Public Defence Doctoral Thesis: Liesbet Bussche
Liesbet Bussche has the pleasure to invite you to the public defence of her doctoral thesis on 30 April 2026: Grounds for Jewellery: Research Into Material, Spatial and Experiential Process as Practice in Contemporary Jewellery.
The public defence is followed by the opening of the accompanying exhibition.
Doctoral Defence
In her doctoral research project Grounds for Jewellery, Liesbet Bussche rethinks contemporary jewellery as a process-oriented and experiential practice in the context of the material turn. She investigates how materials and the material world are noticed, shaped, processed and experienced through walking, making and writing. These methods both reframe the relationship between humans and nonhumans and acknowledge the role of the situated, subjective researcher. By tracing and activating the transformations of shells, bricks, natural stone, metal artefacts and dust, Bussche interrogates entrenched narratives in contemporary jewellery, such as the primacy of the finished object, and articulates a contribution to the discipline’s discourse.
The PhD research in the arts was conducted at Hasselt University and PXL-MAD School of Arts under the supervision of Prof. Dr. David Huycke and Dr. Karen Wuytens, with Dr. Jeroen Boomgaard and Benjamin Lignel serving as committee members.
The research study was supported by the Special Research Fund (BOF) of Hasselt University (BOF20DOC01).
Photo: Liesbet Bussche, Making Building Rings, 2024
Exhibition
Location:
PXL-MAD, Building G, MAD-Gallery, Elfde-Liniestraat 25, 3500 Hasselt
Opening:
Thursday 30 April, 16:30-19:00
Exhibition dates:
Friday 1, Saturday 2, Sunday 3 May, 14:00-18:00
Thursday 7, Friday 8, Saturday 9, Sunday 10 May, 14:00-18:00
Or by appointment (liesbet.bussche@uhasselt.be)
Date and locations:
- Thursday April 30th 2026
- PXL-MAD, Building G, Elfde-Liniestraat 25, 3500 Hasselt
- Defence: 14h00 - 16h00
- Opening exhibition: 16h30 - 19h00
Registration:
You can register via this Google Form. Please fill in this form before April 25th 2026.
More information
- Getting there & parking facilities
- Research MAD @ UHasselt
- Photo: Liesbet Bussche, Making Building Rings, 2024.
