Gabi Veit

Bio

Born in Bolzano, Italy in 1968, Gabi Veit embarked on her creative journey by studying graphics in Innsbruck and Venice from 1987 to 1989, followed by an exploration of advertising graphics in Bozen. Her diverse pursuits led her to co-found and direct the Carambolage cabaret theatre in Bolzano from 1995 to 2008.
Transitioning into the realm of jewellery, Gabi pursued studies at Alchimia in Florence from 2008 to 2011.
Since then, she has established her workshop in both Bolzano and Zurich. Gabi consistently showcases her work in international galleries and museums and actively engages in workshops.

Statement

In Gabi Veit's variational experiments, a kind of floral unrest infiltrates the Apollinian fortification of the spoon, functioning as a montage of formal elements like the line and the ellipse and elementary functions like scooping and distancing. Thorns and leaves grow out of the handle, the bowl emulates and varies the shape and tension of the human mouth or splits into what looks like dual pods, as its surface roughens up and reveals the veining of leaves and skins and fruits. Such deviations from the basic form of the spoon cannot obviously leave the spoon function unimpaired as they constitute a trajectory of movement and transformation leading on to the very threshold of utility, where an artifact can morph into a mere thing beyond all utilitarian calculus. 
/ Das innere Besteck wrote by Pravu Mazumdar