Irish / Dutch ornamentalist, Owen Brouwer, uses spatial storytelling to capture different aspects of the city, the architecture and the people that live within it. Each work, in whatever medium, physical or filmic, is a spatial dedication to a particular subject, place or subculture.
RCA Christmas Fair
5-7/12/-2024
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Celebrate locality and the richness in individuality. Embrace diversity and encourage confrontation and contradiction between different visual street cultures. Isn’t that what sparks curiosity and discovery both in our physical and social environments? An equilibrium between the expected and unexpected. Reality and surreality. Amplifying the hidden or reimagining the exposed.
Ornament has the ability to tell stories and express culture spatially. Starting with psychogeography as a research method for investigating place, Owen then turns to a wide range of mediums to both capture, amplify and reimagine urban instances and visual street cultures. Brouwer aims to challenge conventional representations, perceptions and spatial practices of the city and its architecture.
A space where the world of narratives and experiences of the city life, the urban fabric and people is expanded and transformed into visual narratives beyond just the ornamentation of the physical objects, using filmmaking. Celebrating the power of filmmaking in stimulating and fostering creative collaboration and community building.
I displayed a wide selection of un/released jewellery collections, accommodated with a series of stills from several films produced over the years. The jewellery pieces were displayed on miniature multifunctional display stands I 3D printed at home (they function as gift boxes and incense holders when turned around and opened. Established in 2012, RCASU indoor market showcases bespoke items from the creative minds of RCA artists and designers, alumni and current students.
He held a film screening night, showcasing 3 short films that contextualise the inspiration behind his London Chronicles jewellery collection. Screening 3 short films, including ‘’Other Than Here’’, ‘’Letters From Elsewhere’’ and ‘’Next to (Night)Mare Street’’.
This was Owen’s first solo exhibition. Showcasing jewellery, sculpture and film collections based on narratives around Beck Road, Greater London and the creatives that live within.
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