Praline, LH 2005
Hi again, consumerism was a subject I’ve stirred in some works as well but more obvious in the series entitled Praline. In this particular case the dichotomy of precious-waste and image-content, emphasizes the subjectivity of people’s notion of value within their social context. As in your work Praline questions the material desires to project them as signs of psychological stereotypes.
In Portugal the material value of a jewel it is still felt as a very strong weight in people’s choice.
Where to begin? That’s THE question that as been surrounding me for a couple of weeks…
In former posts I’ve mention the comunication as an important issue for me in this project, the crossing of ideas and the diffusion of mental boundaries. But I also came across the analogy macro-micro which I see as a very interesting subject when we come to discuss our way to sense the world: home, territory, property or the feeling of being a corn in the vast field.
In this project some key issues were lain on the table:
individual and cultural expession
global context
cultural exchange, migration
globalized trends
identity: loss or perdurance
and
how jewelry addresses all the listed above
another interesting point questioned and perhaps close to the way we might direct this collaboration is: Does cultural exchange lead to broadening artistic borders or to uniformity?
Hi Lenor, I’m thinking broadening artistic borders… I like the micro/macro analogy, local/global..All of the points mentioned above are good starting places. I have a question about materials, do you have a particular medium of choice? Are you drawn to particular materials in your work or does it fluctuate entirely?
Hi Miguel yes micro/macro – local/global sounds inspiring.
I have some materials that I recur frequently for their qualities match very well my ideas but I am entirely open for new ones. It all depends where this project leads me to.
How is your process of work in the relation idea-material?
i am very open to materials, not attached to a particular medium but rather seek out that which responds best to an idea. I enjoy experimenting with new materials. Am thinking now in reverse a bit, about how materials relate to the body and the performance of jewelry
It’s funny to see we’re somehow taking exhanged paths.
I’ve been thinking a lot in something performative in which the body leads to something more sculptural. I need to think a lot in what I want to communicate which will influence the material to use but I have a slight idea that I’ll probably go for a new one. My mind is turning around territory, marks, possession, individual identity and cultural expression.
It’s interesting to ponder on how materials interact with the body for they can be pliable, stiff, aggressive, smooth and so much more and all this will affect the wearers behavior as well viewers perception.