Anne Luz Castellanos Mexico / Argentina
Crimson Bird brooch
Piece included in the exhibition Tincal lab Challenge 2024 Jewelry and Freedom (maximum price 150€)
Materials wood from a piano mechanism
Size 45x40x12mm
Through broken instruments, the artist contemplates the loss of freedom and challenges the use of animals in creating these objects. Two antique pianos embody an inner conflict: the recognition of the natural origins of the materials versus the liberation found in giving them a second life.
In the piano mechanisms, the artist discovers birds that, in their new form, embody freedom. This metaphor calls for a reevaluation of the human-bird relationship and a deeper appreciation of the freedom birds symbolize - a freedom once lost to human pleasure, but now reclaimed and honored through creative expression and respect.
