ハイイイエハイ
ハイイイエハイ( yes no yes )
03 (Sat.) – 24 (Sat.) December, 2016
13:00-19:00 Wednesday to Saturday only
Opening Reception
Dec. 3 (Sat.) 17:00-19:00
studio J
3-14-8 Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan
tel /fax 06-6110-8508
The exhibition “ハイイイエハイ” is the first collaboration between Pietzch and Shimizu. The two artists met for the first time in the middle of this year (2016) and discovered that they had common interests, as both enjoy working with other people, in cross-disciplinary approaches and at the border of artistic genres.
At studio J, the artists jointly interpret ‘contemporary jewellery’, a term that has developed from the question: “How do we perceive jewellery in our modern society?”
This question arose in interviews organized by Pietzsch as part of her latest Schmuck2 project: Play Jewellery – Wear Architecture in 2015. The project was a series of dialogues with renowned Japanese architects discussing their thoughts on jewellery. The dialogues centred on the notion that jewellery must somehow, be beautiful.
This was used as a starting point for a conversation and each individual take on the topic was explored. The artists shared thoughts on beauty, which brought them to research perfection found in nature and the phenomenon of the fractal.
Fractals are complex shapes, but look more or less the same at different scales. These fractals, or self-similar patterns, can be found everywhere in nature, from the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background radiation to the coastlines of continents, courses of rivers, clouds in the sky, branches of plants or the shape of seashells and snowflakes.
Pietzsch and Shimizu searched for a formula (or algorithm), in an attempt to contemplate subjective definitions of beauty through objects and structures. The project started from a question in relation to architecture and, surprisingly, came back as an investigation of geometrical logic often found in architecture, and now offers in parallel a statement on the spatial aspects of jewellery.
The exhibition will provide a stage to stimulate interaction and communication – an exploration of the relationship between objects and the human body.
The title “ハイイイエハイ” hints to the logic of the natural cycle – the sustainable beauty and the basis of the most simple mathematic formula.
Miho Shimizu
Born in Tokyo, 1976. Shimizu received a BA of Fine Art from Goldsmiths College (London) in 2001, attended Piet Zwart Institute (Rotterdam) and completed her MA Fine Art at Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2011. Currently, she is working on the idea of transformation, looking at costumes and rituals in tribal and urban areas. Her textile costumes and props have been made for actors and dancers for live events and video pieces. She collaborates with Øyvind Renberg in parallel to her solo practice. Here, her interest in culture extends to retelling the experience of travelling through a mix of artistic media. www.dangermuseum.com
Susan Pietzsch
Born in Freiberg (Saxonia/ Germany) 1969. Based in Tokyo/ Japan and Germany. After 5 years of training as gold- and silversmith, Pietzsch received her diploma in jewellery design from the FAK Heiligendamm in 1996. Pietzsch’s working practice encompasses a wide scope, including projects reflecting contemporary concepts of jewellery, as well as international, artistic collaborations initiated under the name of Schmuck2 since 1997. In her work, Pietzsch explores unusual and novel representations of current concepts of jewellery and formulates multifaceted interpretations of contemporary views of jewellery using conceptions that range between applied and fine arts. In addition, the artist has extensively and carefully documented her work in many publications.
www.schmuck2.de
www.susanpietzsch.com