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International Juried Contemporary Art Jewelry Exhibition

Selection Process:

The artists selected for the exhibition will be chosen by an independent professional jury through an anonymous selection process, based on the concept of the artworks, their relevance to the theme, and overall social impact, as well as the quality of craftsmanship, innovative approaches, and use of materials, and the submitted documentation.

Members of the Jury:

Dr Jack Cunningham, emeritus professor. (jackcunningham.co.uk).
Charon Kransen, former professor, curator, and collector. (https://www.charonkransenarts.com/)
Niki Stylianou, contemporary jewelry designer, Co-Founder of Athen Jewelry Week, Founder and Co-organiser of the JELO6 Project. (www.nikistylianoujewelry.com)
Magdalena Vélez Salinas, President, Co-Founder, AdOC Contemporary Goldsmith and Jewelers Association, Madrid. (instagram.com/mvelezsalinas).
Katalin Jermakov, Noémi Ferenczy, award winning jewelry designer, Mana Design Studio.
István Simonyi, art historian, writer, jewelry collector. (www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585210281033)
Anna Borbély-Tardy, museum director of Ferenczy Museum Centre (https://femuz.hu/en/)

THEME: Narrative Space – Encounter

Artists are invited to choose one of the two poetic excerpts below and immerse themselves in its atmosphere and ideas.

The submitted works should convey the impressions and inner reflections evoked by the text through each artist’s individual interpretation, rather than through a direct or literal translation of the excerpt into form.

Poetic excerpt no.1.

or poetic excerpt 2.

Mihály Babits: The Epilogue of the Lyric Poet

“Compelled to be the hero of my verse,
the first and last in every song I write,
I long to shape in them the universe,
But nought beyond myself comes in my sight. …..”

translated by István Tótfalusi

Rainer Maria Rilke: Letters to a Young Poet

“Love consists in this:
that two solitudes
protect, and border,
and greet each other.”

translation

EXHIBITION BRIEF:

Participants should explore the transformative power of narrative through the making of wearable objects and how they interface with a wider audience – the viewer.
/Dr Jack Cunningham, member of the Jury