Essays about: "Jewellery Corpus"
Found 3 essays containing the words Jewellery Corpus.
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1. Inner Stories : Identity and Value
University essay from Konstfack/Ädellab/MetallformgivningAbstract : Nothing is neutral, all things we create narrate. Manufactured objects enforce and support mythology and ritual, willingly or unwillingly. In this thesis I have been investigating how we structure reality and identification through narration. The approach ties in cultural anthropology and psychology. READ MORE
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2. I Mend It With Sugar
University essay from Konstfack/Ädellab/MetallformgivningAbstract : I mend it with sugar Abstract "Gluttony" and "sloth" is the sugar addictions best friend, or could it be that the addiction comes out of a disturbed hormone production caused by the environment that surrounds us? Trying to understand my own sugar addiction I weave in my personal story into my artistic research around this subject. The sugar might be the cause of the pandemic obesity and that's why it has to bee brought up into the light from its darkness down the basement of the food giants that roles over the world economy. READ MORE
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3. Social participation in contemporary art jewellery : An investigation of contemporary art jewellery’s ability to discuss complex questions within western society.
University essay from Konstfack/Ädellab/MetallformgivningAbstract : On the base of cultural norms, it seems that it is commonly accepted that one animal is considered 'friend', while the other 'food'. Even though people's opinion may differ in regards to the world's largest animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal) (Kulkarni, 2009), the organization asks a relevant question: “ If your cat tasted like chicken would you eat her?” As I work within the contemporary art jewellery field, it is through the body, jewellery, and the conscious act of wearing it, that I would like to encourage consumers to reflect on their personal meat consumption and to connect the packaged meat to the animal it comes from: what is it that we are eating? Where does it come from? Through this essay and my work/practice, I aim to critically reflect on the different existing values between animals in our society and to inspire more conscious and well informed decisions concerning meat. READ MORE
