THURS 27 FEB, 12.00 – 1.00 PM, P152, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART, RIEGO ST, DUNEDIN

Material Fabulations by Nicolas Cheng and Beatrice Brovia

Conversation Piece, a collaborative practice initiated in 2011 by Beatrice Brovia and Nicolas Cheng, is a hands-on study on interconnectedness and interdependency: a reflection on making together with/through conversation, misunderstanding and friction, and a dialogic space where the notion of self-reliance is challenged. This talk will focus on questions and ideas that have become central to our collaborative practice. From the notion of anthropogenic sublime, to understanding complex material flows and how an extractive logic has profoundly shaped our world, the talk is an ongoing reflection on the intimate, enfolding boundaries that connect materials, objects and people.

Beatrice Brovia (IT/SE) and Nicolas Cheng (HK/SE) are jewellery artists, researchers and cross-disciplinary makers based in Stockholm, Sweden. Beatrice received a BSc in Interior Architecture from Politecnico di Milano, and a MFA in Jewellery and Corpus from Konstfack in 2009; since 2013 she has been working as lecturer with focus on jewellery at Ädellab, Konstfack, where she currently is serving as head of the Bachelor Program. Nicolas graduated with a BA from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2006, and shortly after he was artist in residence at Fabrica Research Centre of Benetton Group in Treviso, Italy. In 2010, he earned his MFA in Jewellery and Corpus from Konstfack. In 2019, he obtained his PhD from the University of Gothenburg.

Read more about Beatrice and Nicolas on the Artist in Residence page.