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The Experimental Ceramic Studio in North Bohemia is happy to announce KEEP IN TOUCH – The International Porcelain Symposium. Following the aim of our studio we would like to welcome young artists and designers to develop a project in porcelain during a three-week residency in the summer of 2024. The symposium also hosts specialists from the fields of theory and practice. The symposium has occurred biennially since 2010 at the Experimental Ceramic Studio, a part of the Faculty of Arts and Design, J. E. Purkyně University (FAD JEPU), in the town of Dubí. KEEP IN TOUCH has been made possible with the support of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague.
KEEP IN TOUCH will take place from July 22 to August 8, 2024
This year’s title: Only Treasures Left to Last
Let us examine who we are, what do we experience and create, and what lies beyond ourselves. Seeking to nurture and understand our individual capacity to think through material, we will focus on the many processes, from the most practical to the abstract. Memory, experience, stories and emotions will be shown as collective in nature, influencing our decision making. Meanwhile, the material manifests a discrete agency of its own, guiding and surprising us. From the confluence we reclaim treasures. Do we dare to reframe our understanding of interactions within the network of things, acts and circumstances as play? This year’s symposium will examine what we take in and pass on through our artistic practice with porcelain as our framework.
As a special event, it includes WORKSHOP WEEKEND July 26 – July 28, 2024
Come and see presentations by masters of the ceramic craft and lectures by theoreticians!
The following names will resonate during this year's event:
Neil Brownsword (UK)
Mária Geszler Garzuly (HU)
Kryštof Hejný (CZ)
Irina Razumovskaya (RU/UK)
Barbara Schmidt (DE)
Filip Suchomel (CZ)
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Symposium Schedule
Friday 26. 7. 2024
| 10.00 am | Open Doors |
| 11.00 am | Excursion – Czech Porcelain Dubí |
| Lunch Break | |
| 3.00 pm | Official Opening of the Workshop Weekend |
| 3.30 pm | Presentation of KEEP IN TOUCH & FAD JEPU |
| 4.00 pm | PechaKucha – Presentation of the Symposium Participants |
| 6.00 pm | Opening of the Exhibition of Lecturers |
| 7.00 pm | Fire and beer |
| 8.00 pm | Music |
Saturday 27. 7. 2024
| 9.00 am | Presentation |
| 10.00 am | Presentation |
| 11.00 am | Presentation |
| Lunch break | |
| 2.30 pm | Presentation |
| 3.00 pm | Demonstration of techniques |
| 4.00 pm | Presentation |
| 4.30 pm | Demonstration of techniques |
| 7.00 pm | Campfire |
| 8.00 pm | Live music, DJ |
| 11.00 pm | Pre-midnight surprise |
Sunday 28. 7. 2024
| 10.00 am | Presentation |
| 11.00 am | Technique demonstration |
| Lunch break | |
| 2.30 pm | Presentation |
| 3.00 pm | Demonstration of techniques |
| 5.00 pm | Tea with lecturers and participants |
Admission is free
| Curator | Kryštof Hejný |
| Graphic Design | Tuan Vuong Trong |
| Photography | Hana Kubrichtová & David Stejskal |