1. SASKIA VAN DER GUCHT - ON SAND: UNPACKING PRECIOUSNESS (EN)

Saturday 27 April, 14:30 

On Sand: unpacking preciousness is a one-year research project which questions - through the Symbiocene as an overarching theoretical and practical framework - what the role of jewellery and treasured objects could be, in the age of re-learning interdependence with living and non-living beings.

In a 2022 UNEP report on sand and sustainability, sand is reported to become scarce as it is the second most used resource, besides water, on earth. It is present in every building, road, window and screen we use daily. As abundant as it seems, it is predicted to become scarce due to overconsumption by industrial use.

In Saskia Van der Gucht’s artistic practice, the metonymy of packaging and preciousness, jewellery boxes being a well known example, becomes a means to question and visualise how the finitude of this raw material is underestimated on the one hand and could serve as a precedent for future care on the other.

Saskia Van der Gucht is a visual artist, researcher and teacher based in Antwerp.Her work deals with the complexities and ecologies of emotional and economic value of materials and the feeling of home. Through a combination of references to jewellery and architecture, she translates these subjects into objects, small installations, photography and drawing. In 2014 she obtained an MA in Jewellery Design at Sint Lucas Antwerp. Since 2019 she has been teaching the theory course ‘Art & design in the anthropocene’. From 2017 to 2022 she was a teacher at the jewellery department, both at Sint Lucas Antwerp.

Address: MAD Brussels, Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains 10 — Nieuwe Graanmarkt 10, 1000 Brussels.

Fee : Access to this event is entirely free. Registration is compulsory.

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2. DAVID HUYCKE - ABOUT PARTS AND WHOLES 

(EN)

Sunday 28 April, 11:00

About Parts and wholes is a presentation of the metalwork and artistic research of David Huycke, with a focus on his innovative approach to granulation in larger silverware and on the use of the sphere as a pictorial symbol.

David Huycke is a visual artist who explores a variety of media, but is best known for his innovative approach to metalwork, more specifically the use of granulation in larger sculptural silver objects.

Huyckes work balances on the edge of figuration and abstraction. Drawing inspiration from cosmic themes, he delves into the poetic essence of natural and universal phenomena, aiming to convey a profound awareness of the world around us. David Huycke is a jury member for this second Brussels Jewellery Week edition.

Address: MAD Brussels, Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains 10 — Nieuwe Graanmarkt 10, 1000 Brussels.

Fee : Access to this event is entirely free. Registration is compulsory.

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SATERDAY 27 April

14.30 Welcome & introduction of the speaker – Les Brucelles

14.45 Talk by Saskia Van der Gucht (EN)

15.45 Q&A

SUNDAY 28 April  

11.00 Welcome & introduction of the speaker – Les Brucelles

11.15 Talk by David Huycke (EN)

12.15 Q&A

FRIDAY 3 MAY

12.30 Creative lunch with Stéphanie D'Heygere