#my_igm | #20yrsTechnopolis | 21 - 26.05 | Industrial Gas Museum Shop | Design For Growth II : Από τον σχεδιασμό στην ανάπτυξη. "Directions / Κατευθύνσεις" | Ομιλίες / Προβολές / Workshops / Έκθεση | Τεχνόπολη Δήμου Αθηναίων - Technopolis City of Athens

Design και κόσμημα στην έκθεση "Directions/Κατευθύνσεις" του Design For Growth II, στο Innovathens powered by Samsung.

23 March -27 April , the first presentation of "Eloquence of paper, jewelry" will take place at Galerie Caractère at Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Curator: Luis Acosta

"Eloquence of paper, jewelry"is a collection of Contemporary International Jewelry in which 24 designers participate.
Often, paper is classified as an ephemeral material due to its lightness. Too fragile, too strong, perhaps, to carry the art inscribed in it.
However, the paper is aware of its own materiality, calling the creators to claim its delicate surface as a means of expression.
Wrinkled, folded, dyed, or sewn, paper stimulates our curiosity and facilitates our own inspiration. Although simple, flat, and affordable, it is magnified, enhanced, and transformed with the abundance and moderation of those who manipulate it. There are other materials that, sometimes, are confused with paper and this exhibition gives them an opportunity. It is intended to go beyond the language of paper. This exhibition is not about the paper jewelry itself, but about something that suggests it, regardless of the material and technique used.

My new #soloexhibition takes place until 24 December in Estudio Gallery in Kifisia, Athens.

My collection " #eternal #spring " is inspired by the beauty of the #greek#woman , combined with the #queen of #flowers , the #netherlands , where I have been living the past years.

Unique, colorful #jewels - flowers . #necklaces , #earrings #rings and brooches which decorate and smell forever!

#necklace #brooch

Photo credit: Anna Barouta

INITIATION III// KALLICHORON

Celebrating the victory of civilization over the hybris of inflated egos

For two thousand years Eleusina, a farmers' community close to Athens, was the spiritual capital of the Greek-Roman world. The cult of Demeter and Persephone - Mother and Daughter – celebrated the establishment of human settlements and agriculture, the cycle of nature and life, the preparation and sharing of food, and gave a metaphysical explanation for the soul's destiny after death.
Many elements of the Eleusinian cult - its sacred architecture, objects, rituals, teachings – were taken over by Christianity after the decline of the ancient faith, thus becoming a vital part of Europe's spiritual heritage and cultural language.

"Kallichoron" = The Well of Fair Dances - still to be seen at the very entrance of the sacred site of Eleusina, alludes to the ecstatic dances the initiates performed around it to honor Demeter, Mother Earth. Kallichoron was the boundary between life and death, conscious and unconscious, upper world and Hades, the initiates had to cross to reach eternal truth.

For two thousand years, initiates joined hands, danced together and drank the kykeon behind the walls of the protective Sanctuary, celebrating the victory of civilization over the hybris of inflated egos.
In our days, Eleusina stands for the urgent need to reconsider dead-end patterns for growth, adopt sustainable development strategies and abolish acute inequality and misery which breeds ignorance, hate ideologies and war.

The work of Daniel von Weinberger, our show's Honored Guest, is a bitter reminder of the end of civilization Europe already witnessed between 1933-45. It can recur under a different ideological disguise, if we do not remain vigilant.

At the show opening, jewellery artists present performances they developed during an Artist Residency in Athens.
Loukia Richards & Christoph Ziegler