Category: Event

04/09/2018 – 11/11/2018 Exhibition in Prague / Czech Republic

Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future

September 4th – November 11th 2018
Tuesday 10 a.m. — 8 p.m.
Wednesday — Sunday 10 a.m. — 6 p.m.

Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague /
Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze
17. listopadu 2
110 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic

The seventh and last venue of the Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition is at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, where it will be on view between September 4th and November 11th 2018. The works of the exhibition discuss the future of ceramics through the themes of locality, food culture and new technologies.

Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. (c) Minerva Juolahti

In the exhibition the works of students and staff of four European universities are shown side by side. Part of the works have been initiated at a workshop organised at the Kahla Porcelain factory in Germany in 2016. In addition works from selected artists and designers working in the field are on view. The exhibition has been curated by Finnish artist Riikka Latva-Somppi, who also gives a speech at the opening of the Prague exhibition. The exhibition is a collaboration between Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture (Finland), University of Ulster, Belfast campus (Northern Ireland), Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee (Germany) and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Denmark). Also the works of the Future Lights in Ceramics winners of 2016, 2017 and 2018 are on view. Read more about all the exhibition artists here.

Since autumn 2016 the exhibition has toured around Europe and been on display in Fiskars (Finland), Selb (Germany), Portadown (Northern Ireland), Stoke-on-Trent (UK), Berlin (Germany) and Ljubljana (Slovenia). At the last venue before Prague, the National Museum of Slovenia in Ljubljana, the exhibition attracted over 7 000 visitors. The exhibition is part of the Ceramics and its Dimensions project, that is led by Porzellanikon porcelain museum and co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of EU.

16/05/2018 – 31/07/2018 Exhibition in Ljubljana / Slovenia

Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future

May 16th – July 31st 2018
Daily from 10 am to 6 pm, Thursdays to 8 pm.
In SUMMER (from June 1 to September 30)

Daily from 10 am to 6 pm, Thursdays and Saturdays from 8 am to 10 pm.

Welcome to the exhibition opening on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 7 pm. The exhibition will be opened by the Minister of Culture Anton Persak.

Guided exhibition tours 
Sunday 10th June 2018, at 11
Sunday 15th July 2018, at 11
Sunday 29th July 2018, at 11

Muzejska ulica 1
Ljubljana, Slovenia

The exhibition presents state-of-the-art technological processes in the production of ceramics and the latest trends in design. Especially 3D printing offers new ways to use ceramic materials, other than the traditional ceramic techniques. The exhibition has been curated and produced by the Department of Design at Aalto University in Finland. Will the new technology change our aesthetic values? How will they reflect in the society?

The exhibition is part of the European Ceramics and Its Dimensions project, which is partly funded by the Creative Europe programme of EU.

Slovenščini:

OBLIKOVANJE PRIHODNOSTI Keramika in njene dimenzije

Na ogled od 16. maja do 31. julija 2018
Vsak dan od 10. do 18. ure, ob četrtkih do 20. ure.
POLETNI odpiralni čas (od 1. 6. do 30. 9.)

Vsak dan od 10. do 18. ure, ob četrtkih in sobotah od 8. do 22. ure.

Vabimo vas no odprtje razstave OBLIKOVANJE PRIHODNOSTI Keramika in njene dimenzije v torek, 15. maja 2018, ob 19. uri. Razstavo bo odprl minister za kulturo Anton Persak.

Vodeni ogledi razstave
Nedelja, 10. junija 2018, ob 11. uri
Nedelja, 15. julija 2018, ob 11. uri
Nedelja, 29. julija 2018, ob 11. uri

Muzejska ulica 1

Ljubljana, Slovenije

Razstava predstavlja najsodobnejše tehnološke postopke pri izdelavi keramike in najnovejše trende v oblikovanju. Še posebej tridimenzionalni tisk omogoča novo uporabo keramičnih materialov, drugačno kot tradicionalne keramične tehnike. Avtorica razstave z Oddelka za oblikovanje Univerze v Aaltu na Finskem s sodelavko z Visoke šole za oblikovanje Weissensee v Berlinu se sprašuje, ali bo nova tehnologija spremenila naše estetske vrednote in kako se bodo odražale v družbi.
Razstava je del evropskega projekta Keramika in njene dimenzije (Ceramics and its Dimensions), ki poteka v okviru programa Ustvarjalna Evropa.

30/01/2018 – 22/04/2018 Exhibition in Berlin / Germany

Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future

January 30th – April 22nd 2018
Tuesday – Sunday 10 – 18
Opening: Sunday January 28th 2018 at 12

Bröhan-Museum
, Landesmuseum für Jugendstil, Art Deco und Funktionalismus
Schlossstraße 1a
14059 Berlin (near Charlottenburg Palace)
Germany

Around Europe ceramics has always played an important role in everyday life, people use ceramics daily both in the private as well as the public sphere. What significance does ceramics as a traditional material have in today’s society? How are the industrial and the handcrafted production in connection with each other? What is the potential of new digital techniques? And will the material play a role in the artistic education in the future? These are some of the questions that are at the focus of the Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition which is a result of the Ceramics and its Dimensions project that has eighteen partner institution in eleven European countries. Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin is one of the partners of the project and the students and staff of the school have contributed with their works to the exhibition.

 

Auf Deutsch:

Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future

30. Januar bis 22. April 2018
Dienstag bis Sonntag von 10 bis 18 Uhr und an allen Feiertagen
Eröffnung: So, 28.1.2018, 12 Uhr

Kuratorenführungen mit Prof. Barbara Schmidt
Sontag 4.3. 15 Uhr
Samstag 24.3. 15 Uhr (im Rahmen der “Europäischen Tage des Kunsthandwerks”)
Samstag 14.4. 16 Uhr: Studierende der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin stellen ihre Beiträge zur Ausstellung “Ceramics and its Dimensions. Shaping the Future” vor. Digitale Werkzeuge werden live demonstriert. Prof. Barbara Schmidt führt durch die von ihr kuratierte Ausstellung. Museumseintritt, Anmeldung nicht erforderlich.

Bröhan-Museum, 
Landesmuseum für Jugendstil, Art Deco und Funktionalismus
Schlossstraße 1a
14059 Berlin (am Schloß Charlottenburg)
Deutschland

In ganz Europa spielt Keramik seit jeher eine wichtige Rolle im alltäglichen Leben der Menschen: Ob im privaten oder öffentlichen Raum, Keramik umgibt uns überall und wird täglich von uns genutzt. Welche Bedeutung hat das traditionelle Material Keramik heute? Wie stehen industrielle und handwerkliche Produktion zueinander, wo liegt das Potenzial digitaler Techniken und unter welchen Perspektiven wird das Material in Zukunft eine Rolle in der gestalterischen Ausbildung spielen? Mit diesen Fragen befasst sich die Ausstellung “Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future” Es werden Ergebnisse des gleichnamigen internationalen Projektes gezeigt, das neben der Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin weitere 20 Partnerinstitutionen aus elf europäischen Ländern vereint. Durch die Nutzung digitaler Medien werden die Projektergebnisse einem breiten Publikum zugänglich gemacht.

23/9/2017 – 5/11/2017 Exhibition during BCB in Stoke-on-Trent / UK

The Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition accompanied by the works of the Future Lights ambassadors of 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 is a part of the British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) 2017 in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. The exhibition is held in the Spode-China Hall and is open between 23rd of September and 5th of November 2017.

Tanguy Fraiture, GER: Unplugged Cool-Maker, 2016. (c) Chikako Harada

In Stoke-on-Trent the core of the exhibition has been joined by a local addition: a selection of prototypes, that are the results of Martin Smith and Steve Brown’s AHRC funded research project Extending the Potential for the Digitally Printed Ceramic Surface.

Related Events during BCB

Several events related to the exhibition are run alongside the BCB programme including a panelled Round Table discussion, the annual European Future Lights competition, the Ceramic Values conference which is at the same time the Ceramics and its Dimensions Final Congress  and a meeting with the European partner institutions participating in the project.

The Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition is open in Spode-China-Halls during British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent (UK) until November 5th 2017.
The Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition is open in Spode-China-Halls during British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent (UK) until November 5th 2017. (c) Minerva Juolahti

Ceramic Values Conference

On 5th and 6th of October the Ceramic Values conference takes place in Stoke-on-Trent. The theme of the conference is the value and role of ceramics in the society. Many participants of the Shaping the Future exhibition are speaking at the conference. Among the speakers are professor Maarit Mäkelä, professor Barbara Schmidt,  lecturers Nathalie Lautenbacher and Anna van der Lei as well as students Tuuli Saarelainen, Saija Halko and Babette Wiezorek. Also the following Future Lights ambassadors present their work at the conference: Sabrina Vasulka, Rhiannon Ewing-James, Wendy Ward, Karolina Bednorz, Monika Müller and Maria Juchnowska. The conference is free and open for all. Read more about the conference and about how to register here.

The Clay Pit Workshop

Within China Halls an interactive workshop space The Clay Pit is created. The workshop is open during the whole BCB and it is also part of the programme of the Ceramic Values congress (Module 10). Via a series of large clay pits, copious amounts of ceramic material, oversize clay tools, and creative props, The Clay Pit will encourage communal hands-on play, exploration and construction. The workshop is part of the education and audience development program (Module 7) and has been carried out by BCB community and engagement programme manager Dena Bagi and Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future coordinator Priska Falin.

Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future
23rd September – 5th November
Spode-China Halls
Stoke town, Kingsway, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1JB
Tuesday—Saturday
10.00am—5.00pm
Sunday 12.00 noon—5.00pm
Closed Mondays

See the exhibition and read more about the whole biennial on the web page of BCB here.

24/6/2017 – 22/7/2017 Exhibition in Portadown / Northern Ireland

Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future Exhibition

The third venue for the exhibition is in Millennium Court Arts Centre in Portadown, Northern Ireland. The exhibition will be open there between 24th June and 22nd July 2017. Read more!

Millennium Courts Arts Centre, Portadown, Northern Ireland.
(c) Minerva Juolahti

Exhibition Opening
Friday 23 June, 7-9pm
A Free Bus will run between Belfast and Portadown on the evening of the opening. The bus leaves Belfast from Golden Thread Gallery at 6.45pm and returns from Portadown at 9pm.

Symposium: “Making A Living As A Ceramicist”
Friday 30 June, 12noon
A Creative Momentum event, presentation and discussion on how to make a living as a ceramicist, includes networking and lunch provided. This event is free of charge but registration is essential. To register please contact Niall Drew on 028 3831 2485 or Niall.Drew@ArmaghBanbridgeCraigavon.gov.uk

Millennium Court Arts Centre
William Street
Portadown, Northern Ireland
24th June – 22nd July 2017
Mon – Sat, 10am – 5pm

21/1/2017 – 1/5/2017 Exhibition in Selb / Germany

Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future – Exhibition

The second venue for the touring exhibition is Porzellanikon in Selb, Germany.

(c) Minerva Juolahti

Porzellanikon Staatliches Museum für Porzellan, Hohenberg a. d. Eger / Selb
Werner-Schürer-Platz 1 / Selb / Germany
January 21st – May 1st 2017
Tuesday – Sunday / 10 am – 5 pm (Mondays closed)

Shaping the Future exhibition in Porzellanikon in Selb, Germany.
(c) Minerva Juolahti

On Sundays January 29th and March 5th 2017 at 14:30 exhibition discussions are held in the Shaping the Future exhibition. The discussions will be interactive and concentrate on the experimental way that the exhibition approaches the future of ceramics. The discussions are open for audience.

Read more on the web page of Porzellanikon (in German).

26/11/2016 Workshop: 3D printing in clay / Fiskars, Finland

The 3D printer Arra at the Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition in Fiskars. (c) Minerva Juolahti

(in English and Swedish below)

Työpaja: 3D-printtausta savella 

Tervetuloa saven 3D-tulostustyöpajaan Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future-näyttelyyn 26. marraskuuta 2016 kello 12-16 valkoiseen saliin Fiskarsin Kuparipajaan. Työpaja on ilmainen, avoin kaikille eikä vaadi ennakkoilmoittautumista. Osallistuminen ei edellytä ennakkotietoja ja mukaan voi tulla vain käymään tai jäädä pitemmäksi aikaa. Työpajassa saa nähdä koko saven 3D-tulostusprosessin, digitaalisen tiedoston tekemisestä valmiiseen tulostukseen asti.

Työpaja: 3D-printtausta savella
Lauantai 26. marraskuuta 2016, klo: 12-16
Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future-näyttely
Valkoinen sali, Kuparipaja, Fiskarsin ruukki
Ilmainen sisäänpääsy

Tässä videossa esitellään työpajassa käytettävää tekniikkaa:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v00fQknb3nM

Linkki Facebook-tapahtumaan: https://www.facebook.com/events/1675978936025561/

(in English)

Workshop: 3D printing in clay

Welcome to participate in the 3D printing in clay / digital pottery workshop in the Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition on Saturday November 26th 2016 between 12-16 in the White Hall, Copper Smithy, Fiskars Village, Finland. The workshop is free, open for all and no pre-registration is needed. You can just pop in for a short while or stay longer. In the workshop you can experience the whole process of 3D printing in clay, from the making of the digital file until the final result.

Workshop: 3D printing in clay
Saturday November 26th 2016, at 12-16
Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition
White Hall, Copper Smithy, Fiskars Village, Finland
Free entrance

Here is a video of the technique that is going to be used as part of the workshop:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v00fQknb3nM

A link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1675978936025561/

(på svenska)

Workshop: 3D-utskrivning i lera

Välkommen till vår workshop där vi provar 3D-utskrifter i lera i samband med utställningen Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future. Vi träffas den 26 November 2016, klockan 12-16 i Vita Salen i Kopparsmedjan, Fiskars bruk. Workshoppen är gratis, öppen för alla och kräver ingen förhandsanmälan. Deltaganden behöver inga förhandskunskaper, och man kan komma och gå som man vill. I workshoppen får man följa 3D utskrivningens prosess i sin helhet, från den digitala filen till den färdiga utskriften i lera.

Workshop: 3D-utskrivning i lera
Lördagen den 26 November, 2016, kl: 12-16
I samband med Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future utställningen
Vita salen, Kopparsmedjan, Fiskars Bruk
Fritt inträde

I den här videon kan man se den teknik som används i workshoppen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v00fQknb3nM

10/11/2016 – 7/12/2016 Exhibition in Fiskars / Finland

Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition
White Hall, Copper Smithy, Fiskars Village, Finland
10th November – 7th December 2016
Tue – Sun 11 – 17
Free entrance.

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The Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future touring exhibition opens its doors for the first time in Fiskars, Finland, in November 2016. Fiskars is a small old industrial village located about a hundred kilometres west of Helsinki. Today the old industry has made way for artists, artisans and designers as Fiskars has become a lively center of Finnish art and design. The Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition takes place in the White Hall exhibition space in Copper Smithy, Fiskars, Finland.

During the exhibition local ceramist Karin Widnäs has a ceramics pop-up shop next to the entrance of the exhibition. There is a christmas bus ride organized from Helsinki to Fiskars and back on Saturdays November 19th and 26th and on December 3rd. Read more on the Fiskars christmas bus.

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White Hall, Copper Smithy, Fiskars Village, Finland. (c) Minerva Juolahti

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