Exhibition | Calamine (LU/DE/FR/EN) // Bridderhaus
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The CALAMINE exhibition is the culmination of a research and collective creation residency led by students from the ZÀD – ZONE À DESSINS studio at the École Supérieure d’Art de Lorraine – Metz campus, at the Bridderhaus.
Supervised by artist and teacher François Génot, the ZÀD workshop develops a collective artistic project each year in collaboration with a new partner. For the 2025–2026 edition, the Bridderhaus becomes the anchor point of this initiative, hosting a residency in the heart of southern Luxembourg, a region marked by a rich industrial and steel-making history, and now undergoing social, urban and ecological transformation.
In metallurgy, calamine is a deposit of iron oxide formed on the surface of steel exposed to very high temperatures. Based on this notion, the multidisciplinary works examine the traces left by the industrial and steel era that shaped the Esch-sur-Alzette valley and the Greater Region. The students explored intertwined layers of buried narratives, fragmented memories, and tangible and intangible legacies. Their immersion led them to meet the area, its inhabitants, its forms of multiculturalism, and to question the consequences of industrial progress. Here, collective intelligence and sharing become acts of care or even healing.
With: Sofiia Ahadzhanian, Ambre Bouillaguet, Salomé Castells, Paloma Girard Francisco, Marie-Cécile Grand, Laetitia Hue, Eike Llamas, Loïc Leclercq, Fanette Lentretien, Iman Ourahou, Maud Quesney, Madeleine Rieffel, Jules Schwoerer.
Project supported by: École Supérieure d’Art de Lorraine (ÉSAL, Metz), the Ministry of Culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Prefect of the Grand Est region, the Eurometropolis of Metz and the Épinal conurbation community.
Good to know
Public opening: April 10, 2026 at 6:30 pm.
Special public day: Sunday, April 12 from 11 am to 6 pm (programme of events and performances).
Free entry, open to all, no booking required.
Automatically translated from French.
Where does it take place?
Bridderhaus
1
rue Léon Metz
L-4238 Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourg
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