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Accepted Paper:

Jewellery and Techno Aesthetic Revolution  
Veena Yadava (Govt College, Nahar)

Paper short abstract:

Jewellery today has witnessed unconventional experimentation blending conservatism with modernity leading to emergence of universalised tastes rooted in individuality and human experience.

Paper long abstract:

With a strong aesthetic value, jewellery has since time immemorial been a symbol of power, wealth, status, protection against evil and spirits besides being a piece of personal adornment. Being a powerful social and cultural signifier of civilisations, it has been a metaphor of changing social, political and religious trends across the ages.

Encompassing a wide variety of ever evolving forms, material and designs, modern period has seen jewellery turning into an expressive metaphor, with art taking primacy over function and wealth. There has been an explosive experimentation rooted in unconventional materials, imaginative techniques and innovative designs bordering on modern primitivism blending conservatism with modernity. Transformational changes in the contemporary period have metamorphosed the concept of jewellery from pricey heirlooms and treasures into wearable pieces that are trendy, affordable and durable manufactured and marketed by brand names for mass consumption. Globalisation has universalised tastes with resultant increased contextualisation towards sleek, hybrid and miniaturised aesthetic ornamental designs that are synthetic, de-gendered and denatured , devoid of cultural emotions but rooted in individuality and human experience. Pioneered by digital jewellery mankind stands on the threshold of a techno-aesthetic revolution.

Panel P17
Jewellery as property, jewellery as aesthetics
  Session 1