SPEAKING THROUGH A MASK

Presented by Su San Cohn

Hosted by AGSA
2/10/2021
Talk #115

Image: cohnartist, don’t be an arsehole pin (2021), 3D printed nylon, latex, nickel silver, ink colouring,18.5mm diameter c 10mm height

SU SAN COHN presents ‘Speaking through a mask’

In partnership with the Art Gallery of South Australia.
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In this talk, Cohn looks at how jewellery could speak for people in our new social reality. Jewellery is a living language; global awareness shapes its symbolic landscape. The potential power of jewellery lies in the way it enriches connections and reinforces a sense of belonging. How can jewellery mediate unfamiliar constraints of public interaction into an exchange of trust and care? How can jewellery offer up an antidote to society’s anxiety about living free and in peace?

Su san Cohn is an artist jeweller, designer, curator and writer. She has a long-standing practice working across the art-craft-design divide using a variety of media from jewellery to photography, video and performance. Cohn explores the role of jewellery in our social and political contexts.