HANDSHAKE 7

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HANDSHAKE 7 activities

The HS7 activity programme aims to provoke creative development through experimentation and endeavour.

The HS7 group started with a masterclass series over ZOOM with Estela Saez Vilanova from Barcelona. Estella’s workshop sessions stretched till mid-June and pushed the HS7 artists with a variety of assignments.

The motivation of her masterclass is to search for inspiration, understand it, and when needed, apply it as a gathered experience to the working process of the artist. The HS7 artists revisited their usual making processes through a well-balanced comprehension of the conscious & unconscious phenomena, in an attempt to somehow merge the two.

After the intensive masterclass sessions of Estella Saez, each of the HS7 artists explored the discoveries and possible options for producing a new body of work for the MARZEE exhibition.

Next to the artistic development, a series of feedback sessions with coaches was planned for professional responses to the developing exhibition work of the HS7 artists.

The selection of international coaches picked by MARZEE was Iris Bodemer, Katharina Dettar, and Annelies Planteijdt. They gave multiple pieces of feedback during the second half of 2022 with their expertise and knowledge. Each of the feedback sessions was open to other HS7 artists, with learning opportunities for all.

The overall overseer of the HS7 group is curator and writer Sarah McClintock from Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History (NZ).

Sarah’s role is to act as a surrogate for the audience, a kind of medium that connects the public and the artist. With her experience in writing and speaking about contemporary jewellery, Sarah provided insight and assistance that guided the HS7 artists in crafting the right words for their artist statements, alongside their creation of the exhibition work.

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