Altering Bodies

In this project, Helene utilizes the selfie phenomenonas a conceptual laboratory. Using her own image as the primary material, she investigates the intersection of photography and social media, treating the digital self-portrait not as a finished result, but as a site for deconstruction.

The process begins with a series of self-photographs, which are then systematically dismantled. By treating the image of her own body as a set of modular parts, Helene assembles these fragments into entirely new human forms. This method explores the "mixed reality" of contemporary existence: the strange tension that occurs when a flat, digital image is translated back into a three-dimensional, spatial reality. The resulting work consists of spatial jewelrythat reconfigures the wearer’s silhouette based on these assembled forms. These pieces serve as a physical manifestation of the ways we "edit" ourselves in the digital age - where the body is no longer a fixed biological fact, but a fluid configuration.

Helene’s work ultimately challenges the traditional hierarchy of adornment. By creating structures that dictate the shape of the wearer, she investigates a profound inversion: can the jewelry carry the body, rather than the body carrying the jewelry?In this new configuration, the jewelry piece becomes the primary framework, and the physical body is reshaped to fit the jewelry's logic.