by Carole Epp | Sep 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Contexts of Contemporary Ceramics
Bergen, Norway
27th – 29th of October 2011
The opposition between studio and industrial ceramics that has had such a central place in the self-understanding of studio ceramicists, no longer seems meaningful. A shift from production to reproduction has taken place. Images and patterns from different sources are appropriated and manipulated. Mass-produced objects, often characterized by disuse, disruption and damage, have come to be increasingly used as raw materials. The relationship between artist and artisan has also changed. The conference focusses on the way in which these changes influence contemporary making, and how they contribute to the unmaking of conventional understanding of ceramics and craft practises in general.
Speakers:Glenn Adamson, Barnaby Barford, Marek Cecula, Nicole Cherubini, Mònica Gaspar, Tanya Harrod, Ben Highmore, Gitte Jungersen, Søren Kjørup,Carol McNicoll, Kevin Murrey, Andrew Livingstone, Michael Petry,Mike Press, Paul Scott, Ezra Shales, Richard Slee, Caroline Slotte, Linda Sormin, Hans Stofer, Clare Twomey, Jorunn Veiteberg and Anne Britt Ylvisåker.
Exhibitions:West Norway Museum of Decorative Art:
Thing Tang Trash. Upcycling in Contemporary Ceramics (curator: Heidi Bjørgan); Galleri Rom 8:
Kjell Rylander; Hordaland Art Centre:
Shot: Textiles and Photography (curator: Glenn Adamson); Galleri Format:
The Red Room (curator: Heidi Bjørgan); Galleri Fisk; S12:
Young and Loving. Location:Terminus Hall, Hotel Grand Terminus, Bergen, Norway.
A research conference organized by K-verdi (
www.k-verdi.no) at Bergen National Academy of the Arts, in collaboration with Art Museums of Bergen. Supported by the Norwegian Research Council, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Bergen kommune, Hordaland Fylkeskommune and Norske Kunsthåndverkere.
Find all the details here.
by Carole Epp | Sep 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Runs from September 30th to November 13th @ Stoke-On-Trent
BCB showcases excellence and the best of contemporary practice by makers and artists across the UK, building significant partnerships with other major festivals and centres for ceramic research, and making significant European partnerships. At the heart of the British Ceramics Biennial is AWARD at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, a major exhibition of work by artists, potters and designers working at the creative leading edge of contemporary ceramics practice. From the 28 finalists exhibited, one winner will be awarded a £10,000 prize. We’re delighted to welcome Spode, part of the Portmeirion Group, as the sponsor of this Award, and also the Spode Room, making them our leading sponsor partner in 2011. On the historic listed site of the original Spode Pottery factory in Stoke Town, FRESH will showcase the work of 40 recent UK graduates. FRESH will also highlight the Crafts Council’s “Firing Up” project to re-invigorate the learning of ceramics in secondary schools. ReFRESH will showcase examples of ground-breaking ceramic research. One of the largest shop floors at the original Spode site will be the home of A Great Wall. This large-scale installation will feature tableware to technical ceramics, highlighting the diversity, innovation and creativity of the UK ceramic industry. A new body of work by acclaimed ceramic artist Phil Eglin, Mould Store will see the artist re-use and reclaim the discarded ceramic moulds from the nine remaining stores at the original Spode site. Eglin joins five other artists who will create specific responses to the factory buildings to allow visitors to explore the ten-acre site. The work of ten international artists including Tony Cragg, Hella Jongerus, Betty Woodman and Anne Ausioos, produced during residencies at the European Ceramics Work Centre, will be brought to Stoke-on-Trent for Sunday Morning @EKWC. The exhibition is co-curated by Neil Brownsword, an internationally acclaimed artist from Stoke-on-Trent and winner of the overall 2009 BCB Award. OPEN will see the area’s museums, galleries and ceramic industries with their own programme across three weekends during the festival.Visit their website for all the details.
* Update – here‘s an article from the Guardian on the events.
by Carole Epp | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
For nine months, from October 2011 to June 2012, Yukiko Murata teach a course devoted to deepen their knowledge and use of porcelain will be structured on a thematic session per month. On Thursday September 22 at 10:00 am and 20:00 pm, there will be an ongoing presentation of Yukiko Murata and Cortiella Rosa, professor and coordinator respectively. The nine thematic sessions have the following contents: Session 1: Analysis of shrinkage.
Session 2: translucency, fragility and resilience (technical SHINOGUI).
Session 3: Whiteness and vitrification (Zug-embedding technique-).
Session 4: Whiteness and vitrification (technical SOMETSUKE-under cover-)
Session 5: Whiteness and vitrification (technical UWAE third fire-Japanese-)
Session 6: Solutions for the lack of plasticity and resilience (technical paper pulp).
Session 7: Theory: oxidation and reduction
Session 8: Individual Project. From all the material worked, each participant will present their own project and advise technically viable.
Session 9: Project presentation, comments and visit the workshop Yukiko Murata. More information: Asimetric. Ceramics Workshop-School
C / Besalu, 1 bis, bjs.
08026 Barcelona Phone: 93 340 74 89 e-mail: [email protected] Ceramic Review
by Carole Epp | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
craft + design enquiry is pleased to announce a new call for papers for the fifth issue of the journal to be published in 2013.Guest Editor, Suzie Attiwill is calling for papers for this on the theme of A World in Making: Cities Craft Design as outlined below.On 12 March 1913, a naming ceremony took place in an empty paddock on a hill. This rural environment was to become a city, the capital city of Australia, the city of Canberra. The aspirations and the projections of the Griffins’ winning design for Canberra are an example of a world-in-making involving the practices of design and craft. This issue of craft + design enquiry will be published in 2013 – 100 years after this event and when, for the first time in history, more than half the world’s population live in cities. By 2030, this will increase to at least 60% with significant growth happening in cities of developing countries and the emergence of meta-cities with 20 million inhabitants. ‘The twenty-first century will be known as the century of the city’.1 This next issue of craft + design enquiry will focus on and highlight the role, contribution and potential of craft and design practices to the urban environment as well as the transformation of these practices – a world in making. ‘The thing is what we make of the world. … Things are our way of dealing with a world in which we are enmeshed rather than over which we have dominion. … It is our way of dealing with the plethora of sensations, vibrations, movements, and intensities that constitute both our world and ourselves’ … ‘We make objects in order to live in the world’.2 Situated in a journal published by Craft Australia, the nuances of craft – a practice which values making and materiality – will guide the selection of papers for publication. This emphasis on craft does not exclude design so much as bring focus to practices of design which engage ideas of making and materiality, where there is a sense of a hand(s) in making, a valuing of haptic encounters and an attention to the relation between people and surroundings. From small to large scale projects, from individuals to communities, an intimate approach to the question of how people inhabit and transform the urban environment is invoked. What are the potentials in this century of the city for craft and design practices? What is the contribution of craft and design to cities and liveability? What might a craft sensibility bring to urban inhabitation? What of an expanded idea of craft practice as a way of working and thinking which addresses spatial and temporal urban conditions? What of the emergence of new forms of practices to engage in the condition of the urban environment and the social, political and cultural forces of the twenty-first century?
Academics, practitioners, research students and others are invited to submit research papers and critical project works. A definition of research as ‘the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings’ 3 is reiterated here to highlight the criticality of ‘new and creative’ in relation to research and to encourage the submission of research through craft and design practice, as well as about craft and design practices situated in a world in making – ‘the century of the city’. Authors are also encouraged to consider the inclusion of visual material as research. This issue of craft + design enquiry will be published in mid-2013. The CDE#5 Call for Papers closes on 30 June 2012.To submit a paper please register online by the closing date of 30 June 2012. Refer to author guidelines for further information.For inquiries relating to this issue or submission of papers, please contact the Guest Editor, Suzie Attiwill Administrative enquiries, please contact Jenny DevesVisit the website here.
by Carole Epp | Sep 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Ceramics Now Magazine – Issue nr. 1, Winter 2011-2012
The first printed issue of Ceramics Now Magazine will be published in November 2011, and will feature works and interviews with world-recognized ceramic artists. With more than thirty artists featured in the magazine, it will be one of the most complete and innovative ceramics magazines. Pre-order the first printed issue – Issue nr. 1, November 201 – $15 
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*** The print edition will be available at selected stores in USA and UK. Confirmed artists: Carole Epp, Carol Gouthro, Roxanne Jackson, Claire Muckian, Arthur Gonzalez, Cynthia Lahti, Shane Porter, Liza Riddle, Antonella Cimatti, Blaine Avery, John Shirley, Margrieta Jeltema, Connie Norman, Jim Kraft, Shamai Gibsh, Mark Goudy, Ian Shelly, Ian F. Thomas, Patrick Colhoun, Wim Borst, Chang Hyun Bang. Interviews with the exhibiting artists at the Overthrown: Clay Without Limits exhibition: Gwen F. Chanzit, Katie Caron and Martha Russo, John Roloff, Clare Twomey, Paul Sacaridiz, Linda Sormin, Del Harrow, Benjamin DeMott, Mia Mulvey. Interviews with Japanese artists – Keiko Gallery: Niisato Akio, Kawabata Kentaro, Takeuchi Kouzo, Hayashi Shigeki, Tanoue Shinya, Fujita Toshiaki, Murata Yoshihiko, Jorie Johnson, Takeda Asayo, Mariko Husain. Contact us for Advertising and creative solutions or Submissions Ceramics Now Magazine is an online contemporary ceramics magazine that features profiles, works and interviews with world-recognized ceramic artists. With thousands of High Quality works, many interviews with ceramic artists and special features, it is one of the most trusted contemporary ceramics magazines. If you would like to support our work to feature contemporary ceramics around the world, please make a small donation by clicking here. All proceeds made will go back into the Ceramics Now Magazine and will help us reach our goal.
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