Contemporary artists, fashion or jewellery designers fascinated by kineticism or preoccupied with the power of motion appeared in previous posts on this site.
Tamara Kvesitadze is among these modern artists since she shows in her work a strong interest in kinetic discourse and in the use of experimental materials. Born in Tbilisi, Kvesitadze first trained as an architect at Tbilisi Technical University in the 1980s and then shifted her studies towards a sculptural practice bridging art and engineering.
Inspired by her passion for architecture and fine arts and by an interest in the possibilities offered by motion, she first started creating mechanical and sculptural dolls in collaboration with engineer Paata Sanaia. Kvesitadze also designed the fabrics for her dolls' dresses and experimented with a series of different materials.
At this year's Venice Biennale (on until tomorrow) Kvesitadze presented a new project entitled "Any Medium Whatever". There are two pieces included in the project that are strongly linked with movement and materials: one is "F=-F" and it's a sculpture of compressed human faces; the other, entitled "Sphere", is a globe entirely covered in human faces.
Both the works, made in composite materials, hint at three states in the anthropological condition, that is difference, sameness and co-dependency between human beings, but they are also perfect examples of the reflection of the consequences of constant movement, metamorphosis and transformation, themes that may lead to interesting experiments also when applied to fashion.
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