Helene Kask

In my degree project, I explore various futuristic scenarios and the types of protective qualities our bodies might need for survival.

This work is grounded in two core theoretical and conceptual frameworks, “Speculative Craft” and “The Hybrid Laboratory”, drawing inspiration from speculative thinking and science, as well as posthuman and more-than-human philosophies.

From this foundation, three conceptual ideas are introduced in the form of an installation, exploring different bodily protective qualities. These works pose a series of ‘what-if’ questions that function as catalysts for the expansion of thought, encouraging the dream of the impossible to become possible.

By exploring the borderland between jewellery and science, I aim to challenge and broaden the perception of what jewellery can be; not just a decorative object, but a meeting point between the human body and a speculative future environment – a symbiotic interface for survival.