MAGIC

SMCK ON REEL

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SMCK ON REEL /
MAGIC

AT SCHMUCK
JEWELRY WEEK IN MUNICH
1+2 MARCH 2024



SMCK ON REEL, the video festival inspired by jewelry and wearable art, celebrates its third edition at Schmuck Munich. Next to contemporary narratives on jewelry's archaic heritage, the video screenings of SMCK ON REEL 2024 / MAGIC on 1 + 2 March 2024 in Munich present short documentaries on the cultural and social meaning of jewelry art, emphasizing its impact on political communication. The video festival is curated by SMCK Magazine.

The video program includes six sections: MAGIC • GREETINGS FROM UKRAINE • DANNER TALK • DANNER PRIZE VIDEOS • POLITICAL JEWELRY • EXPERTS TALK.


•  SMCK On Reel MAGIC – trailer.  •

ARTISTS

MUNICH 2024

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Magic

Artists reflect on jewelry's archaic heritage, its talismanic use, and its power to mirror social status, and values of our times.



Heejoo Kim
Molly O’Connor
Eden Herman Rosenblum
Neringa Poškutė-Jukumienė
Vilnius art academy Telšiai faculty
ZLR Betriebsimperium
Dania Chelminsky
Alessia Prati
Eileen Pappas
Loukia Richards
Christoph Ziegler

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DANNER PRIZE WINNERS

The videos feature the 2023 Danner Prize winners' outstanding works. The Danner Prize, awarded by Danner Foundation every three years, is an internationally acclaimed reference for artists, designers, and crafters living and working in Bavaria / Germany.



Gunther Pfeffer
Christiane Englsberger
Christoph Straube
Beate Leonards
Nico Schipp

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POLITICAL JEWELRY

Jewelry artists talk about their work that reflects issues such as Memories, Belief, Food and power, The horror of totalitarianism - Art as sacrifice - Commemorating the victims of a genocide - Manipulation and state control - Activism as an artist's duty.



DANIA CHELMINSKY, BA AN LE, JASON STEIN, MIHAELA COMAN, CHRIS KISENO, NARINÉE TCHILINGUIRIAN, LOUKIA RICHARDS, ELIN FLOGNMAN, CHRISTOPH STRAUBE, CHRISTIANE ENGLSBERGER, GUNTHER PFEFFER, ADRIANA RADULESCU, CHRISTOPH ZIEGLER.


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GREETINGS FROM UKRAINE

Jewelry can be a symbol of national independence. In the documentary film Greetings from Ukraine, Stanislav Drokin, Yuri Plehanov, and the GuniaProject team show how an ornament inspires people to fight for freedom and dignity two years after Russia's invasion in February 2022.



YURII PLEKHANOV, NATALIA KAMENSKA AND MARIA GAVRYLIUK (GUNIAPROJECT), STANISLAV DROKIN.


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EXPERTS TALK

Jewelry, art and fashion VIPS reveal the secrets of jewelry creation, and advice contemporary jewelry artists how to increase their creative potential and broaden their influence on the sector.



SIGURD BRONGER, IOANNIS MICHALOUDIS, JURGITA LUDAVIČIENĖ, MAJA HOUTMAN, LISA WALKER, LEO CABALLERO/KLIMT02, SARAH BAILEY, CLEMENS RITTER VON WAGNER, GALERIE BIRO, WALDEMAR KERSCHBAUMER, SMCK MAGAZINE.


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DANNER TALK

The Danner Talk series offers a platform for discussing substantive issues in applied art, design, and craft. By explaining the role of quality standards, tradition and innovation, originality, writing skills, etc., the first Danner Talk, held on 19 January 2024 in Landshut / Germany, focuses on the criteria that are essential in a jury's decision-making.



THOMAS STANGIER, DR PETRA HÖLSCHER, HUBERT SANKTJOHANSER, JULIE METZDORF.


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VISIT & WATCH

Galerie Handwerk
Max-Joseph-Strasse 4
80333 Munich

Screening:
Friday 1 March
4:00pm

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Galerie Weltraum
Rumfordstraße 26
80469 Munich

Screening:
Saturday 2 March
2:00pm

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>> Download the e-invitation <<


SEE ALSO:

BERLIN 2024

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
DURING BERLIN FASHION WEEK

DOUBLE EDITION 2023

CIVILIZATION REBOOTED
TIMISOARA • CHISINAU

MUNICH 2023

CIVILIZATION REBOOTED
AT SCHMUCK JEWELRY WEEK

HAMBURG 2022

CHAIN OF SOLIDARITY
AT KUENSTLERHAUS FAKTOR

LEIPZIG + VILNIUS 2022

AT GRASSI MUSEUM LEIPZIG AND
MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS & DESIGN VILNIUS

BUCHAREST 2022

AT ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK /
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ROMANIA

MUNICH 2022

SMCK ON REEL
AT SCHMUCK JEWELRY WEEK

SMCK ON REEL / Magic is supported by:

danner
handwerk
grassi
favelab
KR München

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