Emilie Le Dez
Jeweller
Published: 20.11.2019
gmail.comNecklace: Homo Sacer I, 2019
Brass, wood, acrylic, paint, plastic.
From series: Homo Sacer
Art Collector´s Award at Art Jewelry Night Budapest 2019.
Concept: Homo sacer (= sacred man) is a status created by ancient Roman law. It defines a person that has been excluded by society, who can be killed by anyone. A person that no longer has any civil rights. The Italian philosopher Agamben defines ´homo sacer´ an individual who is considered an exile from a legal point of view. But for him, there are two perspectives to human life: a biological life (Zoë or naked life) and a political dimension/existence of life (Bios). According to him, ´Homo sacer´ defines a clear and total separation between the two concepts. It means a person that is subject to a special political system, that doesn’t apply or works with human rights. That person doesn’t have its own political existence: everything can happen to him, he is no longer protected by rules or rights. I’m drawing here a parallel between the ´homo sacer´ and the refugee status. I’m trying to describe that moment where a person, who is considered a citizen somewhere (Zôe+Bios) is leaving his common legal framework, not necessarily by choice and has to live a ´vagabond life´ until the political system decides otherwise. My jewelry represents those ´homo sacer´ / refugees and recreates this random movement created by the political system. (The people are moving inside the jewel) The geometrical forms represent the political systems in which we live. This describes the situation of a growing number of humans beings. Totalitarian and criminal systems have used the status of the ´homo sacer´ to exclude and control society. What can we say about the actual world's situation?
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Necklace: Homo Sacer I, 2019
Brass, wood, acrylic, paint, plastic.
From series: Homo Sacer
On body.
Art Collector´s Award at Art Jewelry Night Budapest 2019.
Concept: Homo sacer (= sacred man) is a status created by ancient Roman law. It defines a person that has been excluded by society, who can be killed by anyone. A person that no longer has any civil rights. The Italian philosopher Agamben defines ´homo sacer´ an individual who is considered an exile from a legal point of view. But for him, there are two perspectives to human life: a biological life (Zoë or naked life) and a political dimension/existence of life (Bios). According to him, ´Homo sacer´ defines a clear and total separation between the two concepts. It means a person that is subject to a special political system, that doesn’t apply or works with human rights. That person doesn’t have its own political existence: everything can happen to him, he is no longer protected by rules or rights. I’m drawing here a parallel between the ´homo sacer´ and the refugee status. I’m trying to describe that moment where a person, who is considered a citizen somewhere (Zôe+Bios) is leaving his common legal framework, not necessarily by choice and has to live a ´vagabond life´ until the political system decides otherwise. My jewelry represents those ´homo sacer´ / refugees and recreates this random movement created by the political system. (The people are moving inside the jewel) The geometrical forms represent the political systems in which we live. This describes the situation of a growing number of humans beings. Totalitarian and criminal systems have used the status of the ´homo sacer´ to exclude and control society. What can we say about the actual world's situation?
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Necklace: Homo Sacer II, 2019
Brass, acrylic.
8 x 2 x 8 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
From series: Homo Sacer
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Necklace: Homo Sacer II, 2019
Brass, acrylic.
8 x 2 x 8 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
From series: Homo Sacer
On body.
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Body piece: Homo Sacer I, 2019
Brass, acrylic, grid.
13 x 2 x 13 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
From series: Homo Sacer
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Ring: Instant T, 2019
Oxidized sterling silver.
2.1 x 1 x 3.1 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
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Ring: Memento I, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, acrylic, dyed anodized aluminium.
4.5 x 4.5 x 4.8 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
Ring for two fingers.
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Ring: Memento I, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, acrylic, dyed anodized aluminium.
4.5 x 4.5 x 4.8 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
Another view.
Ring for two fingers.
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Ring: Memento I, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, acrylic, dyed anodized aluminium.
4.5 x 4.5 x 4.8 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
Another view.
Ring for two fingers.
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Ring: Memento II, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, acrylic, dyed anodized aluminium.
5.2 x 2.5 x 4.3 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
Ring for two fingers.
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Necklace: The Denial, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, acrylic, dyed anodized aluminium.
2.6 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
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Piece: Memento 2.0 Collection, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, acrylic, dyed anodized aluminium.
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
From series: Memento 2.0
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Brooch: Introspection, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, acrylic, dyed anodized aluminium.
3.5 x 2.6 x 3.5 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
From series: Memento 2.0
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Brooch: One Step Forward, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, acrylic, dyed anodized aluminium.
2.6 x 2.6 x 10 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
From series: Memento 2.0
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Necklace: This I can't tell you, 2019
Oxidised sterling silver, acrylic, dyed anodized aluminium.
2.6 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
From series: Memento 2.0
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Ring: Face to Face, 2018
Rhodium-plated sterling silver, brass, acrylic paints, acrylic.
4 x 4 x 6 cm
Photo by: Marc Meillassoux
From series: Memento 2.0
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Earrings: Wavy, 2017
Aluminium, ink, sterling silver.
8 x 0.8 x 8 cm
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I am a French contemporary jewellery artist based in Berlin. Graduated in Art history and Archeology at University Paris X. I studied goldsmith and jewellery design in Paris. But contemporary jewellery got me and since then I would never step out!
Statement
For me, jewellery is a language. I speak this language sometimes better than my mother tongue! I always had difficulties to use words to express some of my ideas. When I discover contemporary jewellery I understood that it contains all the words I couldn't say. That's the way I work, each jewel I make is something I want to say to the others and I used them to communicate with the world. This can range from stealthy emotions to deep reflections. Once the jewels exisit I feel them as vessels of my mind travelling on the body. They start to be alive and step in the world to talk by themselves connect with who wear them. This is how they fit into a system of pass-on: of discourse but also as objects that will travel through the ages. This idea of Time, Transmission, Heritage, Human condition is leading a lot of my works.CV 
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