21 Grams in Mons

Artist list

Paul Adie, Peter Bauhuis, Helen Britton, Bifei Cao, Carla Castiajo, Aaron Patrick Decker, Peter Deckers, Patrícia Domingues, Yanli Duan, Iris Eichenberg, Nedda El Asmar, Sara Gackowska, Adam Grinovich, Xin Guo, Sophie Hangarth, Ann-Kathrin Hartel, Jing He, Nils Hint, Meiing Hsu, Meiri Ishida, Koen Jacobs, Xueling Jin, Junwon Jung, Lauren Kalman, Heejoo Kim, Seulgi Kwon, Heng Lee, Helena Lehtinen, Yinliang Li, Xiao Liu, Urmas Lüüs, Suska Mackert, Lilian Mattuschka, Kadri Mälk, Chequita Nahar, Xianou Ni, Evert Nijland, Ted Noten, Pavel Opocensky, Seth Papac, Ruudt Peters, Annika Pettersson, Karen Pontoppidan, Suzanne Pugh, Estela Saez Vilanova, Nina Sajet, Robert Smit, Nadja Soloviev, Jie Sun, Tore Svensson, Anneleen Swillen, Edu Tarin, Terhi Tolvanen, Vivi Touloumidi, Fabrizio Tridenti, Frank Verkade, Xiaojia Wang, Xiaoxin Wang, Zhenghong Wang, Chumeng Weng, Mian Wu, Chenqian Xu, Xihan Zhai, Chenzhi Zhang, Kun Zhang, Zaozao Zhang, Zhi Zhang

The installation of the artworks is an important part of the concept. The works of the 21 grams jewelry will be present on scales to verify whether an artist has succeeded in the weight of the soul 21 grams to meet. 
With the intention to prove the existence of the human soul scientifically MacDougall introduced in 1907 a medical experiment by six patients roads during their dying process. The beds were positioned on an industrial scale so that the weight of the patient before, during, and could be held in the holes after death. The patients lost directly or minutes to hours after death 21 grams weight. This minimal research shows that the soul has a substantial weight. The concept of 21 grams has a mysterious imagination that is attractive to artists. The weight of 21 grams is both imaginative and literally for jewellery makers a challenge.

21 grams was exhibited at 2018 Hangzhou Contemporary International Jewelry and Metal Art Triennial and Munich Jewellery Week, and it now travels to Mons.