Sofia Hallik

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Estonia °1991
affiliation: Estonian Academy of Arts
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Sofia Hallik (born in 1991) is an innovative jewellery maker and PhD researcher at Estonian Academy of Arts. Sofia’s work, which has been exhibited at international exhibitions, is best known for the perfect symmetry, tricky nature of the material, latest digital techniques and the use of a visually monochrome palette.

According to some researches machine is better than us – it works faster, it has exact “mentality” and its main goal is to eliminate mistakes. In this case machines represent power manifestation. Technologies like 3D/CNC almost accomplish the virtual perfection of the form, thus removing the author as far as possible from the role of the ‘creator’. 

Aim of Sofia's work is represented in shameless and conscious adaptation of the conflicting concepts of handwork and machine work. Exactly at the junction of these two concepts, something truly attractive arises, that is actually a taste of our reality.

 

 

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  • Digitally Produced Jewellery: Tactile Qualities of a Digital Touch (2019) author(s): Sofia Hallik, Darja Popolitova published in: Journal for Artistic Research
    The importance of tactile contact between the artist and their jewellery has increased over the last decade. More and more artists now implement digital technologies into their work process. This raises questions about the notion of tactility, something that is usually associated as something tangible or given to touch. The authors show that there is a different sensorial mode of engagement with jewellery presented on the screen: during the 3D modelling process or 3D printing. This article aims to investigate the intangible qualities of tactility in the field of digital crafts, while focusing on the material, technical, performative, and psychological aspects. The outcomes include a set of tactile qualities evoked by screen-oriented labour and machinery production: resolution sensitivity, thin-skinned data, psycho-performative realism; and fingerprints, incompleteness and glitch.
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