Jewellery affects the way the body of the wearer is experienced. But in doing so, it also affects the body of the observer. The form and location of an object on a body affect the senses and transform the movement and behaviour of the observer. In the process we call jewellery, bodies and objects intermingle as constellations of forces.
In my talk I would like to focus on the connection between jewellery and power. That includes the way an object is crafted and worn to create shifts in the bodies, understood as constellations of forces, involved in the jewellery process. To understand such processes, I will apply certain trends in twentieth century philosophy to concrete objects created by contemporary studio jewellery and try to delineate how these unfold their impact on the level of the political materiality of the body.
