“In Giulia Crețulescu’s ‘The Gazing Object’ (2023), eight elements constitute the circular shape of the work, representing a series of deconstructed pieces gathered from safety harness designs. These designs are typically used to cover and protect the body, especially the spine segment of construction workers or climbers, safeguarding them from shocks or accidents. The designs are based on an economical shape that embraces the anatomical part of the body needing the most protection in certain working environments.”

“The initial identity of the objects is dissolved into a new entity that only alludes to the original reference. The emerging textile object, with its divergent vectors pulling from the center of the work toward the outside, configures the previous functional elements into more decorative structures reminiscent of ancient bas-reliefs. The play of light and shadows on its surface volume deteriorates the functional identity of the object, which now silently gazes at the viewer from its new totemic identity. The work engages in questioning the different types of relationships of immersion between the body and the ergonomic object and the body and the artistic entity.”

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