AMALGAM , Jewellery in Hybrid Systems

AMALGAM - CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY & FASHION IN HYBRID SYSTEMS

London. 11–20 September 2026

AMALGAM presents contemporary jewellery as a hybrid practice shaped by entanglement rather than fixed form. Jewellery appears here not as a singular object, but as something that moves between body and system, fashion and design, physical presence and digital trace. Wearable works coexist with image, movement, styling, and spatial intervention, reflecting a world in which boundaries between disciplines, technologies, and identities are increasingly porous.
Inspired by the thinking of Donna Haraway, AMALGAM understands hybridisation as a condition rather than a choice. Haraway’s challenge to binary structures — human and non-human, nature and technology, organic and artificial — offers a framework for reading jewellery as relational: shaped through connection, responsibility, and context. Within this exhibition, jewellery exists across entangled systems — physical and digital, human and technological, past and future — intersecting with fashion and design as modes of expression, circulation, and embodiment.
Directed by Ema Marinova
Curated by Valeria Del Vacchio

The exhibition positions jewellery as a dynamic element, shaped by the interplay between organic and artificial, physical and digital. Influenced by contemporary theories of hybridity, AMALGAM challenges traditional boundaries, opening up a space where objects become relational entities.
Within this framework, artists are invited to explore jewellery not as a static artifact, but as a system of connections — between bodies, environments, technologies and narratives. The result is a constellation of works that expand the role of jewellery into a broader cultural and conceptual field.

AMALGAM takes place in a new Shoreditch gallery that will serve as Cluster’s curatorial base, enabling intimate, highly curated exhibitions with extended opening days for deeper engagement and sustained artist visibility.
The gallery is situated in a prime Shoreditch location, moments from Brick Lane and within close proximity to Liverpool Street, making it highly connected and easily accessible for both local and international audiences.
Shoreditch is widely recognised as one of the highest footfall areas in the London Borough of Hackney, with high streets recording hundreds of thousands of pedestrian movements each month. The neighbourhood attracts a culturally engaged, design-aware audience, drawn by its dense ecosystem of fashion brands, concept stores, galleries, restaurants, and bars.
This context positions the gallery within a vibrant cultural landscape and a commercially active, trend-driven environment, where jewellery, fashion, art, and design intersect naturally.

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