Su san Cohn, meaning(less)ness II, 2018. Photo: Bo Madvig

meaning(less)ness II

Su san Cohn

Wed 11 September, 4.30pm
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Su san Cohn, meaning(less)ness II, 2018. Photo: Bo Madvig

Meaning(less)ness II is a performance talk about the meaning of objects in our lives.

Triggered by the 2016 Danish Jewellery Legislation requiring any assets over 10000 Kroner ($2000 AUS) including ‘meaningless jewellery’ to be confiscated by the Danish border authorities to subsidise the upkeep of people seeking asylum, the performance features jeweller, Su san Cohn, speaks to the meaning of jewellery.

Following on from a successful thirteen performance tour in Denmark during 2018, meaning(less)ness II uses Cohn's Danish experience to reconfigure the themes in this work as a way to open a conversation with Australian audiences, The performance presented as part of Radiant Pavilion will pay special attention to its specialist jewellery and object making audience.

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Su san Cohn, meaning(less)ness II, 2018. Photo: Talia Cox

(ABOUT THE ARTIST)
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Su san Cohn is an artist with multiple personalities – jeweller, craftsperson, designer, industrialist, curator, writer. Living in Melbourne, she has been making work for over 35 years exhibiting extensively in Australia and internationally. Cohn brings a conceptual approach to her work together with an interest in contemporary culture and technology. Her broad understanding of design and making has also enabled her to work as a designer for Alessi and as the curator of the international exhibition Unexpected Pleasures – the Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, commissioned by the Design Museum, London. Cohn is represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne.