On the occasion of the Otto Künzli exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum hold from October to December 2015, the program PLAY JEWELLERY – wearing, making, thinking was planned to promote the exhibition while offering a fresh viewpoint on jewellery through workshops, guest speakers, seminars and exhibits of the diverse styles of jewellery within Japan. PLAY JEWELLERY – wearing, making, thinking“ commissioned by Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum has been organized by SCHMUCK2 in cooperation with Makiko Akiyama and method Inc.

Curated in two parts; firstly the „main program“ and secondly the „recommended program“, the main program contained events such as the Mobile Gallery by Akihiro Ikeyama, the continuation of the Jewelry Hunt by Naoko Ogawa, the Jewellery Library by Makiko Akiyama, CECI N’EST PAS UN BIJOU – a lecture by the German art historian Dr. Anne Schloen, the screen of the SCALE OF RELATIONALITY by Monica Gaspar, Damian Skinner and Marti Guixe, the exhibition FLUX by Japanese artist Yusuke Ishikawa, the kids workshop „MAKIMAKIMAKI“ by Maki Kawawa and the SCHMUCK2 “kick off“ of the PLAY JEWELLERY – WEAR ARCHITECTURE project (including a public panel discussion and open debate as well a first exhibition by Ryuji Nakamura and Yuko Nagayama).

The “recommended program“ consisted of a large number of events developed by venues such as Center for Cosmic Wonder, Hole in the Wall, gallery deux poisson, OFS (OUR FAVORITE SHOP), Arts Chiyoda a.o., selected by the program organizers.

The “recommended program“ consisted of a large number of events developed by venues such as Center for Cosmic Wonder, Hole in the Wall, gallery deux poisson, OFS (OUR FAVORITE SHOP), Arts Chiyoda a.o., selected by the program organizers.