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Curiosity #4

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Year:
2017
Collection:
Curiosity
Location:
Belgium
Dimensions:
50 x 60cm

Print on satin photo paper mounted on an aluminium backing panel and sold framed with anti-reflective glass

"Polystyrene, tissue paper, hardening paste, flax yarn, baking soda"

Curiosity is a proposal that focuses on jewelry through performance and photography.

Each piece contained within Curiosity needs to be re-enacted whenever it is exhibited because of the ephemeral and destroyable nature of its structure.

In Curiosity, the relationship between the body and the jewel goes beyond the simple relationship of the jewel being on the body of classical or contemporary jewelry, but emanates from the body memory of the gestures needed to reproduce each piece as it was originally conceived.

The bond to the body is omnipresent and multidimensional and jewelry takes the quality of performing art.

The ephemeral jewels, resulting from the performative act of reproduction, embody reflection and contemplation in response to our productive society of commercialism, hyper consumption and fast paced living.

Curiosity transcends the commercial object by going beyond direct bodily ornamentation and offers a journey into the mental and emotional space of the observer.

The photograph of the very first piece made is both the matrix that allows the jewel to be faithfully reactivated and its tangible memory and becomes the piece to be acquired. 

Each photograph is sold with a certificate of authenticity and is limited to 5 pieces. All photographs are printed on satin photo paper (50x60cm), mounted on an aluminium backing panel and sold framed with anti-reflective glass.