HONEY ME,
a cross-disciplinary exhibition
in a symbiosis of art and well-being
from 04.07.2020 till 31.08.2020
every Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, between 11am and 7pm
visitors entry: via Kaaistraat car park B-9140 Tielrode
The admission is free; but a small gift would be a grand gesture for the non-profit organisation artecetera in this bizarre period.

Around honey as the golden-yellow, tongue-caressing ‘sweetener’,
About apiculture and Anthophilia, freely translated into ‘flower worshipper’,
Along the miraculous, ingenious honeycomb, which is both nursery and storage; 
To the fragility of existence and the worrying bee mortality.
An expo full of wonder with fascinating artworks and groundbreaking objects and jewellery balancing between contemporary cross-over art and craft.

Alissa Volchkova – Anna Heindl – Anne Marie Laureys Ceramics – Antonino Spoto – atelier lachaert dhanis – Bram Vanderbeke – Christina Schou Christensen – Daniel Kruger – Frans Ottink – Franziska Krieck – Giampaolo Babetto – Jinhyun Jeon – Lucia Massei – Marjorie Romeijn – Mathieu Frossard – Max Gielis – Morten Klitgaard – Nadja Zerunian – Nikolay Sardamov – Unfold – Sarah Pschorn – Thalia Georgoulis – apiculturist Thierry Vermeire.

HONEY ME is an exhibition organised by artecetera*, supported by and hosted in the venue of atelier lachaert dhanis.
!You are safe there, because we care! 

WERKTEKST HONEY ME AMLAUREYSCERAMICS 

Een oud Duits spreekwoord: Wie gods wonderen wil gadeslaan, moet naar de bijen gaan.

De symbolische kracht van de honingbij is een constante in de geschiedenis van de mensheid.

De bij geeft aanleiding tot religieuze riten, bijgeloof en verhalen over wonderen.

Het wezen van de bij is raadselachtig.

De fascinatie voor het leven van de bijen blijft een poging de benauwende grenzen van de realiteit te doorbreken. De bijen bewegen zich vrij in de lucht, zijn toch gebonden aan de aarde, hun veelvuldigheid (de planten, bloemen) heeft een duidelijk doel (de korf, de honing).

Dit illustreert de vrijheid in gebondenheid: tegelijkertijd zichzelf zijn en een maatschappelijk wezen blijven.

In 2019, BeCraft joined the Cultural Council of the Michelangelo Foundation. As a member for three years, the association is actively working to identify and recommend Belgian master craftspeople to the Foundation. The Michelangelo Foundation and BeCraft share many objectives, the most fundamental of which is that of perpetuating skills and techniques through the transmission of knowledge and raising public awareness of the reality facing contemporary applied arts. Given the considerable challenge for artists and institutions that constituted the period of lockdown due to Covid-19, the opportunity to propose an exhibition with an international reach for the reopening seemed opportune. On this occasion BeCraft spotlights twelve artists, the first Belgian representatives of Homo Faber. Each offer a unique perspective on the technical mastery of their specific fields related to the applied arts. The collaboration with the Michelangelo Foundation on this exhibition opens up promising perspectives on the question of the sustainability of contemporary applied arts. It offers the public the possibility to discover a significant insight into the quality of the contemporary applied art professions in Belgium. It is also an opportunity for the artists to become acquainted with The Master’s Touch Evaluation Tool, the selection tool of the Michelangelo Foundation in order to be promoted internationally through its projects.

Exhibitors: Kris Campo – Dolorès Gossye – David Huycke – Françoise Joris – Anne Marie Laureys Ceramics – Helena Schepens –
Antonino Spoto – Thalen & Thalen – Chantal Tramasure – Antoine Van Loocke – Vera Vermeersch – Arlette Vermeiren

Meanwhile we keep on working in the workshop on new projects. This time is an unforseen artist in-residence period at home. We are so lucky to be doing what we do… all for ceramics!

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COLLECTIBLE,
is a pioneering fair exclusively dedicated to contemporary collectible design gathering unique pieces, bespoke works and very limited editions of the 21st century. Selected for special project section courtesy artecetera.

Memento Mons is an invitation to embark on a journey of discovery.
Cabinets with a curious collection of historical pieces in an entourage of contemporary objects balancing on the border between visual art, craft and design. A contemporary cabinet of curiosities, a tribute to the ‘Wunderkammer’, in which universal notions of ‘vanitas’ are deconstructed and underlined. The concept of ‘memento’ is just as relevant and current today as it was in the time of the Romans. “Look behind you! Remember that you are only human!” the slave whispered into the ear of the victorious general during Roman triumph. [Tertullian]
In essence, nothing has really changed …

Concept & scenography:  artist duo atelier lachaert dhanis 

HØST a duoshow with photographer Nick Geboers and recent ceramics of anne marie laureys ceramics. 

Fine art gallery 10a  located in Belgium at Otegem, by John Vande Wiele.