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From March 2, 2024, the Pinakothek der Moderne will be showing works from the jewelry class at Kobe Design University in the New Collection. KanKan ‒ KiraKira ‒ DokiDoki, in Japanese onomatopoeia this means the sound of the hammer when making jewelry, the look of jewelry and the feeling when wearing jewelry. Onomatopoeia is a broad term. He tries to capture emotions and sounds, situations and actions in one word, one expression. It is completely irrelevant whether the feelings, sounds or circumstances are generated by people or by objects.
In Japan, onomatopoeia is a very popular form and an integral part of communication – there are 4,500 onomatopoeic words in the Japanese vocabulary alone. These terms arose from the desire to be able to better share feelings with others. In recent years, the expressions have found their way more and more into Japanese manga culture and cartoon animation – they are actually now characteristic of manga. While manga and animated films used to be …
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Image above: Chihiro Hanayama. Brooch “Monophyletic funghi”, 2022. Silver, acrylic paint. 10.5 x 7.0 x 0.6 cm
