Past, present, and future coexist via Anne Boysen’s object INTOO, for Georg Jensen x 3 Days of Design. Through looking at the piece, observers experience the distorted surface emblematic of the past, the central clarity of the present, and the inverted, conceptual vision of the future on the inside. Here, silver has been extracted from the earth and through the intense craftsmanship process of silversmithing, transformed from raw material to a human-crafted object. The process of making INTOO was showcased with inspirational pieces from Georg Jensen's archive and prototypes from the craftsmanship of INTOO. All displayed on wooden podiums and digital screens, symbolizing the heating and cooling of raw silver.

The studies Anne Boysen brought into INTOO, was the source of inspiration for the installation. Especially the dualities it aroused within us. The convex vs. concave shapes, that was brought into the window displays, the warmth vs. the coolness of silversmithing, that was brought into the colors and materials we choose and the harmony vs. dissonance of the intense craftsmanship, that inspired us for the soundscape installation.

Humans have only experienced the world in its current state for the past 200.000 years. The frequency of events we witness across our short lifespans is high while the impact we have is miniscule: high frequency, low amplitude. On a geological time scale, changes are immense but slow –– mountains raised, oceans created, and continents submerged: low frequency, high amplitude. There’s no harmony between these frequencies, only dissonance: we are subordinate in comparison to the raw power of nature until we die. This dissonance generates a feeling of both powerlessness and awe when we consider our relationship to nature. The installation contextualizes Boysen’s INTOO artwork as a symbol of surrendering to nature, mortality, and the passing of time to experience a sense of harmony.

This is why the soundscape varies: discordant noise reflects dissonance and the process of hammering the silver into shape while gentle tones encapsulate moments of harmonious bliss.