A Walk Through

Abstract

A Walk Through was a long-term artistic project (taking place for about 1,5 year) in which methods and output coincided, and were made public since the start of the project. A Walk Through (AWT) is an experimental exhibition. It's a performance. It's jewellery creation, experience and presentation. AWT brings together various elements and artistic projects from my PhD research. I worked on the 7th (and later, towards the end of the project, on the 3rd) floor of the 'tower' at the PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt campus. I invited other people to make walks on this floor together. During those walks I selected and combined, reinterpreted and represented various elements (ingredients, components) that I associate with jewellery and/or presentation because of personal interpretations and connotations as well as recognizable references. My presence, interventions, actions, as well as the experiences and participation of the visitors, played a crucial role in this project. 'The work' existed and acquired meaning in the interaction between locations, people, objects and moments. The elements balanced between different possible functions and interpretations, depending on how they were used and shown. Actions activate my works, generate meanings and make other perspectives possible. The elements were in constant movement and change within a narrative that I developed based on these walks with others.