Viridarium Chymicum

(The Chemical Pleasure-Garden)

a residency project

&

 a publication

Borrowed  from an illustrated anthology about alchemy and poems by Daniel Stolcius de Stolzenberg in 1624, the title of this project Viridarium Chymicum (The Chemical Pleasure-Garden), pays homage to the issue of labor, pleasure and alchemy in a specific context of withdrawal.

Launched in San Sebastiano da Po in Italy (Piedmont) in November 2018 by the artist Pieter Vermeersch and the curator Lilou Vidal, the project is articulated around the making of ceramics and the construction of a kiln as both a tool and a community space, with the participation of:

Katinka Bock, Beatrice Bonino, Hugo Canoilas,  Koenraad Dedobbeleer, David de Tscharner, Edith Dekyndt, Daniel Dewar, Sara Enrico, Hilario Isola, Ana Jotta, Emil Kerckhove, Jim Lee, Renato Leotta, Erwan Mahéo, Christoph Meier, Ute Müller,  Valérie Mannaerts, Ives Maes, Sophie Nys, Nick Oberthaler, J.Parker Valentine, Nicola Pecoraro, Ambra Pittoni, Andrea Respino, Bojan Sarcevic, Cally Spooner, Zin Taylor, Gregor Titze, Jesper List Thomsen Michael Van den Abeele, Oscar Van Geertruyden, Pieter Vermeersch, Robin Vermeersch, Tinus Vermeersch, Adrien Vescovi.

Alongisde the ceramic residency and the kiln project a publication will be edited gathering artists, writers, poets around an open format of narratives and text making.

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We are pleased to announce the co-edition project with H ART MAGAZINE featuring monthly in its new format an episode of the residency project.

Since 2018, H ART has published an episode of each resident with a selection of photographs, notes, quotes or observations by the participating artists.

https://hart-magazine.be/