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Nexit. PXL-MAD School of Arts. Klimt02 BA Degree Show 2022

Exhibition  /  NewTalentsByKlimt02  /  04 Jul 2022  -  05 Jul 2022
 
Published: 07.12.2022
Corneel De Schamphelaere. Bracelet: Crossing the Threshold, 2022. Wood, leather, sponge (painted), neodinium magnets, brass and cloth. 14 x 7 cm. From series: There Are Strings on Me. 
. Once upon a time, there was a jewellery designer who liked to make stories. He wondered why almost all art forms told stories beyond just a narrative message, except for jewellery. The young designer tapped his chin and mused: ‘Well, if no one will try it, why not do it myself?’
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. From there started a journey of research and inspiration, eventually ending in kinetic, wearable objects. These were used to tell the story of a piece of sponge travelling across the artist’s body to save its homeland. The story was heavily inspired by Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey story structure. As of the summer of 2022, the story consisted of a teaser for the eventual longer, complete story.. Corneel De Schamphelaere
Bracelet: Crossing the Threshold, 2022
Wood, leather, sponge (painted), neodinium magnets, brass and cloth
14 x 7 cm
From series: There Are Strings on Me

Once upon a time, there was a jewellery designer who liked to make stories. He wondered why almost all art forms told stories beyond just a narrative message, except for jewellery. The young designer tapped his chin and mused: ‘Well, if no one will try it, why not do it myself?’

From there started a journey of research and inspiration, eventually ending in kinetic, wearable objects. These were used to tell the story of a piece of sponge travelling across the artist’s body to save its homeland. The story was heavily inspired by Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey story structure. As of the summer of 2022, the story consisted of a teaser for the eventual longer, complete story.
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Intro
On display were a variety of thematics and expressions: jewellery that performs heroic stories, speculative wearables that influence the experience of time, bruises as jewellery...