Late last year, Kristine Dee, Michelline Syjuco and I talked about putting a group exhibit and decided to work around the theme of futurism. I can't believe its been almost a year since that first meeting. The exhibit opening will be next week, October 22 at Firma Greenbelt 3, 6pm. I have to say I haven't designed an entire collection in a few years and I'm really excited about my pieces. I've seen previews of Michelline's and Kristine's and all the more I believe this is going to be a really interesting show in terms of Philippine jewelry design. There will be over 100 one-of-a-kind pieces altogether.
Our work centers on the following theme:
What is futurism?
Being forward thinkers, jewelry artists Michelline Syjuco, Kristine Dee and Paul Syjuco discussed the theme of futurism and came up with several concepts. For them it meant progress with a deep-seated respect for the past. It meant concern for the common good by doing things a little bit better along the way. It also meant, most importantly, creating new things with imagination and creativity.
The different design eras and paradigms expressed the future in different ways. The early twenties to forties envisioned the future rife with airplanes and flight as well as abstraction. Mid-century futurism contained visions of monorails and superhighways. There seemed to be a fixation with organic alien life forms, lasers, UFOs and space exploration in the sixties and seventies as well as parallel universes of mythical beings and objects in the eighties. However, these “Retro-futurist” pegs aren’t exactly what the artists pay tribute to. It is the constant attempt to experiment. It is the pushing of the mind to create concepts of external objects not present to the senses. And while we all know that most concepts of the past didn’t quite make the cut, being relegated to archives at best, it is the spirit of creativity and resourcefulness that is held high. After all, a lot of our perceived realities now were long ago only considered fantasies.
For portfolios and backgrounds on artists please check our individual sites:
www.paulsyjuco.com
www.kristinedee.com
www.michellinesyjuco.com
In addition, Resturant Cicou's executive chef Cyrille Soenen will be preparing French desserts inspired by the jewelry pieces during the event.
Again, exhibit opening will be at 6pm, October 22, 2009 at Firma Greenbelt 3 and pieces will exclusively be displayed till Sunday, October 25. After which, only select pieces will remain in store.
