Jewellery & Metal (MA)

JAMPLATFORM

thinking --- making --- reflecting --- platforms in the creative process --- shifts in modes of action --- reaction --- responding to the world speeding past --- never more than now --- the world is changing --- abruptly --- rapidly --- radically --- graduates were taken off guard --- as we all were --- this abrupt change was taken as a challenge --- stimulating positive responses --- deepening creative ambition --- our community strengthened --- growing in mutual support and care --- standing together --- creative desires invigorated in resolve to overcome --- creativity as an antidote to anxieties out of our control --- see the results of creativity under unprecedented pressure --- diverse --- inquisitive --- thoughtful --- reflecting the circumstances whilst offering visions far beyond --- as a metaphor the platform reminds us of the point at which we see loved ones off to their futures --- leaving one story behind and setting forth on new adventures --- the departure of these graduates is unlike any before --- time will look back with incredulity and disbelief at their achievements --- communicating through mediums they are passionate about --- JAM addresses narrative in relation to material --- to things --- explaining the world through the visual communication of stuff --- from subject to object --- object to subject --- fostering political and communal ways of altering and subverting narratives --- building dialogues, challenging the outdated --- creating through --- thinking --- making --- reflecting

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