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International Contemporary
Jewellery Festival
19-24 May 2015 Tianjin.China
Press Release May 2015
Supporters:
Embassy of the Kingdom
of the Netherlands
in Beijing
Embassy of Finland
in Beijing
“ It is a great pleasure to see this exhibition come into being.
‘Triple Parade’ is an excellent example of cultural exchange
between China and the Netherlands on a multitude of levels.
The exchange of cultures is of paramount importance as a
means to a deeper understanding, which in turn paves the
way for better relations in many other areas, not only cultur¬al, but also political and economic. “
-- H.E. Mr. Aart Jacobi ( Foreword on Triple Parade 2014 )
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
The TRIPLE PARADE continues its collaboration with leading institutes in between Europe and China, presenting the second edition,
TRIPLE PARADE 2015 - International Contemporary Jewellery Festival. From 19 to 24 May 2015 (exhibition till 29 May), hosted by Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts and TAFA Art Museum in Tianjin/China. TRIPLE PARADE 2015 is encompassing a series of exciting programmes:
Central Exhibition, Special Lecture Series, Jewellery Forum, and
Designer Research Workshops, during Tianjin International Design
Week 2015, welcoming a wide range of audience to engage with the
Festival. A creation beyond the definition of Triple or Parade, in order to find tools and conversation for the future makes possible new
beginnings. It is through the plurality of “languages” of this year’s
TRIPLE PARADE that the International Contemporary Jewellery Festival emerges.
GuLou area/city of Tianjin
Official Opening
of the Festival
at 19th of May
TAFA Art Museum,
Tianjin.
An official opening reception
of the Triple Parade 2015, also
present as the opening of the
Exhibition, with an introduction by the Curator, Museum
and Academy Directors, Officials from Embassy and City
of Tianjin. etc.
Central Exhibition
20th -29th of May
TAFA Art Museum,
Tianjin.
A Dialogue Across Three Lands on Contemporary Jewellery
-- Finland, China, Belgium.
In cooperation with Kuopio Academy of Design / Savonia University of Applied Sciences, St Lucas University College of Art & Design Antwerp, Tianjin
Academy of Fine Arts. The Central exhibition titled Dialogue covers three
spheres of jewellery, is giving a positive view into the developments of contemporary jewellery design with a focus on three countries – Belgium, Finland, China.
It presents a selection of the country’s newest jewellery design ideas
through a mixture of established and emerging designers. Known for its
forward-thinking and inspiring exhibitors. The selection of 19 designers is
made by the project leaders : Hilde De Decker for Belgium, Eija Tanninen
for Finland, and Dongdong Zhuang for China. Moreover, this exhibition is
a part of program 65th anniversary of Finland diplomatic relations with
China.
Selected 19 designers:
Shu LIANG, Studio1-1 Danyi ZHU&Yuan TIAN, Xiaoyu ZHANG, Dongdong
ZHUANG, Xiao LIU, Jichang Chai, Jie SUN, Jenni Rutonen, Anna-Reetta Väänänen,
Matti Mattsson, Helena Falkenberg, Susanna Yläranta, Anna-Reetta Pitkänen,
Sofie Boons, Liesbet Bussche, Shana Teugels, Charlotte Van de Velde, Hilde De
Decker, Malvine Marichal
(More images of jewellery, see below page 9)
Two Special
Lectures:
20th May
TAFA Art Museum,
Tianjin.
Corinne Noordenbos Troels Degn Johansson
On Wednesday 20 May, we takes place an day with two lectures at the TAFA
Art Musuem by the leading Danish expert Troels Degn Johansson; And the
other one by the well-known Dutch educator/photographer Corinne Noordenbos, whose just received the Prestigious Education Award by British
Royal Photographic Society last year.
Lecture One : A trained eye sees more
Corinne Noordenbos
Head of the Department of Photography
Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, The Netherlands
Lecture Two : Danish Design--Today and Tomorrow
Troels Degn Johansson
Head of the Institute Product Design, Associate Professor.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
International
Jewellery
Forum
21th May
Lecture Hall
TAFA Art Musuem.
International Contemporary Jewellery Forum is the pre-eminent platform to
explore and debate the powerful and pressing issues facing jewellery in the
contemporary world. The full day programme offers an international exploration of the complex interaction between jewellery design, gallery, university, foundation, museum, brand; It brings together some of the most revered
names from Finland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Demark and China. Comprising keynote speeches, panel discussions, fast-paced presentations and Q&A
sessions, the Forum creates a rich platform for open discussion and debate.
Speakers:
Eija Tanninen, Director of Kuopio Academy of Design (1.)
Hilde De Decker, Head of Jewellery Dep. St Lucas University Collegeof Art & Design Antwerp (12.)
Paul Derrez & Willem Hoogstede, Directors of Gallery RA Amsterdam (5.&11.)
Miecke Oosterman, Collector/Board member of Françoise van den Bosch Foundation (4.)
James Tergau, Art and Design Historian (3.)
Liesbet Bussche, Designer and Researcher (10.)
Fei TENG, Professor Jewellery Dep. Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (6.)
Jie SUN, Founder and Curator of TRIPLE PARADE, Researcher, Designer (2.)
Xuxiang TANG, Professor and Head of Jewellery Dep. Tsinghua University, Beijing (7.)
Danyi ZHU, Designer and Founder of Studio 1.1 / Beijing (8.)
Guoyuan DENG, Director of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (9.)
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Design
Research
Workshops
23-24 May
Tianjin Academy
of Fine Arts
Material Exploration - Lead by Matti Mattsson
It is the role of the designers to see possibility in new materials, to find
meaning that is relevant to people, to enable the creation of new experiences. Matti have joined forces to lead a workshop with new ways of
processing recycled and reclaimed post-industrial waste materials to jewellery.
CH-ewelry, the Chinese archetypes - Lead by: Liesbet Bussche
Each country has its archetypes. A regional population, an ethnic identity
or a particular subculture can be distinguished by its use of archetypes.
These typical examples are perfect prototypes to start a conversation
about jewelry. Liesbet will guild the people to explore the Chinese archetypes through her workshop.
TRIPLE PARAD
Book/Publication
The publication is a knowledgeable guide
to TRIPLE PARADE 2015, with a new concept and a new approach to the content,
and remains the ultimate printed platform for jewellery and related subjects.
In order to make it so, photographer
Thomas Aangeenbrug re-photographed
the exhibited jewellery objects with a
concept by constructing dimensional layers with space between three transparent glass sheets. Moreover, honorably,
invited the truly leading ones in the field
from a diverse range of perspectives to
contribute to it. Including the recent interview of Gijs Bakker, a world renown
designer and the pioneer of Dutch contemporary design who indeed broke the
ice of what is so-called jewellery; And a
beautiful article contributed by Glenn
Adamson who is now directing the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) in New
York city, which gives a personal view on
Craft Curation; Plus, an interesting article from James Tergau in which he brings
an art historian’s perspective to jewellery design.
Glenn Adamson
Gijs Bakker
jewellery from: Liesbet Bussche (front),
Shu Liang (top), Anna-Reetta Pitkänen
(bottom)
About the
Curator:
Jie Sun actively engages in both European and Asian design culture, as designer, lecturer and curator. He has a
background in contemporary jewellery
and material research. Jie Sun lived and
worked the past 14 years in both Beijing and Amsterdam. He currently holds
a doctoral research fellow position at
the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
and Copenhagen International Center
for Creative (KiCK) in Denmark.
(Photo by: Thomas Aangeenbrug)
Background of TRIPLE PARADE :
Central to the concept of TRIPLE PARADE is to set up a diverse dialogue between three, this idea is inspired by the philosophy of Confucius (551BC479BC): “Even when walking in a party of just three, I can always be certain of learning from those I am with. There will be good qualities that I
can select for imitation and bad ones that will teach me what requires
correction in myself.” Based on this concept, the first edition TRIPLE PARADE 2014 - Dialogue Across Generation on Design was supported by National Creative Industries Fund NL, with a program (travelling exhibition,
lectures, workshops) with jewellery designers from three generations in
the Netherlands to China, it shown a unique and high quality works, innovated and diversified the focus of design-sector particularly into jewellery.
More INFO and Further Contact :
info@tripleparade.org
Museum of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (TAFA Art Museum)
www.tjarts.edu.cn
Tianjin International Design Week 2015
www.tianjindesignweek.com
Kuopio Academy of Design
www.designkuopio.fi
St Lucas University College of Art & Design Antwerp
www.sintlucasantwerpen.be
Selected Images of jewellery on the Exhibition:
(Photo by: Thomas Aangeenbrug)
Official Poster: