PATCHWORK IDENTITY
PATCHWORK IDENTITY - is an artistic project within the framework of a Practice-based PhD's.
The following question is pursued: What does it mean for identity-building objects in the body-related environment of humans, (especially jewellery), when being human under postmodern living conditions is increasingly understood through transpersonality?
If identity is defined as an integrated bundle of identifications, then it is clear that identity can only ever be an excerpt of something more comprehensive.
In Western society, the human being is defined as an individual person with an incoming "self". This understanding undermines the transpersonal and collective nature of the human being. According to psychoanalyst Roman Lesmeister, social reality and the Western conception of human beings are in contradiction.
Human values are increasingly defined by unboundedness, unconditionality and flexibilization. At the same time, it is noticeable that affiliation and identity are often dispensed with in the process of self-development.
The effects of such innovations affect the self-image of people, as well as the design of objects in their environment. In the work Patchwork Identity, the formation of identity as well as the design of objects under postmodern living conditions is reflected.
Music: Mashk, Soul Button - Pensées
Objects: Brass, Ceramic Raku fired / Photography: Vanessa Ohlhausen / Model: Sarafina McLeod
