AURUM FRACTUM
Creator
Xim Izquierdo
Category
Fashion
Subcategory
Accessories
Prize
2nd Place
Project Description
AURUM FRACTUM is an artistic and fashion exploration of transformation through fracture—where breaking is not an end, but a new beginning. Inspired by the philosophy of kintsugi, this project challenges the notion of perfection, embracing erosion, resilience, and metamorphosis.
These figures emerge as artifacts of a futuristic archaeology, suspended between decay and rebirth, flesh and stone, past and future. The golden fissures do not conceal fragility; they exalt it, transforming it into a symbol of power and wisdom.
Between the organic and the mineral, these bodies seem fused with time itself, evoking an evolution beyond the human. They are neither broken nor whole; they exist in a space where imperfection becomes transcendence.
These figures emerge as artifacts of a futuristic archaeology, suspended between decay and rebirth, flesh and stone, past and future. The golden fissures do not conceal fragility; they exalt it, transforming it into a symbol of power and wisdom.
Between the organic and the mineral, these bodies seem fused with time itself, evoking an evolution beyond the human. They are neither broken nor whole; they exist in a space where imperfection becomes transcendence.










