ZOOM IN by Jie Sun

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Jie Sun

Translations between Local Culture and Concept on Contemporary Jewellery

This project program focuses on an artistic design practice-based research through leading a workshop (including lecture, presentation, exhibition) with participators. It aims to develop a method of production that is rooted in the understanding of creative method, with the interdisciplinary research in between local history and culture, but examines this knowledge through explicit reference to and experiment with knowledge from other fields. What is the visual representation of local culture under the forces of globalization? How can those design form, method, craft skills, or tacit knowledge, be expressed in words and how might it affect making? These are questions without straightforward answers, but in asking them I have started to guide the students and contribute to an expanding contemporary design and craft field, creating a confluence of researching and making that combines the artisanal with the conceptual.

In addition, a unique view will be taken into the Finnish culture and history. I will guide students include a multi-method approach, with the objective to develop a platform to stimulate the fresh materials for the jewellery and design development in both practice and its associated culture.