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Graduation 2023: The Royal Academy
Explore this year's graduation projects in glass created by the newly graduated bachelors from the Royal Danish Academy's Programme for Crafts in Glass and Ceramics.
From September 9, you can experience this year's bachelor exhibition for Danish and international glass students from the Royal Danish Academy's professional bachelor program Crafts in Glass and Ceramics. The exhibition presents the three bachelors who have specialized in glass during their 3-year education at the school in Nex酶. They are Peter Br酶chner, Manon Hill茅reau and Ricardo Cristino Vaz.
In a joint statement from the students of the year, they say:
"With our exhibition, we want to lay the groundwork for new encounters and perspectives on the objects we surround ourselves with. It is our great wish to be able to contribute with a convincing bachelor exhibition that conveys the present in an artistic context."
The exhibition at Glass presents three different approaches to glass.
In the project 'Cascade', Peter Br酶chner explores the sculptural possibilities of glass based on the material itself. The finished sculpture is a testament to the process that took place in the kiln, where heating and cooling transformed a piece of industrial glass into a sculpture in its own right. The fluid movement of the glass is frozen in a cascade of glass. The project is based on the philosophy of equality between creator and material, and the finished sculpture illustrates the nature of the material, its qualities, will and power.
Manon Hill茅reau is interested in the body and the hidden layers beneath the skin. Her bachelor project, 'Foramens' (from Latin foramen opening, especially in bones, tendons or ligaments) expresses the beauty and fragility of the body through massive objects consisting of multiple layers of glass with glass cores in shades of red and pink. After cooling, the glass is sandblasted to give the surface a silky softness. The object is cut through and polished to reveal the inner layers. Manon Hill茅reau compares the process to a dissection, revealing the hidden musculature and functions of the body. Like the body, glass is a living, changing and complex material. It is also ideal for expressing our fragility, she says.
With his bachelor project 'Sound Through Glass', Ricardo Cristino Vaz combines his interest in sound with glass. "Sound can be annoying, interesting or just another of many layers. I try to perceive friction as something that can be explored as part of life," Ricardo says about his project. It consists of a sound sculpture in glass and a video performance. In the video, he drags a series of glass rods across the floor. The vibrations created by the movement travel through the glass and are transformed into sound. In the exhibition, visitors are invited to touch the glass, which reproduces the sound from the video, creating an interactive experience that mixes different art forms.
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Explore this year's graduation projects in glass created by the newly graduated bachelors from the Royal Danish Academy's Programme for Crafts in Glass and Ceramics.
From September 9, you can experience this year's bachelor exhibition for Danish and international glass students from the Royal Danish Academy's professional bachelor program Crafts in Glass and Ceramics. The exhibition presents the three bachelors who have specialized in glass during their 3-year education at the school in Nex酶. They are Peter Br酶chner, Manon Hill茅reau and Ricardo Cristino Vaz.
In a joint statement from the students of the year, they say:
"With our exhibition, we want to lay the groundwork for new encounters and perspectives on the objects we surround ourselves with. It is our great wish to be able to contribute with a convincing bachelor exhibition that conveys the present in an artistic context."
The exhibition at Glass presents three different approaches to glass.
In the project 'Cascade', Peter Br酶chner explores the sculptural possibilities of glass based on the material itself. The finished sculpture is a testament to the process that took place in the kiln, where heating and cooling transformed a piece of industrial glass into a sculpture in its own right. The fluid movement of the glass is frozen in a cascade of glass. The project is based on the philosophy of equality between creator and material, and the finished sculpture illustrates the nature of the material, its qualities, will and power.
Manon Hill茅reau is interested in the body and the hidden layers beneath the skin. Her bachelor project, 'Foramens' (from Latin foramen opening, especially in bones, tendons or ligaments) expresses the beauty and fragility of the body through massive objects consisting of multiple layers of glass with glass cores in shades of red and pink. After cooling, the glass is sandblasted to give the surface a silky softness. The object is cut through and polished to reveal the inner layers. Manon Hill茅reau compares the process to a dissection, revealing the hidden musculature and functions of the body. Like the body, glass is a living, changing and complex material. It is also ideal for expressing our fragility, she says.
With his bachelor project 'Sound Through Glass', Ricardo Cristino Vaz combines his interest in sound with glass. "Sound can be annoying, interesting or just another of many layers. I try to perceive friction as something that can be explored as part of life," Ricardo says about his project. It consists of a sound sculpture in glass and a video performance. In the video, he drags a series of glass rods across the floor. The vibrations created by the movement travel through the glass and are transformed into sound. In the exhibition, visitors are invited to touch the glass, which reproduces the sound from the video, creating an interactive experience that mixes different art forms.
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