LODIE KARDOUSS

A LIVE NECKLACE

A clasp, a chain, and decorative elements are the features of a necklace.

Is a necklace just an object to wear? Can more than one person wear it at the same time?

“A Jewelry Piece combines my jeweler's expertise in the large-scale, hand-crafted silver clasp with that of the choreographer in the composition performed to bring the necklace to life.“

By creating an XXL necklace to be activated and embodied together, wearers become actors and have a collective experience. Its nature changes from an ornamental piece to a live composition.

Concept and design: Lodie Kardouss

Technical execution: Max Gielis, Marina Palovaara and Lodie Kardouss

Original cast of the performance: Maria Ferreira Silva, Eva Honings, Gala Moody, Marina Palovaara and Jason Respilieux

Activation/ Performance: opening, closing or any time during its exhibition

Video director: David Nollet

Director of photography: Zvonock

Sound art: Sylvie Bouteiller

Editing: David Nollet, Lodie Kardouss

Production: Lodie Kardouss

Special thanks to: Olivier Conrardy, Paolo Franco, Pieter T'Jonck and Citygate Brussels Studio

A Jewelry Piece has been presented in a variety of formats and contexts:

Activation in Mons (BE) during the Creative Nature exhibition (2022)

Performed by: Emmi Väisänen, Rafael Galdino, Marina Palovaara, Colas Lucot and Mariana Miranda

Presentation in Beijing (CN) in the form of a video loop during the Beijing Design Week (2020)

Presentation in Barcelona (ES) as a mosaic of 15 photographs displayed at the French Institute as part of the Off Joya Barcelona art jewelry & objects event (2019)

Presentation in Melbourne (AU) in the form of a video loop during the Radical Pavlova exhibition (2019)

Activation in Strasbourg (FR) during the L.I.É.E.S exhibition (2019)

Performed by: Maud Andriamanana, Zoé Baptista, Hugo Divetain, Emilie Fourrier and Anais Melchior

Activation in Athens (GR) during the Athens Jewelry Week (2019)

Performed by: Eugenia Georgiou Feroussi, Aliki Georgoulopoulou, Nikol Kafetzopoulou, Anna Kalogera and Christiana Kosiari Fasolaki

Review by Melis Agabigum