International Biennial of Jewellery and Metal Art

METALLOphone 2024

Don’t Tell Me A Story

Opening: October 30, 2024


Museum of Applied Arts and Design
(Arsenalo st. 3a, Vilnius, Lithuania)

Eglė Čėjauskaitė-Gintalė LT

UJEI

Solo Exhibition

October 30, 2024 – February 28, 2025
Museum of Applied Arts and Design
(Arsenalo st. 3a, Vilnius, Lithuania)

Julia Obermaier DE

SILENT REVERIE

Solo Exhibition

October 30, 2024 – December 5, 2024
Jewellery school-gallery Vilnensis
(Dominikonų st. 7/20, Vilnius, Lithuania)

The theme of the 7th International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery and Metal Art METALLOphone 2024 is DON’T TELL ME STORIES. Sounds paradoxical — aren’t we encouraged to create and tell stories at every opportunity? Aren’t we saying that there is a story behind every object or phenomenon? But at the same time, don’t we feel an influx of stories, or rather a flood of stories? Words are needed when they add value, when they reveal, name, shape. But when words flood in like a tsunami, there is a real danger of drowning.

There is a huge difference between a story that enriches the perception and an artificial narrative that is covered with a string of empty words. In jewellery, there are many things that in themselves create value and experience. Minerals and stones, materials that want body and touch, natural and man-made shapes that attract the eye and do not ask for explanations. That’s why the Biennale asks — don’t tell stories that mean nothing. Tell what really matters, show what is necessary and what you feel immediately, what you want to touch, to experience and not to understand. Talk about what is behind the stories.

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Participants

Airidas Skublickas

Airidas Skublickas, Lithuania

Alejandra Solar

Alejandra Solar, Mexico / Luxemburg

Alexandra Bart

Alexandra Bart, Germany

Andronikos Sagiannos

Andronikos Sagiannos, Greece

Antal Zilahi

Antal Zilahi, Hungary

Arijana Gadzijev

Arijana Gadzijev, Slovenia

Arisa Inoue

Arisa Inoue, Japan / Germany

Aušra Mačiulaitienė

Aušra Mačiulaitienė, Lithuania

Babette von Dohnanyi

Babette von Dohnanyi, Germany

Camilla Luihn

Camilla Luihn, Norway

Carina Shoshtary

Carina Shoshtary, Germany

Chao Hsieng-Kuo

Chao Hsieng-Kuo, Finland

Consuelo Keller

Consuelo Keller, Switzerland

Daniel Jirkovsky

Daniel Jirkovsky, Czech / Netherlands

Daniel Kruger

Daniel Kruger, Germany

Dariusz Wojdyga

Dariusz Wojdyga, Poland / Norway

Deimantė Kiesutė

Deimantė Kiesutė, Lithuania

Denise Reytan

Denise Reytan, Germany

Diana Kirdeeva

Diana Kirdeeva, Belarus / Belgium

Doerthe Fuchs

Doerthe Fuchs, Germany

Dominyka Gulbinaitė

Dominyka Gulbinaitė, Lithuania

Eero Hintsanen

Eero Hintsanen, Finland

Eeva-Riitta Wornell

Eeva-Riitta Wornell, Finland

Eglė Banytė

Eglė Banytė, Lithuania / Ireland

Eglė Širvytė

Eglė Širvytė, Lithuania

Eglė Vengalytė de Meulenaer

Eglė Vengalytė de Meulenaer, Lithuania

Eija Mustonen

Eija Mustonen, Finland

Eilve Manglus

Eilve Manglus, Estonia

Elli Hukka

Elli Hukka, Finland

Erle Nemvalts

Erle Nemvalts, Estonia

Estela Saez

Estela Saez, Estonia

Eszter Zamori

Eszter Zamori, Hungary

Felieke van der Leest

Felieke van der Leest, Netherlands / Norway

Flora Vagi

Flora Vagi, Hungary

Frederic Frenay

Frederic Frenay, Belgium

Fruiting Bodies, Poland

Fumiko Goto

Fumiko Goto, Japan / Switzerland

Vokietija / Nyderlandai

Gesine Hackenberg, Germany / Netherlands

Ginta Grube, 2024, Latvia

Ginta Grube, Latvia

Gisella Ciullo

Gisella Ciullo, Italy / Netherlands

Hanna Liljenberg

Hanna Liljenberg, Sweden

Hansel Tai

Hansel Tai, China / Estonia

Idiots, 2024, Netherlands

Idiots, Netherlands

Ildiko Danfalvi

Ildiko Danfalvi, Hungary

Isabel Wang Pontoppidan

Isabel Wang Pontoppidan, China / Denmark / Netherlands

Izabella Petrut

Izabella Petrut, Austria

Janne Peltokangas

Janne Peltokangas, Finland

Jasmin Matzakow

Jasmin Matzakow, Germany

Jeanine van der Linde

Jeanine van der Linde, Netherlands

Jeannette Knigge

Jeannette Knigge, Netherlands

Jelizaveta Suska

Jelizaveta Suska, Latvia / Sweden

Jens A. Clausen, Estonia

Jil Koehn

Jil Koehn, Germany

Joani Groenewald

Joani Groenewald, South Africa

Jorge Manilla

Jorge Manilla, Mexico / Belgium

Josephine Rønsholt Smith & Mette Charlotte Saabye

Josephine Rønsholt Smith & Mette Charlotte Saabye, Denmark

Judy McCaigh

Judy McCaigh, United Kingdom

Karen Vanmol

Karen Vanmol, Belgium

Karin Johansson

Karin Johansson, Sweden

Karina Kazlauskaitė

Karina Kazlauskaitė, Lithuania

Karina Lazauskaitė

Karina Lazauskaitė, Lithuania

Karolis Černeckis

Karolis Černeckis, Lithuania

Katharina Andress

Katharina Andress, Germany

Katja Prins

Katja Prins, Netherlands

Keiu Koppel

Keiu Koppel, Estonia

Ketli Tiitsar, Estonia

Koen Jacobs

Koen Jacobs, Netherlands

Kristiina Laurits

Kristiina Laurits, Estonia

Lars Joosten

Lars Joosten, Belgium

Laura Hanisch

Laura Hanisch, Germany

Laura Salguero

Laura Salguero, Spain

Lieta Marziali, United Kingdom

Liisbeth Kirss

Liisbeth Kirss, Estonia

Lorena Rode

Lorena Rode, Netherlands

Louise Bilgren

Louise Bilgren, Denmark

Loukia Richards, Graikija

Maja Licul, Slovenia

Marcelo Ferreira Gustafsson

Marcelo Ferreira Gustafsson, Sweden

Mareen Alburg Duncker

Mareen Alburg Duncker, Germany

Maria Valdma, Estonia

Marite Rudzate

Marite Rudzate, Latvia

Martin Verner

Martin Verner, Czech

Martina Singerova

Martina Singerova, Czech

Marytė Dominaitė

Marytė Dominaitė, Lithuania

Max Górski

Max Górski, Poland

Merlin Klein

Merlin Klein, Germany

Mira Kim

Mira Kim, South Korea / Germany

Mirei Takeuchi

Mirei Takeuchi, Japan / Germany

Mona Wallström

Mona Wallström, Sweden

Morgane de Klerk

Morgane de Klerk, Netherlands

Neringa Poškutė-Jukumienė

Neringa Poškutė-Jukumienė, Lithuania

Nikolay Sardamov

Nikolay Sardamov, Bulgaria

Oldŕich Sládek

Oldŕich Sládek, Czech

Oscar Wippermann

Oscar Wippermann, Germany

Paul Adie

Paul Adie, United Kingdom

Pavel Opocensky

Pavel Opocensky, Czech

Philip Sajet, Netherlands

Rasma Puspure

Rasma Puspure, Latvia

Ria Lins

Ria Lins, Netherlands

Rosa Borreda

Rosa Borreda, Spain

Sabine Klarner

Sabine Klarner, Germany

Sandra Malaškevičiūtė

Sandra Malaškevičiūtė, Lithuania

Sara Gaczkowska

Sara Gaczkowska, Poland

Sarah Schuschkleb

Sarah Schuschkleb, Germany

Saulius Vaitiekūnas

Saulius Vaitiekūnas, Lithuania

Sebastien Carre

Sebastien Carre, France

Sille Luiga

Sille Luiga, Estonia

Silvia Bellia

Silvia Bellia, Italy

Sofia Bankeström

Sofia Bankeström, Sweden

Solveiga ir Alfredas Krivičiai

Solveiga ir Alfredas Krivičiai, Lithuania

Stefania Sioufa

Stefania Sioufa, Greece

Susie Heuberger

Susie Heuberger, Germany

Suvi Tupola

Suvi Tupola, Finland

Tamia Dellinger

Tamia Dellinger, Portugal

Tatjana Giorgadse, 2024, Germany

Tatjana Giorgadse, Germany

Ugnė Blažytė ir Danas Tamašauskas, 2024, Lietuva

Ugnė Blažytė ir Danas Tamašauskas, Lithuania

Una Mikuda

Una Mikuda, Latvia

Valdek Laur

Valdek Laur, Estonia

Valdis Broze

Valdis Broze, Latvia

Vendula Fabian

Vendula Fabian, Hungary

Veronika Fabian

Veronika Fabian, Hungary

Vita Pukštaitė-Bružė

Vita Pukštaitė-Bružė, Lithuania

Wiebke Pandikov

Wiebke Pandikov, Finland

Xenia Deimezi

Xenia Deimezi, Greece

Yotam Bahat

Yotam Bahat, Israel / Belgium

Zane Vilka

Zane Vilka, Latvia

Žilvinas Bautrėnas

Žilvinas Bautrėnas, Lithuania

METALLOphone is harmonised by

Soul and curator
phD. Jurgita Ludavičienė

Designer
Lina Bastienė

Coordinator
Mažvydas Truklickas

Organisers
The Lithuanian National Museum of Art
Jewellery school-gallery Vilnensis

The project is funded by
Lithuanian Council for Culture