THREADS

THREADS
A small show about the intertwinings in jewellery THREADS originally derives from the similarly named Instagram Messenger format—and it also points to the immaterial connections woven between people. For the Empfangshalle Gallery, however, the term is defined more broadly. First, it indicates the textile dimension that plays a central role in several works by the participating artists. Additionally, the title opens up a variety of other contexts: the networks between people, the entanglements in art, and the dialogue between artistic disciplines.

This interweaving is especially visible in the project Schmuck2, initiated by artist Susan Pietzsch. Here, different genres, signatures, and international positions braid into projects that, through diverse collaborations, offer a contemporary engagement with the concept of jewellery—carried out for THREADS in collaboration with Japanese artist Miho Shimizu. Building on the individual artistic approaches, such as Stefan Wischnewski’s project, it goes beyond textiles to develop impulses for expanding the concept of jewellery through textile strategies. New weaves of forms, meanings, and contexts emerge, placing jewellery in a field of tension between art, craft, and social location—as material, as metaphor, and as a medium that makes connections visible, also evident in the image works of artist Rosanna v. Angerer.