The origins of jewellery went hand in hand with the emergence of the earliest civilizations one hundred thousand years ago. In this context, jewellery was an indication of individual positions within the society and at the same time it represented a marker of a specific group belonging toward other communities. By wearing jewellery an individual person marks a position within the setting of a social system, also in present times. Jewellery is not about individuality; jewellery is about an individual’s relations to others. Enhancing this thought, makes it easy to identify the strong relation between jewellery and society, and therefore also to recognize the political potential of jewellery. The lecture shows the usage of jewellery in past and present societies, in order to examine to which extend jewellery is and always has been political!
The lecture focuses on the presentation of the Nuda Vita project, an experience of artistic production that stages the work of some of the most interesting contemporary jewellery artists. The initiative was held for the first time on the occasion of Munic
prejsť na článokJewellery affects the way the body of the wearer is experienced. But in doing so, it also affects the body of the observer. The form and location of an object on a body affect the senses and transform the movement and behaviour of the observer. In the pro
prejsť na článokJewellery perceived socially and politically while preserving its identity. The lecture approaches performativity of jewellery as a material object and examines the principles and consequences that result from this. Performativeness opens up the social as
prejsť na článokThe lecture focuses on the presentation of the Nuda Vita project, an experience of artistic production that stages the work of some of the most interesting contemporary jewellery artists. The initiative was held for the first time on the occasion of Munic
prejsť na článokLecture: ABOUT HUNTING AND COLLECTING In my lecture I would like to look at performative aspects in some of my works. In the performances Jewellery Hunt with Blowpipe, for example, the viewer is essentially involved in the creation of a piece of jewellery
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