)
11.00 Marc Monzó Jewelry /Marc Monzo (SP)
12.00 20 years /Karol Weisslechner (SK )
- break
14.00 Hommage /Kata Kissoczy (SK/CZ)
15.00 Jewellery as Ornament Today /Daniel Kruger (D)
16.00 Brave New World /Katja Prins (NL)

22nd October
10.00 The Reality is a Net /Leo Cabellero (SP)
11.00 La passion des évidences /Nedda El-Asmar (BL)
12.00 ...last few years /Martin Papcún (CZ)
- break
14.00 Out of Africa /Felix Stussi (D)
15.00 Story as an essence of jewellery / Karel V. Novak (CZ)
16.00 The Extension Impulse /Ursula Guttmann (AT)

more detailed program here.

Exhibitions ŠPERKSTRET ´10

2010-10-11T07:56:00.000-07:00

Schmuck Wander (Made by Many)
47 authors , 11 countries, 13 pieces
Venue: Stoss im Himmel 3/1, Wien 1010
duration: 14.10. – 24. 10. 2010
opening hours: po – so / mo – sat :10.00 - 18.00
opening: 14.10. 2010, 17:00
www.stossimhimmel.net

Room no. 211
Exhibition of the Works of students from K.O.V studio, Academy of Fine Arts in Prag
Place: Zichyho palác, Ventúrska 9, Bratislava
duration: 20. 10. - 27. 10. 2010
opening hours: po-pia / mo-fri 12:00 -18:00
opening : 20.10. 2010, 18:00

StossimHimmel
Birgit Wie, Eva Tesarik, Caroline Ertl, Michelle Kraemer, Viktoria Münzker
Place: KOGO New Premises, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 21, Bratislava
duration: 20. 10. - 22. 10. 2010
opening hours: 12:00 - 18:00
opening : 20.10. 2010, 19:00

Segment / Half century of Slovak contemporary jewellery
Place: Galéria Medium, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, Bratislava
curators: Ágnes Schramm, Mária Nepšinská
duration: 1. 10. - 31. 10. 2010
opening hours: ut-st-pi-so-ne / tue-we-thu-fri: 10:00 – 17:00,
so/sat: 12:00 – 19:00/

Site of crime
Exhibition of the Works of students from SML_XL studio, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
Place: Accademy of Fine Arts and Design, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, Bratislava
duration: 20. 10. - 22. 10. 2010

Jewellery MODEL
Lucia Bartková
Place: Senelius, Vysoká 8, Bratislava
duration: 18. 10. - 12. 11. 2010
opening hours: ut-sob/ thu-sat: 10:00 - 14:00

Matej Bezúch 03 / Pavol Prekop 0:0
Place: Galéria enter, Panenská 32, Bratislava
curator: Katarína Gatialová
duration: 21. 10. 2010 - 4. 11. 2010
opening hours: po-št / mo-thu: 17.00 - 19.00
opening : 21.10. 2010, 18:30

Felix Urs Stüssi
Place: Goethe-Institut Bratislava, Panenská 33
duration: 21. 10. 2010 (vernisáž 19:15) - 12. 11.2010
opening hours: po-štv/mo-thu: 13:30 – 17:00, so/sat: 9:00 - 13:00

LINKA!?
tristo päťsto, akože aj toto...aj tamto aj odtiaľ malo, keby len tak že fakt že len tak, alebo možnože nikdy viac, keby-že dlho tak potom už aj oveľa viac a tak aj ďalej... Slávka Ondrušová
Place: Next Apache, Panenská 28, Bratislava
duration: 21.10. - 21.11. 2010
opening hours: po-pia/mo-fri: 9:00 - 24:00, so-ne/sat-su: 10:00 - 24:00 opening : 21.10. 2010, 20:00

Goldfish Bowl
Lucia Gašparovičová
Place: Výklad zlatníctva Topas, Grösslingova 23, Bratislava
duration: 22. 10. 2010, 8:00 - 16:30

Gloomy gardens
Bety K. Majerníková, Kristýna Španihelová
Place: GMB Pálffyho palác, Panská 19, Bratislava
duration: 20. 10. - 23. 10. 2010
opening hours: ut-ne/tue-su: 11:00 - 18:00

Paper inspirations – jewellery
Nynke van Amersfoort (NL), Babsi Daum (A), Silvia Fedorová (SK), Susanne Holzinger (D), Christine Keyeux (B), Elisabeth Krampe (D), Christina Leitner (A), Barbara Schrobenhauser (D), Katharina Sochor (CH), Janna Syvänoja (FI)tori:
Place: Galeria X, Zámočnícka 5, Bratislava
duration: 16. 10. - 23.10. 2010
opening hours: po-pi/mo-fri: 13:00 - 18:00, so/sat: 13:00 - 17:00

Anton Cepka
Place: SNG Esterházyho palác, Nám. Ľudovíta Štúra, Bratislava
duration: 20.10. - 24.10. 2010
opening hours: ut-ne/tue-su: 10:00 – 17:30

Nedda El-Asmar

2010-10-10T02:44:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present Nedda El-Asmar as a lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Nedda El-Asmar, designer and silversmith from Belgia . She studied jewelry, design and silversmithing at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in Antwerp, and she completed her education at the Royal College of Art in London. Her design work has earned her numerous awards and prizes. She was awarded as the “Belgian Designer of 2007”. Since 2007, she has also been teaching at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. www.nedda.be

water pipe

set of cutlery

Sastrugi – Royal Polar Survival Set

The interior of the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica

La Passion des Evidences - 2007

Katja Prins

2010-10-09T19:50:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present Katja Prins as a lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Katja Prins studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. She exhibits her works and gives lectures quite often. Her work is inspired by the relationship between human bodies and mechanic devices, technology and industry. www.katjaprins.com

Booch 2007

Brooch 2009

Brooch 2006

inspiration lounge - interview with Katja Prins. The inspiration lounge is projekt of le tapir/ www.letapir.de

Marc Monzó

2010-10-07T06:59:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present Marc Monzó as a lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Marc Monzó - jeweler and designer. He studied at Escola Massana in Barcelona. His creations are known for his fresh and playful approach to the form and function of the created object. He is often giving lectures and doing exhibitions around the world. www.marcmonzo.net

Brooch "Big solitaire" 2005

Brooch 2006

Pin "Ping pong ball" 2003

Pin, 2002

Daniel Kruger

2010-10-06T09:06:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present Daniel Kruger as a lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Daniel Kruger is a well known artist – jeweler. He studied under the lead of professor Hermann Junger at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He is the head of the jewelry studio at the University for Art and Design, in Halle. His works have been exhibited widely by galleries and museums internationally and he was recognized with awards and respect worldwide for his contributions to contemporary jewelry. Daniel Kruger is a versatile artist. Not just his disciplines - he makes both ceramics and jewellery - but the variety of his ideas and themes. Much of his inspiration is from historical and ethnic sources.

Brooch, 2008
“I use many different materials, both rich and poor. The forms vary from organic to geometric, the organic however seems to prevail. Texture, pattern and colour play a big role, as does sensuality both in the shapes as well as in the use of material. Many pieces have a distinct erotic quality. I like symmetry; often pieces are made up of pairs. For ideas I draw on natural forms and artefacts of all kind, both historical as well as contemporary. This I believe is evident in my work. The crafting of each piece is part of the creative thinking process. The jewellery I make is to adorn a person, to be a celebration. Its place is the body and its intention is to enhance the wearer as well as to be an object of contemplation to be taken in the hand and looked at from all sides. It is both jewellery and an artefact conceived and made by one person for the enjoyment by another person.”
Daniel Kruger

Necklace, 2006

Brooch, 2009, back site

Brooch, 2009, front

Sorces:
www.klimt02.net

www.burg-halle.de/kunst/plastik/schmuck.html

Ursula Guttmann

2010-10-05T02:14:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present Ursula Guttmann as a lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Jeweler, textile designer from Austria. She studied at The Textile Department at the University of Art and Design in Linz. She also studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Since 2000, she has had her own studio in Linz. She also worked in Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid and Rotterdam. She is inspired by organic forms, and often transfers it to her creations through the unexpected materials. www.ursulaguttmann.com

Brooch, Bi-Bi, silicone, steel, 2006

Necklace, Body extensions II; Silicone, Nylon, red gold, chain, 2005

Body piece: [x] : tension 1 - 2009 - silicone, steel Symbiosis shirt and object

Body piece [x] : tension, organic symbiosis, Performance Pixelhotel Linz, 2009; Photo: E.Grebe

Performance xtension by Ursula Guttmann in Linz, Austria in 2009.The work´s concept is a symbiosis of body objects integrated in a top

Karel Vratislav Novák

2010-10-04T10:32:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present Karel Vratislav Novák as a lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Karel Vratislav Novák - artist, sculptor, jeweler... Well-known Czech artist who have been a longtime Head of the Sculpture Studio, specialized in metal and jewelry, at The Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague. Since 2009, he has been the head of The Metal and Jewelry Department at the University of Plzeň. His method of creating the art is very loose and it is difficult to fit it into any category. His work contains installations, kinetic objects, architecture objects, photography, jewelery etc.

instalation, retrospective exhibition of KVN, 2008

instalation, retrospective exhibition of KVN, 2008

The Metronome, Letenské sady, Prague

Stoss im Himmel

2010-10-03T12:20:00.000-07:00

Fellows from Vienna - Stoss im Himmel will present their behavior at the lecture on the Sperkstret 2010.

Group Stoss im Himmel was founded in 1996 when five Austrian jewelers joined their efforts and opened their studio for public. Their activities often exceed the usual jewelry borders. The lineup of the group has changed over the years. These days, the members are Birgit Wie, Caroline Ertl, Eva Tesarik and Max Grün who were the original founders. Since 2009, Viktoria Münzker and Michelle Kraemer have been a part of the group. www.stossimhimmel.net

Martin Papcun

2010-10-02T11:26:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present Martin Papcun as a lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Martin Papcun - jeweler, sculptor. He studied in metal and jewelry studio at the Academy of Art, Design and Architecture in Prague. Besides his permanent work and exhibitions, he is currently studying at the Academy of fine arts in Munich under the lead of professor Otto Künzli. He utilizes sculpture and architectural approaches in his jewelry creations. www.papcun.net

" At the moment I'm working on reflection of my 'promiscuity in changing living spaces' I created models of buildings, objects and ground plans of flats and houses where I used to live....I'm working with my personal relationships with places, with my frustration from constant moving from place to place. I realize that I kept all of those places in my memory and I keep specific feelings towards each of them. I'm analyzing ground planes of flats, I'm trying to define most characteristic feature of each. I recollect memories of people, smells, specific moments..."
Martin Papcun

object 2007

"Untitled" instalation, SPACES gallery,Cleveland USA

Leo Caballero

2010-10-02T06:54:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present Leo Caballero as a first confirmed lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Leo Caballero is founder and publisher of most important contemporary online jewelry portal Klimt02. He studied jewelry and design at Escola Elisava in Barcelona. Since 2001, he has run Klimt02 together with his colleague Amador Bertomeu. Since 2007, they have also opened real gallery of contemporary jewel Klimt in Barcelona. www.klimt02.net

Leo Cabellero(left) and Amador Bertomeu

portal Klimt02

on line gallery Klimt02

on line gallery Klimt02

Kata Kissoczy

2010-10-01T04:16:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present “Czechoslovak” artist Kata Kissoczy as a lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Her works are crossover between various visual art fields, such as: design, sculpture, installations, stenography etc. Since 1984, she has run her own studio Artpuzzle in Prague. She is organizer of sculpture/ jewellery symposium Hommage in Bratislava as well.

Felix Urs Stüssi

2010-10-01T04:10:00.000-07:00

We are proud to present Felix Urs Stüssi as a lecturer for ŠPERKSTRET conference 2010.

Jeweler, anthropologist, organiser Felix Urs Stüssi, studied jewelry and ornamental design at Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Pforzheim in Germany. He also studied cultural Anthropology at the University of Heidelberg and University of Freiburg. He took part in extensive travels in Africa. He organizes the annual summer workshops and the Annual International Symposium for Ornament makers in Switzerland. www.stuessi.de

Matej Bezúch 03 Pavol Prekop 0:0

2010-09-02T22:37:00.000-07:00

Schmuck Wander

2010-09-02T22:33:00.000-07:00

SEGMENT

2010-09-01T14:06:00.000-07:00

First event appurtenant to the ŠPERKSTRET 2010 will be:

*SEGMENT/Half century of Slovak contemporary jewellery
The SEGMENT exhibition presents the selection of works by authors that have formed Slovak jewellery up to date and those, who established Slovak contemporary jewellery as a creative art in European context.

Segment / Half century of Slovak contemporary jewellery
place: Galéria Medium, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, Bratislava
curator: PhDr. Ágnes Schramm, Mgr. Mária Nepšinská
duration: 1. 10. - 31. 10. 2010
opening hours: tue-we-thu-fri: 10:00 – 17:00,
so/sat: 12:00 – 19:00/
opening: 1. 10. 2010, 18:00

more: http://nuee-blog.blogspot.com/2010/09/segment.html

Gloomy gardens / Exhibition

2010-09-01T13:44:00.000-07:00

Paper inspirations – jewellery

2010-09-01T09:10:00.000-07:00

Detailed conference program 2010

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Šperkstret conference 2010 will take place at the Accademy of fine arts and desing in Bratislava. room no.135

21st October
*10.00 StossimHimmel / Stoss im Himmel (AT)
Group Stoss im Himmel was founded in 1996 when five Austrian jewellers joined their efforts and opened their studio for public. Their activities often exceed the usual jewellery borders. These days, the members are Birgit Wie, Caroline Ertl, Eva Tesarik and Max Grün who were the original founders. Since 2009, Viktoria Münzker and Michelle Kraemer have been a part of the group.

*11.00 Marc Monzó Jewelry / Marc Monzo (SP)
Jeweller and designer Marc Monzó studied at Escola Massana in Barcelona. His creations are known for his fresh and playful approach to the form and function of the created object.

*12.00 20 years / Karol Weisslechner (SK)
Architect and jeweller prof. Karol Weisslechner will present twenty years of Metal and Jewellery studio at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.

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*14.00 Hommage and Erna Masarovicova / Kata Kissoczy (SK/CZ)
“Czechoslovak” artist. Her works are crossover between various visual art fields, such as: design, sculpture, installations, stenography etc. She will present her new project - sculpture / jewellery symposium Hommage

*15.00 Jewellery as Ornament Today / Daniel Kruger (D)
Artist, jeweller Daniel Kruger is the head of the jewellery studio at the University for Art and Design, in Halle. Much of his inspiration is from historical and ethnic sources. He was recognized with awards and respect worldwide for his contributions to contemporary jewellery.

*16.00 Brave New World / Katja Prins (NL)
Artist, jeweller Katja Prins studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Her well known work is inspired by the (intimate) relationship between human bodies and mechanic devices, (medical) technology and industry.

22nd October

*10.00 The Reality is a Net / Leo Cabellero (SP)
Founder and publisher of most important contemporary online jewellery portal Klimt02. He studied jewellery and design at Escola Elisava in Barcelona. Since 2001, he has run Klimt02 together with his colleague Amador Bertomeu. Since 2007, they have also opened real gallery of contemporary jewel Klimt in Barcelona.

*11.00 La passion des évidences / Nedda El-Asmar (BL)
She studied jewellery design and silversmithing at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in Antwerp, and she completed her education at the Royal College of Art in London. She was awarded as the “Belgian Designer of 2007”. Since 2007, she has also been teaching at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

*12.00 ...last few years / Martin Papcún (CZ)
Jeweller, sculptor Martin Papcún studied in metal and jewellery studio at the Academy of Art, Design and Architecture in Prague. Besides his permanent work and exhibitions, he is currently studying at the Academy of fine arts in Munich under the lead of professor Otto Künzli. He utilizes sculpture and architectural approaches in his jewellery creations

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*14.00 Out of Africa / Felix Stussi (D)
Jeweller, anthropologist, organiser. Felix Stussi studied jewellery and ornamental design, but also cultural Anthropology. He took part in extensive travels in Africa (Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa and Cameroon). He organizes the annual summer workshops and the Annual International Symposium for Ornament makers in Switzerland.

*15.00 Story as an essence of jewellery / Karel Vratislav Novak (CZ)
Czech artist who have been a longtime Head of the Sculpture Studio, specialized in metal and jewellery, at The Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague. Since 2009, he has been the head of The Metal and Jewellery Department at the University of Plzeň. His method of creating the art is very loose and it is difficult to fit it into any category. His work contains installations, kinetic objects, architecture objects, photography, jewellery etc.

*16.00 The Extension Impulse / Ursula Guttmann (AT)
She studied at The Textile Department at the University of Art and Design in Linz. She also studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Since 2000, she has had her own studio in Linz. She is inspired by organic forms, and often transfers it to her creations through the unexpected materials.

Anton Cepka / Slovak National Gallery

2010-09-01T04:12:00.000-07:00

SPERKSTRET 2008/ Related events / 6th Traveling symposium Bratislava

2010-04-12T04:02:00.000-07:00

Miroslav Cogan
6th Travelling Symposium in Bratislava

When I arrived in the rainy autumn Bratislava my head was still full of fresh memories from the 20th anniversary symposium in Turnov, where an international community met again in July. The program included an extensive retrospective of the best jewellery from the collection of pieces that have been made at this symposium since 1984, and it was enriched by a new addition, a jewellery collection which shares its mutual underlying assumption with the Turnov event. If ideas could be smelled, it would have reminded you of the Mediterranean. The jewellery has been created at the Pyrenees peninsula, in the beautiful corners of Spain and Portugal, where the first Travelling Symposiums were held. We started it all with Sonia Ruiz Arkaute, in 2003, in the Basque town of Vitoria/Gasteiz and continued along the lines of the time-proven Turnov recipe – get to know the place, have exhibitions, presentations, workshop work and shared dinners, where we enjoyed sea food and other delicatessen in a friendly atmosphere.

One of the aims of the Travelling Symposium is to monitor how is the genius loci reflected in visual artwork, and also to promote contemporary author jewellery. That is why we decided to travel from a place to place. The second of our beautiful meetings was held in Lisbon, in 2004. It was prepared by Manuel Vilhena, Xana Lisboa and Tony Rosário. The amiable city and the closeness of the ocean created an unforgettable backdrop for our symposiums. One of the participants, Ana Campos, decided to continue this tradition in cooperation with the Museum of Gold (Museu do Ouro) in the north Portugese town of Travassos, particularly with its director Manuel Sousa. It was all happening in a small enclave with thousands of years of tradition in filigrane jewellery, surrounded by white granite houses with characteristic chimneys and massive fireplaces. The surrounding forests were black after a wave of fires. Next came Menorca, Sonia Arkaute found an ally in an art school in the seaport town Máo in 2006, where the old traditions of the Mediterranean civilization has melted with Spanish culture and imprints left by the British imperial dominance.

For now the last Travelling Symposium happened in 2007 in the Catalan town Vilafranca del Penedés. Our partner here, the art school, had a characteristic name: Arsenal. It complied with the idea that there should always be an explosion of new ideas detonated by new friends, new places and freedom without the stereotypical rituals of everyday life. The jewellery symposium became a part of their Days of Culture taking over the streets with jazz and wine. How would Bratislava hold up in this competition? Bratislava, where I helped invite foreign artists and where I was bringing the results and works from our previous Travelling Symposiums to present our first collective exhibition. I thought about the Slovak metropolis when we could not find enough funding to organize our symposium in Valencia; there was an eminent threat that the annual Travelling Symposium tradition would have to come to an end. To be honest I could not think about anyone, apart from my friends from the S+M+L_XL studio at the Academy of fine Arts (Vysoká škola výtvarných umení), who would be not only willing, but also have enough energy to organize such an event in such a short time. Everyone who is partaking at the ambitions program of the studio - professor and current rector Karol Weisslechner, Bety K. Majerníková, Maja Nepšinská and Matúš Cepka – have already been my guests in Turnov and we have been cooperating for a long time.

I was also looking forward to meet the participants themselves, as most of them are my friends. Bad weather caused that not only the southerners put on their winter coats, and it became impossible to roam through the Bratislava surroundings or the famous Devin castle. But it could not have slowed down the hectic nonstop ride between the openings of five jewellery exhibitions, our workshop, the conference prepared by curators Bety K. Majerníková and Maja Nepšinská, and the Bratislava night life. PhDr. Jana Burianová, the energetic director of the Czech Cultural Center, joined us this year and clicked right into our crazy ride. It was her Center who offered space to have our first Travelling Symposium jewellery exhibition (characteristically on plastic moving boxes) presented as a whole; with new additions acquired at the end, which we will talk about later. The jewellery treatment started on Tuesday 7 October with an exhibition in the Meteorit theater, where works from a summer symposium in Kremnica were presented. The curator Maja Nepšinska brought with her a fresh perspective and it seems that the merited Kremnica event will continue blooming. On Thursday we continued from our opening at the Czech Cultural Center to the Bratislava Castle, particularly to the gallery Nuée, to see the opening of the exhibition Interiors, which is a playful and inventive cooperation between the jeweller Hana H. Kašičkova with the sculptor Mirka Podmanicka. The last two exhibitions were in the academy building – a small scale monothematic exhibition Matej Bezúch 02 in the basement gallery Hit and an extensive retrospective exhibition of the jewellery pieces created in the S+M+L_XL studio called Golden Folder installed in the school’s gallery Medium; Both started simultaneously on 10 October. The PhD student Matej Bezúch installed portraits of political corpses since Stalin to the current establishment on improvised grave stones, and thus created a curious mix of grotesque and shivers. The great collective exhibition consisted of compiled works by the alumni, current students and the faculty and was accompanied by a catalogue depicting the works of almost 50 Slovak jewellers. It was impressive not only because of the number and quality of works or the range of visual expression, but mostly because of the accumulated energy of this artistic generation, or in other words energy of a school which holds great promises for the future of unique Slovak jewellery.

The works created at the 6th Travelling Symposium were not so much influenced by the city, but rather by the circumstances surrounding it, mostly the whole event and studio atmosphere, with all the attention focusing on contemporary civilization phenomena like the media. Gisbert Stach participated in this concept by creating a video documenting the process of creating chain necklaces, his model being Sonia Arkaute. And she was not only the model, she recorded the whole performance in her plastic necklace with a stylized figure falling under the weight of chains above which the colorful eye of the recorder evolves. Pavol Prekop created a video, where all of us participated, and put it on CDs adjusted to be jewellery. The metropolitan atmosphere suited Kepa Karmon’s concept of practical jewellery for the homeless well, and the same applies to the works of Deganit Stern Schocken, where the civilization’s waste is coexistent with plastic plant elements. Steffi Klemp, who among the foreign participants came to grow together with Slovak culture the most, kept creating her carved earrings and drapes from her favorite material - wood. The key to the lightly provocative necklace by Ulrich Reithofer, with its fragile looking crystal pearls and massive blue lapis was provided in his Jewellery Slam presentation full of spectacular pictures and funny animation and music. Martin Papcún, who left the symposium for a short time due to work duties in Italy, was the one with the shortest time to get to know Bratislava, but nonetheless he left here his standard space brooches reminding you of building blocks fragments. As it has already been said, the circumstance were not the best, thus the people could not grow to love the town and its surroundings or the most important cultural context. It is possible that the chilly Bratislava was not love on first sight. It would be hard to find any Bratislava echo in the created jewellery, but it does not change anything about the visual quality of the pieces. We, who had enjoyed nine days together and were able to watch the creation of the jewellery, feel that the pieces are an artistic documentary about unrepeatable meetings, situations and a unique atmosphere.

SPERKSTRET 2008/ Related events/ Exhibitions

2010-04-12T03:23:00.000-07:00

There were also several exhibitions held as part of the Jewellery Slam SPERKSTRET’08 program.

-Travelling Symposium, jewellery exhibition
Czech centre, Bratislava
(This exhibition together with the author concept of Mira Podmanická a Hana Kašičková called Interiors, exhibited in the Nuée gallery (9 - 20 October 2008) were at the same time a part of the official opening for the 3rd international conference Jewellery Slam SPERKSTRET’08)

Travelling Symposium - exhibition
Travelling Symposium - exhibition

Travelling Symposium - exhibition

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- Golden Folder, Jewellery exhibition of studio SMLXL Medium Gallery, Bratislava The most eye-catching event of Jewellery Slam ‘08 was the opening of the Golden Folder exhibition presenting works created at the S+M+L_XL studio of Metal and Jewellery in gallery Medium, combined with the introduction of a catalogue under the same name. The catalogue lists works by current students, alumni and the studio’s faculty. As the individual solitaire pieces and collections have diverse concepts and utilize different means of expression, the exhibition was executed so as to show the whole multispectral scene of Slovak jewellery making and at the same time created an inspirational dialogue with the exhibition of the Travelling symposium project held at the same time. The Golden Folder exposition included chosen author collections presented in various suitcases instead of glass cases, installed in order to create an atmosphere of a baggage depository

Golden Folder

http://nuee-blog.blogspot.com/2010/04/golden-folder-exhibition.html

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Matej Bezuch 02 - jewellery - PhD student at the S+M+L_XL studio at the Metal and Jewellery department, introduced his work at a solitaire exhibition in the HIT gallery
HIT Gallery Bratislava

http://nuee-blog.blogspot.com/2010/04/matej-bezuch.html

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Symposium Kremnica 2008, jewellery exhibition
Meteorit theatre gallery, Bratislava

SPEKSTRET 2008 Photoreport

2010-04-12T03:07:00.000-07:00

Sperkstret 2008audience

Sonia Ruiz de Arkaute

audience

Sperkstret 2008

Ulrich Reithofer , Lida Sikolova, Gisbert Stach,

Kepa Karmona

Eva Eisler

Deganit Stern Schocken

Lectuers

more about sperkstet 2008:

nuee-blog.blogspot.com/2010/04/sperk-stret-08-photo-report-from.html

more about lecturers:

www.deganitschocken.com/

www.karolw.eu/

www.mono.de/en/the_brand_mono/designers/eva_eisler/index.html garaje.ya.com/pelutxinweb/

www.charonkransenarts.com/artists/Klemp_6_2005/artist_klemp.html

www.betymajernikova.sk/

zeichenaufstand.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/gisbert-stach/

www.klimt02.net/jewellers/index.php?item_id=857

www.3-places.com/deutsch/p-uli.html

SPERKSTRET 2008

2010-04-12T02:41:00.000-07:00

Between Construction and Emotion

The aim of Jewellery Slam SPERKSTRET 2008 was to interconnect all lectures and discussions with a unifying theme, which would embrace the current way of thinking and direction in the field of jewellery making, thus the choice of invited lecturers was adjusted accordingly. In a two day long marathon of lectures with the topic Between Construction and Emotion 13 national and foreign lecturers interested in different trends were introduced.
Headliners of the program included a trio of professors associated with the field of architecture: Deganit Stern Schocken from Izrael, the department head of the Brtaislava S+M+L_XL studio of Metal and jewellery Karol Weisslechner and the head of the Prague Metal and Jewellery studio Eva Eisler (CZ).
Three striking authors dedicated to jewellery from the female perspective were: Sylvia Jokelová (SK), Stefanie Klemp (D), Bety K.Majerníková (SK).
Three jewellers with a markedly individual approach to creation were introduced: Gisbert Stach (D), Kepa Karmona (SP), Ulrich Reithofer (A).
The theoretical basis and curator practice were represented by: a Czech theorist and art historian Miroslav Cogan (CZ) and a co-ofounder of the Travelling Symposium project Sonia Ruiz de Arkaute from Spain, art and esthetics theorist Jozef Kovalčik (SK), jeweller and art theorist Mária Nepšinská (SK).

more about sperkstet 2008:
nuee-blog.blogspot.com/2010/04/sperk-stret-08-photo-report-from.html

more about lecturers:
www.deganitschocken.com
www.karolw.eu
www.mono.de/en/the_brand_mono/designers/eva_eisler/index.html garaje.ya.com/pelutxinweb/
www.charonkransenarts.com/artists/Klemp_6_2005/artist_klemp.html
www.betymajernikova.sk/
zeichenaufstand.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/gisbert-stach/
www.klimt02.net/jewellers/index.php?item_id=857
www.3-places.com/deutsch/p-uli.html

SPERKSTRET / little bit of history

2010-04-12T02:24:00.000-07:00

The Jewellery Slam SPERSTRET tradition was initiated in October 2004 by prof. Karol Weisslechner (Head of metal and jewellery studio at the Accademy of fine arts and desing, Bratislava). First lecturers was the Dutch jeweller Rian de Jong, Peter Zimmerman from Austria, a former assistant from the Prague studio of Metal and Jewellery Petr Vogel, Czech jeweller Lída Šikolová, art theorist and the organizer of international jewellery symposiums from the Museum of Czech Paradise (Muzeum Českého ráje) in Turnov Miroslav Cogan, alumni of the S+M+L_XL studio of Metal and Jewellery Sylvia Jokelová and Lucia Oreská, who are the authors of the ZOOM project (jewellers from Austria and Slovakia participated) and the Slovak author Daniela Mládenková. One of the events accompanying the conference was an exhibition of the S+M+L_XL studio of Metal and Jewellery at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava „What do you want SPY EYE...“ („SPY EYE čo chceš...“) in gallery Medium.

Two years later the event was held again. The lecturers included Theo Smeets, professor from our partner school in Idar Oberstein, Germany, sculptor and jeweller Peter Skubic from Austria, reputable Slovak art theorist Ágnes Schramm, Czech jeweller working in Austria Petr Dvořák, Jiří Urban – a Czech visual artist, designer and co-owner of a jewellery company specialized in work with Czech garnets, and an alumni of the Slovak Metal and Jewellery studio Jana Machatová. As a part of the conference a collaborative exhibition of students from the German Fachhochschule Edelstein und Schmuckdesign Trier and students from the S+M+L_XL studio at the Metal and Jewellery department at the VŠVU in Bratislava, was organized bearing the suitable title „Ex Change“ in the Medium gallery. The exposition reflected works of young German and Slovak artists created during their exchange programs at the partner school’s studio.

more:
www.karolw.eu
www.riandejong.nl
www.theosmeets.com
www.peterskubic.heim.at
www.dvorakart.com
www.nsaio.de