Welcome to KORU4 International Jewellery Event 2012

Like previous years, KORU4 includes exhibition, workshops and symposium. The theme of KORU4 is Kindred Spirits. A kindred spirit is someone who feels and thinks the way you do or a person who is similar with thoughts.

The KORU4 team welcomes you to Imatra, Finland.

KORU 4 Symposium

Friday, 2 November 2012, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Linnala Campus- Auditorium

09:30-10:15 Registration
10:15-10.30 Welcome to KORU4 symposium, Eija Mustonen and Antonio Altarriba
10:30-11:30 “Kindred Spirits” Davira S. Taragin (USA)
11:30-11.45 Janna Syvänoja, Kindred Spirits -artist (Finland)
11:45-12:00 Anna Rikkinen, Kindred Spirits -artist (Finland)
12:00-12:15 Tiina Rajakallio, Kindred Spirits -artist (Finland)
12:30-13.30 Lunch (provided)
13:30-14:30 "Glitter on the neural screen", Pia Tikka PhD, filmmaker-researcher (Finland)
14:30-15:00 Mia Maljojoki(Finland/Germany) and Pau Faus (Spain) , Kindred Spirits -artists
15:00-15:30 Tea/Coffee (provided)
15:30-16.00 "Possibilities of laser processing in manufacturing of jewellery", Heidi Piili, M.Sc., Lic.Tech. , Reserach Scientist (Finland)
16:00-17:00 Ruudt Peters and Evert Nijland (The Netherlands), Kindred Spirits –artists
17:00 Closing the symposium

18:00 Opening KORU4/Kindred Spirits –exhibition, Imatra Art Museum
20.00- Evening party

Lectures will be in English. Symposium fee 100€, students 50€.
Deadline for registration is 25th of October 2012.
ONLINE registration form

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KORU Workshops 2012
Three KORU4-workshops are lead by: Ruudt Peters & Evert Nijland, Mia Maljojoki & Pau Faus, Nelli Tanner & Tarja Tuupanen. 

Afflatus
Ruudt Peters & Evert Nijland
30.10.-1.11.2012, Price: 500 euros
In Dutch language a word exist called 'bezieling'. It is difficult to translate this word into another language but it literally means 'to give a soul to something.' AFFLATUS Whenever the word is used in relation to a work of art it often describes an imaginative power that communicates on a spiritual and emotional level. It means the viewer is touched by something that transcends the material of which the artwork has been made. For an artist it is a challenge to reach this level of concentration, because it demands great dedication to be able to bring the material to life. AFFLATUS will focus on this process of making; to look with your eyes and with your soul and to work with your intuition as a source of creation.

Molding passivity
Mia Maljojoki & Pau Faus
29.10.-1.11.2012, Price: 500 euros
Today's constant increase of hyperactivity is causing more and more a social interpassivity. In this workshop, we will reflect on this fact by exploring our body and discussing our relationship and struggle with passivity. We will ask the participants to identify parts of their own body linked to a passive attitude they feel uncomfortable with. This will beused as a physical and emotional point of departure, from which we will work to transformthese feelings into materials, forms and actions. We expect these "molded emotions" to work as a bridge between the inside and the outside of our mannequins passive bodies. This workshop is intended to cross the divided between object making and performance art, to create in integrated artistic presentation.

S-T-O-N-E
Nelli Tanner & Tarja Tuupanen
29.10.-1.11.2012, Price: 500 euros
S-T-O-N-E is an experimantal workshop with contemporary jewellery and stone.. During the workshop you will find yourself in middle of questions like What is stone? What is the concept of stone? How far stone is still a stone? Experimenting from rock to dust you get a taste of stone.There is a possibility to work with our special stone machi- nes of Saimaa University of Applied Sciences.

To apply to a workshop you have to fill an on-line application. To each workshop will be selected 12-16 participants.

Deadline for application has passed.
Find out more about the workshops here

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KORU4 exhibition 2012 - Nov 5th - Dec 8th
15 artists / artist groups have been invited to the KORU4 exhibition and they have suggested their personal Kindred Spirit. A kindred spirit is someone who feels and thinks the way you do or a person who is similar with thoughts of making art. A kindred spirit might also be an art work the maker feels close to. These invited jewellery artists and his/her kindred spirit pairs are shown together.

Participating artists and their Kindred Spirit
A5 group (Romina Fuentes, Adam Grinovich, Annika Pettersson) - Ann Lindberg, dancer
Hilde de Decker - Roy McMakin
Gemma Draper - Seth Papac
Iris Eichenberg - Ronald Noorman
Gesine Hackenberg - Natalie Luder
Helena Lehtinen - Pekka Jylhä
Suska Mackert - Man's busts from the 15è century, The Museum Notre-Dame of Strasbourg
Mia Maljojoki - Pau Faus
Ruudt Peters - Evert Nijland
Dorothea Prühl - old tool
Tiina Rajakallio - Saara Ekström
Anna Rikkinen - Susanne Gottberg
Janna Syvänoja - Juhani Harri
Terhi Tolvanen - Evert Nijland
Lisa Walker - Erica Overmeer

The KORU4 team consists of:
Eija Mustonen, Antonio Alltarriba, Nelli Tanner, Tarja Tuupanen

For questions please contact:
Eija Mustonen
mobile +358 40 763 3690
eija.mustonen@saimia.fi

Nelli Tanner
mobile +358 40 134 1859
nelli.tanner@saimia.fi