It’s the kind of anniversary that comes round as soon as in a century: Cartier is marking the one centesimal anniversary of one among its home icons, the Trinity, and, after pop-ups in Paris, London, New York, and most lately Shanghai, the French luxurious maison is bringing its Trinity 100 pop-up to our shores. Operating from 15 to 23 July 2024 at The Arts Home, the seven-room exhibition particulars the historical past of the enduring design, from its origins (impressed by legendary artist Jean Cocteau), to its myriad types and incarnations over time, its shut affiliation with stars and celebrities, and ending off with a number of rooms devoted to commissioned artworks by creatives throughout numerous disciplines, together with movie, music, images, and extra.
Why has the Trinity continued to fascinate and encourage by means of the years? Yanina Novitskaya, CEO of Cartier SEA & Oceania, believes it could possibly be due to the sturdy emotional connections that individuals kind with their Trinity items. “Attention-grabbing reality: In case you have a look at the second-hand market, you’ll not discover so many Trinity items on the market,” she tells us. “Nobody resells it, as a result of—it’s easy—it stays with you; there’s a private which means (behind every bit).”
It’s exactly this sturdy emotional connection that the Trinity 100 pop-up is seeking to encourage with its Singaporean, and regional, audiences, and, having previewed the exhibition, I can vouch that it succeeds at each educating and firing up the 100-year-old icon within the creativeness as soon as once more. Forward of the centenary celebrations set to kick off in Singapore, Novitskaya sat down with me to speak concerning the significance of getting the Trinity 100 celebrations in Singapore, the Singapore-inspired touches on this staging of the exhibition, and her personal private connection to the Trinity.
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Why did Cartier select to host the Trinity 100 pop-up in Singapore proper after Shanghai?
Yanina Novitskaya (YN): I feel it’s the primary time ever we’re [doing] this celebration at a real regional stage, and we’re very heartened and privileged that we get to host this occasion and invite company from greater than 20 completely different cities—it’s not solely Southeast Asia and Oceania. We wish to have a good time our anniversary, and we’ve got company from Taiwan, from Tokyo, from Seoul, from India… So for us it’s an excellent second. I feel Trinity unites individuals, brings forth connections, and provides us the chance to share tales. Truthfully, I’m very completely happy that we lastly managed to do that.
I feel it’s not a shock, as a result of actually, when you have a look at the inhabitants of the area, the international locations which we cowl right here, and in addition the central function of Singapore—as a result of nonetheless for a lot of international locations in Southeast Asia, Singapore is a frontrunner. On this metropolis, you may have such a mixture of cultures and mindsets. I feel it’s actually a spot the place everybody needs to be, particularly after we see this connection and unity, so it’s a really logical selection.
I imply, we’re referred to as a melting pot of various cultures, and it actually makes a number of sense with the entire which means behind Trinity as effectively. So what have you ever realized concerning the Singapore luxurious buyer? What do you suppose that they search for with regards to Cartier?
YN: Yesterday, we kicked off the celebrations with our key purchasers and creatives who participated within the pop-up and within the celebrations, and what I can see within the purchasers right here, particularly in Singapore, is that they’re so dedicated to help completely different initiatives. All of them accumulate artwork by native artists, they actually help younger artists, they help those that are in all probability not recognised sufficient. I like very a lot how the artwork scene is growing in Singapore, or the biennale in Bangkok. And I can see that our purchasers listed below are deeply concerned and engaged with this agenda. So for me, it’s an awesome pleasure and I actually take pleasure in my skilled life right here, as a result of we will talk—not solely on the creations—but in addition our tradition and company initiatives. The purchasers are very various, very refined, very effectively educated when it comes to luxurious consumption, and so they perceive why traditions and craftsmanship are so treasured; why it’s a heritage for his or her children, and wish to transmit this to the following technology.
What do you suppose is particular or completely different concerning the pop up in Singapore, and the way it tells the story of the Trinity?
YN: I feel it’s attention-grabbing how we mix completely different parts, which we needed to focus on when it comes to their historic retrospective, and in addition completely different parts behind the design. So you’ll uncover that the pop-up consists of a number of rooms and every of them has a selected function, to inform you the story and to elucidate why, on the whole, in the present day, we have a good time 100 years of the Trinity. As a result of it’s not solely [about] the design—in fact, it was very daring and daring at the moment, but in addition [it was about] craftsmanship. I imply, the fluidity of those rings, and really deep which means behind it, the universality. It was the primary ring, I feel, to be common amongst women and men.
What are some Singapore-inspired touches that we will count on within the pop-up? Are there any Singapore-inspired touches?
YN: We began speaking about Singapore as a melting pot of various cultures, so what I like is that we’ve got not solely Singaporean artists—we’ve got Malaysian artists, Indian artists… The moderator of our discuss yesterday was Audrey Yeo, who’s the Director of the Artwork Galleries Affiliation in Singapore. I actually love that Audrey moderated the discuss for us, as a result of she’s an artist herself. Earlier than [the talk], we have been making an attempt to align on [the agenda]; what can be the primary function? I stated, “Audrey, inform me, why do you suppose that it’s vital?” She stated, “As a result of I wish to convey extra consideration to the Singaporean artwork stage. In case you go to the US, they nonetheless love to purchase US artwork. Indonesians, very a lot concentrate on Indonesian artists and their collections. However in Singapore, they’re so open-minded. In case you have a look at the collections, and I actually have entry to some collections, what I can see is that they’re shopping for very completely different artists.” So it’s nice after we do that [pop-up] in Singapore, we focus not solely on Singaporean artists however others, and we all know that purchasers or guests who will come to this exhibition as a result of it’s a brand new approach to promote artists as effectively.
Do you may have a favorite art work within the exhibition?
YN: It’s by an Australian photographer. Within the footage, you may see the pregnant girl; the pregnant mannequin. I didn’t know the story behind it, so I used to be like, [what is its connection to] Trinity? And I used to be fascinated with this as a result of it’s additionally type of near my coronary heart—she’s pregnant, I’m a mum—so, [I could see] her, her child, however who else? And I used to be considering that it’s in all probability the following technology, which we don’t see but. And after I met the photographer final night time, she defined to me that she [found out] she was pregnant with a daughter and that when the embryo was already at six months of age, the reproductive system is already created. So actually, all of the eggs for the longer term children are within the lady already, , so it’s three generations. Are you able to think about that?
On a private be aware, what’s your favorite Cartier Trinity design?
YN: This ring could be very symbolic for me. Yesterday, we have been speaking with Rafael [Bonachela], who’s one among our creatives, the inventive director of Sydney Dance Firm. He’s performing right here. I’m tremendous completely happy that we introduced him from Australia. He has the identical ring, however we have a good time very various things with the identical ring. It’s stunning, as a result of he celebrates his love and partnership together with his companion, whereas I have a good time the beginning of my children, as a result of I received this ring one week after I realized with my husband that we have been having twins.
My husband, he’s completely not concerned in luxurious—even though I’ve been working with Cartier for 17 years [laughs]—he doesn’t know all these parts, historical past… nothing. However the story of why he selected the Trinity for me in 2014—it’s one black ceramic band and two white gold bands—was that he simply preferred that two rings are the identical color, and the black one dominates. And he stated, we nonetheless don’t know the gender of our children—we simply knew that it could be twins—however he already needed to have a good strategy to them. Why he selected this ring is as a result of there isn’t a distinction, it’s related: The 2 white rings signify our children, and we’re one, and all, related. So that you see they’re very various things however we have a good time with the identical ring. Once I noticed Rafael yesterday, it’s not one thing that we had ready. So it’s wonderful.
The Trinity 100 pop-up is open to the general public from 15 to 23 July 2024 at The Arts Home (1 Previous Parliament Lane) and admission is free. Guide your appointment right here.
This interview has been edited and condensed for readability.
Reporting help by Nicole Ng
This story initially appeared on Grazia.Sg
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