Wie wat vindt heeft slecht gezocht

Abstract

In recent years, artistic research has gained an increasingly important position within artists’ practices, both within an art and education context, as a way of acquiring, generating and sharing knowledge. Simultaneously, practice-based research is a complex concept to grasp and generates room for discussion, certainly within craft-based disciplines where the provenance, impact and use of materials, techniques and skills are often dominated by functionality and where its social and cultural relevance are sometimes secondary to artistry and physical outcomes.

The exhibition 'Wie wat vindt heeft slecht gezocht' unites researchers and artists affiliated with PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt, and Hasselt University, Belgium. The intention of this exhibition is to show the practice of eight artists who work internationally in the (broad) discipline of jewellery and body-related objects. Although their research processes and related methodologies are very diverse, reflection on the making process and on artistic research as such are important components they share.

Through experimental and interdisciplinary research into and with contemporary jewellery and body-related objects, at the interface between fine art, ‘the objet d’art’, and design, these researchers explore contemporary (re-)translations of traditional artistic forms, materials, techniques, functions and/or concepts. In addition to the final product, the creation process itself is of the utmost importance, as it is based on the active interaction between materialisation and idea as a design method. In this process, the body often acts as a provider of meaning and as a carrier of tacit knowledge or specific memories. As such, the intention of this exhibition is not only to contribute to ongoing debate on research in the arts, but also to provide new impulses specifically in the field of contemporary jewellery and objects.

Researchers and alumni from PXL-MAD and Hasselt University, hosted by Atelier David Gotlib in Antwerp: Anneleen Swillen, Charlotte Vanhoubroeck, Jesse Magee, Joani Groenewald, Liesbet Bussche, Madeli Viljoen, Maria Konschake, Patricia Domingues

Date: 24–26.11.2023

Opening Times: Friday 12:00-19:00, Saturday 11:00–20:00, Sunday 11:00–17:00

Opening Event: 25.11.2023, 18:00 Location: Atelier David Gotlib– Korte Klarenstraat 9, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium @atelierdavidgotlib

This exhibition took place within the context of 'Obsessed!' A jewellery festival organised by Current Obsession.