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Peter Behrens School of Arts / HSD, PBSA, Design
11/11/2021

Designing Adornment, Questioning Beauty

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Françoise van Den Bosch Award


An afternoon, live and via livestream, on beauty ideals, commodification of beauty, the objectification of the female body, body image, and gender. With Meredith Jones (keynote spreker), artist Lauren Kalman (winner Françoise van den Bosch-award) in conversation with Stedelijk-curator Amanda Pinatih, chairman Françoise van den Bosch Stichting Martijn van Ooststroom, and trophee-designer Eleonora Radke, student from the New Craft Object Design department, Hochschule Düsseldorf. 


LIVE: Stedelijk Teijin Auditorium
ONLINE: Stedelijk Youtube-kanaal (will be shared on website soon)
14 Nov, 1.45 pm until 4.30 pm
https://www.stedelijk.nl/nl/evenementen/designing-adornment-questioning-beauty​​​



Program

​​1.45 pm​
​Welcome by Amanda Pinatih and Martijn van Ooststroom

​2 pm
​Keynote by Meredith Jones: All that Glitters: 21st Century Feminine Bodi​es

​​3 pm

​​Questions for Meredith Jones moderated by Amanda Pinatih

​​3.15 pm

​Spoken Column Manique Hendricks

​3.30 pm

​​Conversati​​​on between Lauren Kalman, Meredith Jones, and Amanda Pinatih

​4 pm

​Award Ceremony wit​h Martijn van Ooststroom, award winner Lauren Kalman, and award designer Eleonora Radke


​4 pm

​Closing remarks ​by Martijn v​an Ooststroom

​4.15 pm
Closing remarks ​by Martijn v​an Ooststroom
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​4.30 pm

​​End of progra​m and drinks at the Zadelhoff Caf



LAUREN KALMAN

Lauren Kalman (USA) is a maker of objects relating to the body, creating wearable objects as well as performative pieces and installations that expand the concept of body ornamentation. Her practice is a crossover between craft, performance, and visual art. Using the body as a metaphor, she creates visually provocative pieces that challenge what jewelry and body adornment can be. Through her work she investigates sex, gender, power, and beauty-relevant themes that are bigger than the jewelry discipline alone.


​​MANIQUE HENDRICKS

Manique Hendricks (NL) is an art historian. She works at LIMA, the institute for media art in Amsterdam as a junior conservator. In addition, as an independent curator, writer and researcher, she focuses on contemporary (media) art, visual- and digital culture. Touching upon themes as identity, representation, the body. camp and club culture.


MEREDITH JONES

Meredith Jones (UK) is a transdisciplinary scholar who works at the intersections of feminist theories of the body, media and communications, gender studies, and cultural studies. She is particularly interested in popular culture, visuality, and embodiment, and has published widely in these areas. She often speaks publicly about social media, popular culture, and feminism, and is an expert on the socio- cultural aspects of the Kardashians. She hosted a scholarly Kimposium! in 2015 and Kimposium! The Sequel in 2021. Meredith is the director of the Institute for Communities and Society at Brunel University London.

Lauren Kalman Artwork
​​"Device for Filling a Void" by Lauren Kalman (2015)

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Eleonora Radke
Eleonora Radke - Award Designer & Student of the New Craft Object Design Department, 5. semester

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