Kamea Devons

The project at hand delves into the intertwined nature of globalization, locality, design, and craft. It involves repurposing Coca-Cola glass bottles, which symbolize global industry. By re-blowing them into shapes inspired by the historical glass-blowing artist Ennion, the project highlights the relationship between globalization, technology, economy, design, and society. Ennion's innovative and commercially successful works emerged during the Pax Romana (27BC-180AD). Coca-Cola's distribution expanded primarily during the Pax Americana era. Manipulating part of the object while keeping part of the original shape of the Coca-Cola bottles creates a series of hybrid objects that obtain this project's essence. This process sheds light on the intricate connections between these elements, which are sometimes overlooked, on their positive and negative sides.

Driven by my fascination with the art of making and our profound connection with objects, this project took shape. It all began with contemplations on the concept of a circular economy and the significance of local production. Inspired by envisioning the city as an interconnected ecosystem where producers and consumers coexist within the same harmonious system, I reached out to a dear friend—a skilled glassblower. We combined metal laser cutting and glass blowing to create a harmonious blend of craft and digital manufacturing. Laser cutting provided technical elements, while glass blowing added volume. The mould, an integral part of the creative journey, leaves an indelible and computed mark on the final object. Forever fused with the blown glass, the mould became an everlasting symbol of the interplay between tradition and innovation.

Count to ten

and you will see things differently.

In Hebrew, we say that if you are nervous or reckless, count to ten to calm down and rethink about the things. I sometimes tend to be reckless and impulsive, so I made a device to count to ten.

How far will technology replace us?

We have been using technology for hundreds of years to cultivate land, construction, navigation, mobility, communication, and more.

Today we also use technology to do personal things such as remembering, choose content, decide how many hours should we sleep, create content (with the help of A.I), monitor our physical and emotional state, implants and prostheses, interpersonal communication, and more.

I want to ask how far we will let technology replace us?

Shall we send our avatar to the lecture and summarize it for us?

Can a robot do a fun activity in our place?

And within this context, I want to examine the individual's relationship to an action and its result using different methods.

I.e., how does the method or the technological tool affect our attitude to the process and the result?