Cartier Time Art Tokujin

The brilliant innovations of technology and aestheticsfor Cartier timepieces will be on display in antraveling international exhibition directed by TokujinYoshioka, titled “Cartier Time Art – Mechanic ofPassion. ” ? The exhibition will be held at Power Stationof Art in Shanghai, China. The exhibition will showcase 151 historical pieces fromthe Cartier Collection, 16 “Métiers d’art” watches fromthe Cartier d’Art Collection, 20 Manufacture Movements,15 watches from the Cartier Fine Watchmaking Collection. Throughout this temporal journey, one key elementstanding out is the daring spirit of Cartier’swatchmaker, from its craftsman to its designers, whichhas been imbued in the exhibition scenography. The exhibition is to be directed by Tokujin Yoshioka, whoparticipated as a director in an exhibition of CartierCollection in 2009 at Tokyo National Museum, HyokeikanGallery. In “Cartier Time Art”， Tokujin intends tohighlight Cartier’s unique beauty by merging twoessential components; itstradition of the history,and the avant-grade ideas for the future. The pieces ondisplay, by means of original 3D setting will implantCartier’s newtime beat in each heart of visitors. Layers of transparency alter the whole room as a lens andallude image that transcends dimensions. 150,000 of transparent fibers are affected by the lightand the enormous lens take people to the gate of thefuture. Time ArtTokujin YoshiokaCartier creates time in an endless pursuit ofbeauty. The perfect harmony instilled by Cartier’s craftsmenrefines time itself to an art. TimeLike light, wind, scent, and air, we can neither seetime nor hold it,Yet its beautiful rhythm beats throughout each day ofour lives. In today’s material world, time has value. The important thing is experience. Experience nurtures time. It is the ground on which wegrow. Each memory takes seed in the heart, and the stream oftime flows on. A long history and avant-grade ideas for the future. Cartier’s unique beauty comes from the merging of thesetwo extremes. The space, with 3D films depicting the mechanism of thewatch,Will wrap around the heats of visitors. I hope their experience here will implant Cartier’s newtimebeat in each life.