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Breathing Volume is a series of 3 plaster sculptures - Gather, Accumulate, Absorb – and one bronze called: Let Go. All four sculptures articulate the area around the mouth, chin and neck of the human body. This is an area that changes continuously; when you walk, move your head – it changes even when you do nothing. Just breathe – in and out - and you’ll swallow the space. The theme of the sculptures for The Art of Fashion is recurrent in Filmer’s work. She always reflects on the relationship between inside and outside; positive and negative space and the presence or absence of the body. With this theme, Filmer seems to follow a tradition in art that started with the Italian Futurists at the beginning of the 20th century. Like Filmer, the futurists were anxious to visualise movement in space. See for instance the sculptures by Umberto Boccioni.
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The jewellery that Naomi Filmer designs is extraordinary. With her designs, she investigates the boundaries of the human body and limits of the materials. In this interview, Filmer explains that her work is not just ‘adornment’ of the body; jewellery and accessories become interesting when they visualize life and give a glimpse of the way a person could move his way through life.
This video is part of the The Art of Fashion exhibition, on view until January 10th 2010 at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
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