Laila Marie Costa
Masieraad: Master in visual art (jewellery design)
PXL-MAD School of Arts
Specialisms: Jewelry / Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture
Location: Hasselt, Belgium
Laila Marie Costa
First Name: Laila Marie
Last Name: Costa
Specialisms: Jewelry / Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture
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My Location: Hasselt, Belgium
University / College: PXL-MAD School of Arts
Course / Program Title: Masieraad: Master in visual art (jewellery design)
About
FROM THE DRAMA, THE BANALITY AND ABSURDITY OF THE PLANET INHABITED AND NAVIGATED, LAILA ARIE COSTA PRODUCES JEWELLERY, VIDEO, PERFORMANCE AND SOUND.
INSPIRED BY HER NEURO DIVERSITY, ITALIAN HERITAGE, PUNK ROCK, SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, CIS WHITE FEMALE POSITIONALITY, PERIMENOPAUSE, ART HER/ISTORY, POPULAR CULTURE, ARTISANAL SKILLS, VIRGINIA WOOLF ET AL, COSTA EXPLORES THE FRISSON WHERE ART, DESIGN, CRAFT AND LIFE INTERSECT, INTERACT & INTERMINGLE (AND HOWL AT THE MOON).
SHE GAINED A MASTER IN VISUAL ARTS (JEWELLERY DESIGN)/MASIERAAD: AT PXL-MAD, HASSELT, BELGIE IN 2023, A POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA AT THE VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, 2003, AND A BACHELOR IN FINE ARTS AT THE ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. SHE CURRENTLY LIVES AND HUSTLES IN HASSELT.
Nine jewellery pieces are in search of a rock opera. One neckpiece - the jewellerist, four necklaces, two bracelets and two slabbers are the noisy stars in the hierarchical opera that imitates malleable lives. The wearables seek to find their voice and enable corporal interaction in a white cube gallery or the black box of the punk rock/theatre/ballet stage. Made form collected waste materials from the urban environment and the artist’s domestic quotidian life, the jewellery seems picked up straight off the street but turn out to fit seamlessly and encourage movement. Think Mad Max, Virginia Woolf and recycling bin night all mashed up on the location set of Hasselt, Belgium.
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