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THE MATTER OF TIME PRESENTATION

28.01.15

*THE MATTER OF TIME* PRESENTATION OF COLLECTION II
LE PALAIS DE TOKYO PARIS

COLLECTION II EXPLORES THE THEMES OF TIME, MATTER, AND LIGHT IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTION.


THE EXHAUSTIVE SET OF DESIGNS REVOLVES AROUND VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE IDEA OF TIME AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS ITSELF: THE CIRCLE, THE MOVEMENT OF WATER AND LAYERING AS A METAPHOR FOR MEMORY.

EACH COMPONENT OF THE SERIES OF WORKS IS CONCEIVED AS A PARTICULAR VISUAL EXPRESSION OF THE INTUITION OF A MOMENT IN TIME AND THE EMOTION THAT RESULTS FROM IT, WHICH EVENTUALLY LEADS TO CREATION. IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE VISUALLY THE INEFFABLE INTUITION OF TIME, THE OBJECTS INTEND TO BECOME TANGIBLE EMBODIMENTS OF IT, TRYING TO REUNIFY THE IDEA OF TIME TO THE PARTICULARITY OF ITS VISUAL EXPRESSION.

THROUGH THE USE, DISTORTION AND APPROPRIATION OF THE GOLDEN MEAN, DAUPHIN QUESTIONS THE ESSENCE OF PERFECTION TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HAUTE JOAILLERIE, AND EXPLORES THE OPPOSITION BETWEEN CREATION AND DESTRUCTION ALLOWED BY TIME ITSELF.

CIRCLES ARE CUT OPEN, LINES ARE WOVEN IN IRREGULAR PATTERNS AND LAYERED. RINGS ARE SEEN TO FLOAT ABOVE FINGERS ENHANCING THE ERGONOMICS OF THE BODY AND SILHOUETTE. DIAMONDS APPLIED TO GOLD ACT AS AN EXTENSION OF THE PHYSICAL FORM OF THE JEWEL ITSELF AND REFLECT LIGHT BACK TO THE NEUTRAL COLOUR PALETTE OF NUDE – PINK GOLD, WHITE, BLACK AND INK BLUE GOLD. PAVE DIAMONDS MEET PRINCESS AND EMERALD TAILORED CUT DIAMONDS, AND ARE APPLIED AS RAINDROPS TO THE ONE OF A KIND NECKLACE WHERE CULMINATE ALL THE VARIOUS CRAFTS OF HIGH JEWELLERY MAKING.

THE OBJECTS ARE MIRRORED IN COLD CATHODE FLUORESCENT
STRUCTURE/II. WITH THIS NEW IMMERSIVE LIGHT INSTALLATION ARTISTS
RANDOM INTERNATIONAL CONTINUE THEIR EXPLORATION OF THE REFLECTED HUMAN FORM AND THE PHYSICALITY OF ITS PERCEPTION. THE HUMAN BODY IS UNITED WITH THE ENTIRE SURROUNDING SPACE, IN ONE SPECTRAL, SENSORY EXPERIENCE.

DAUPHIN EXPLORES AND DEVELOPS FURTHER A NEW ARCHITECTURE OF THE JEWEL, TAKING THE CRAFT OF HIGH JEWELLERY TO A NEW LEVEL, TO PRODUCE WORKS OF A SINGULAR ELEGANCE THAT ECHO AND FIND ECHO IN OUR SOCIETIES. THEY BECOME THE ATTRIBUTES OF A FULLY SELF-CONSCIOUS CONTEMPORARY INDIVIDUAL.

THIS EXHIBITION IS CONCEIVED AS A PERFORMANCE. AN ATTEMPT TO EXPERIENCE TIME THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATION OF MATTER.

PHOTO GETTY IMAGES/JULIEN M. HEKIMIAN