This is so tomorrow
Visiting time: ●●● Short (15 minutes)In this jewellery presentation, you will encounter works by Gijs Bakker, Ana Rajcevic, Carolyn Kriegman, Bernard Schobinger, Carel Visser, Dinie Besems, Meret Oppenheim, Getulio Alviani, Man Ray, Lucio Fontana, Studio Formafantasma, Ted Noten, Bart Hess, Jun Kamei and Loan Favan. These designers explore, each in their own way, the relationship between the body and technology, nature, identity and culture.
We live in a time in which the body is constantly shaped and steered by beauty standards, technology and social expectations. We edit our faces with digital filters, sculpt our bodies through sport, clothing, jewellery or cosmetic procedures, and continuously adapt our appearance to the gaze of others. What we wear is rarely neutral. Clothing, jewellery and accessories increasingly function as interventions: extending the body, distorting the silhouette, or embodying new identities. Instead of mere decoration, they become instruments for redefining the body.
The pieces in this presentation from the collection of Design Museum Den Bosch, are co-designers of that changing body. They operate on the border between skin and identity: sometimes as subtle social codes, sometimes as provocative objects that extend, manipulate or even recreate the body. They show not only how we shape the surface, but also how we actively design our physical possibilities and our self-image.
In This is so tomorrow we explore how jewellery contributes to this physical metamorphosis and how it challenges us to re-examine what it means to be human, or perhaps even to take a step beyond that.
About the collection
The jewellery in this presentation is part of the museum’s Posthuman collection. This collection is unique in the Netherlands and asks fundamental questions about what it means to be human in an era of technological, ecological and cultural transformation. Whereas traditional design collections often start from form or function, we have opted for a thematic and critical perspective for this collection. The image of humanity is no longer central, but is instead questioned, broken open and expanded.
