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