From Algae to ashes, from ashes to glazes

DATE: 10 May 2023 - 13:30 PLACE: Pilar - Triomflaan, VUB Ingang 6, 1050 Brussels LANGUAGE: English PART OF PROJECT: Tidal Zone Experiences Chair Casterman-Hamers: History and Philosophy of Sciences PARTNERS: Pilar VUB Crosstalks Moment of knowledge exchange on algae glazing with The Atlas of Ovens. The Atlas of Ovens is an artistic research project that explores the physical and social aspects of heat practices. It is a collaboration between Clémentine Vaultier, Maximiliaan Royakkers and Ciel Grommen, who bring their backgrounds in architecture and ceramics into the project. By studying and using infrastructures that contain and guide heat, such as ovens, they explore how to transform matter while also examining our relationships to communities and territories. As part of their research, they host workshops with different heat practitioners, including stove builders and bakers. In the context of the Tidal Zone Experiences exhibition at Pilar (April 20 until May 25), they invite Jean-François Paquay, a specialist in ceramics and ash glazing, to explore the potential of using algae for sustainable glazing. On May 10 they will set up the fire to go through the full process of algae to ashes, ashes to glazes. They invite anthropologists, historians, archeologists, scientists, engineers and anyone who is interested in algae or in making fire to pass by at any moment that afternoon, discover and exchange their expertise.