OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival is upon us, kicking off with an opening ceremony today! Here’s an overview of all the events available to our Social Club Members this November. See you there!
PRE-GLOW
OBSESSED! Opening Ceremony
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AFTER-GLOW
OBSESSED! Closing Ceremony
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BEYOND THE SHINE
Panel Talk
Date: 7.11.2025
Event time: 18:30–21:30
Location: Oscam Museum, Bijlmerplein 110, 1102 DB Amsterdam
Grillz are more than gold, Clothing are more than garments. They are history worn on the body. Rooted in hip-hop and Afro-diasporic culture, grillz speak of pride, resistance, and belonging. They tell stories of where we come from and how we choose to shine in spaces that were not built for us.
This evening invites reflection and dialogue: How do we wear our culture? How does what we create become education for ourselves, for our communities, and for those who come after us?
Moderator: Kalkidan Hoex; Speakers: Patricia Nganga Mokosi, Latoya Molly, Daniel Declercq
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INHERITANCE
Symposium
Date: 8.11.2025
Time: 13:00-17:00
Venue: If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, WG-Plein 881, 1054 SM Amsterdam
OBSESSED! festival invites you to an intimate symposium hosted and at If I Can’t Dance by isabel wang pontoppidan. Exploring an expanded notion of inheritance, this symposium will provide three unique perspectives on jewellery as material, spiritual and psychological manifestations.
This event emerges from the symbolic potential of jewellery: jewellery as materialisations of abstract ideas of value, status, culture, faith and family. Thinking through jewellery, the programme interrogates practices and ideologies that have trickled down through time to make up our historical present.
To secure your spot at the symposium, send an email to obsessed@current-obsession.com (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)
TERET TERET
Event
Date: 9.11.2025
Time: 18:00–20:30
Location: Bar Bario, Bilderdijkstraat 186, 1053 LD Amsterdam
Teret Teret is an Ethiopian storytelling tradition where the storyteller and listener journey together into another world. This programme, developed by artist and curator Kalkidan Hoex (TheNEWtribe) in collaboration with Current Obsession and Rambler Studios, explores themes of identity, home, and personal growth. Glow Up can signify more than outward transformation, it can also reflect an inner movement toward community, culture, identity, social awareness, self-knowledge, and strength. How can jewellery and other media make our inner worlds visible to others? And why does this matter?
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GEMZ: WET
Book Launch & Exhibition Opening
Date: 14.11.2025
Time: 19:00
Location: De Kunstfabriek, Weena 699, 3013 AP Rotterdam
The third cycle of Current Obsession’s Talent Accelerator Programme, GEMZ, reaches its grand finale. From 57 international participants, 6 emerging talents – Stefan Boerkamp (NL), Ruochong Cheng (CN), Tina Jiao (CN), rae richards (US), Anna Rusínová (CZ) and Zoé Kiner-Wolff (FR) – unveil their never-before-seen speculative jewellery collections in a pop-up exhibition and accompanying book. Join us for a night of jewellery, music and celebration!
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ARTIST TALK WITH ZOÉ KINER-WOLFF & STEFAN BOERKAMP
Discussion
Date: 21.11.2025
Time: 19:00-21:00
Location: De Kunstfabriek, Weena 699, 3013 AP Rotterdam
A late-night conversation with Stefan and Zoé, two of the GEMZ talents, discussing the concepts of body-tuning and body morphing, the symbiosis of craft, design and jewellery, and collaborative art practices.
No reservation needed.
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As always, we would love to hear from you in case you have any membership related questions at veronika@current-obsession.com (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)!
Datum
30.10.2025