APPROACHING ETERNITY

Since the renaissance, the golden section has played a prominent role in art, music and architecture. Some graphical shapes, most commonly appearing in nature and architecture, seems to carry a unique sense of completion. the Vault is such a shape. Like a key in a keyhole or the last piece in a puzzle being laid, golden section aesthetics stir a sense of reverence within and makes the observer absorb a feeling of content. This collection explores what lies beyond the calculations and numbers, with a focus on the mystical and unseen elements of ’perfection’. As a follow-up to ‘CHANGING BODIES’, Salome Kappelin continues the discussion of body-image and aesthetical ideals in ‘APPROACHING ETERNITIES’, , through clothes which carry the shapes of perfection yet are only the beginning of a freedom where the body is free to be, imperfect.