TORI BURCHILL
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Contest of Wealth

There is a silent battle of hierarchy based on income and a luxurious life. Often, adornment is used to communicate social status, demonstrating the ability to purchase precious metals and gemstones. Contest of wealth demonstrates this competition visually. A twenty-foot-long ‘gold’ rope is pulled from each end by two people. The rope wraps around the competitors like jewelry. At a closer look, the gold rope is neither a rope or gold. Rather, it is a fabricated chain that imitates rope and is constructed from brass. The competitors are fighting over a superficial material object, suggesting the competition of social status is a mental construct.
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  • Emergence
  • Convive
  • collage
  • Gallery
    • Second Skin
    • Contest of Wealth
    • 'Modified'
    • Lineage
    • Shift of Innocence
    • Life and Death
  • teach
    • metalsmithing >
      • worksheets
    • 2D Design
    • Drawing
    • kids
  • About