KORU2 SYMPOSIUM 16. - 17.6.2006 + excursion 18.6.2006

Lappeenranta Town Hall, Villimiehenkatu 1, 53100 Lappeenranta, Finland

The symposium examines the complexity of contemporary jewellery thorough artist and expertise talks, which together with the workshops and the exhibition seek to create the conditions for generating understanding between ways of seeing things. Some speakers centre their attention to metal expression.

Symposium fee is 45 € including 2 lunches, coffee and cruise.

PROGRAMME FRIDAY 16.6.2006

09:00 - 10:00  Registration
10:00 - 10:05  Welcome, Organizing committee
10:05 - 10:10  Welcome words, Anneli Pirttilä, rector of South Carelia Polytechnic
10:15 - 11:00  Ted Polhemus, cultural theorist, Great Britain
11:00 - 11:45  Manon van Kouswijk, artist, The Netherlands

12:00 - 13:30  Lunch

13:30 - 14:00  Anna Rikkinen and Nelli Tanner, artists, Finland
14:00 - 14:30  Sari Liimatta, artist, Finland
14:30 - 15:00  Maria Nuutinen, artist, Finland

15.00 - 15:30  break

15:30 - 16:00  Tanel Veenre, artist, Estonia
16:00 - 16:45  Florence Lehmann, artist, France

17:00 - 18:00  Reception

18:30 - 20:00  Opening of Kontti- Finnish contemporary jewellery

20:30 - 23:00   Party at the sailing club and Saimaa-cruising

PROGRAMME SATURDAY 17.6.2006

09:30 - 10:15  Lisbeth den Besten , art historian, The Netherlands
10:15 - 11:00  Lin Cheung, artist, Great Britain
11:15 - 11:45  Sissi Westerberg, artist, Sweden

12:00 - 13:30  Lunch

13:30 - 14:00  Eila Minkkinen, artist, Finland
14:00 - 14:30  David Taylor, artist, Great Britain

14.30 - 15:00  Coffee break

15:00 - 15:15  Agneta Hobin, artist, Finland
15:15 - 15:45  Inni Pärnänen, artist, Finland
15:45 - 16:15  Matti Tainio, artist, Finland

Closing ceremony

18:00 Opening of KORU 2, South Karelia Art Museum

Opening of ON THE BORDER, exhibition, Green Warehouse

20:00 Farewell party

PROGRAMME SUNDAY 18.6.2006