COLLABORATION
PUSHING THE LIMITS OF KINETIC ART
Introducing Jackie Wang, a visionary independent animation film director from Beijing, who brings her poetic and contemplative eye to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Made of Makers programme by reinventing the origins of cinema. Her hypnotic artwork ‘Drawn in Time’ pays homage to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s iconic Rendez-Vous collection, embodying feminine elegance and craftsmanship through a mesmerizing choreography of stars and precision mechanics.
CREATION
BLENDING CENTURIES-OLD CRAFTSMANSHIP AND CONTEMPORARY ANIMATION
With ‘Drawn in Time’, Jackie Wang reimagines the earliest spark of cinema: the ‘phenakistiscope’, through the lens of contemporary animation and poetic symbolism. Inspired by the circular illusion that gave birth to motion pictures, she creates a hypnotic choreography of hand-drawn forms, brought to life only through movement. Crafted with textures that echo watchmaking, from mother-of-pearl reflections to guilloché-inspired patterns, the piece bridges ancestral craftsmanship and digital imagination. More than a tribute to origins, ‘Drawn in Time’ is a meditation on time itself: how art moves, how emotion circulates, and how beauty emerges in motion.
THE CELEBRATION OF FEMININITY THROUGH MOTION
Jackie Wang’s artwork comprises five intricately designed ‘phenakistiscope’ discs, each telling a distinct and artistic story of feminine strength and evolution. The installation alternates between static and dynamic states, inviting viewers to observe the metamorphosis of time and form. ‘Drawn in Time’ is an invitation to witness the alchemy of tradition and innovation.
Animation allows me to explore the unseen, the subtle, and the transformative. When Jaeger-LeCoultre invited me to revisit the origins of motion pictures, I saw an opportunity to breathe new life into the phenakistiscope - the very spark that ignited cinema.
MAKERS
JACKIE WANG: THE ANIMATION FILM DIRECTOR
A graduate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (BA) and the Royal College of Art (MA), Jackie Wang founded her independent studio, Jackie Studio in 2022. As a rising force in contemporary animation, her animated works excel at capturing fleeting, subtle emotions with fluid lines and hazy blocks of colour. At the intersection of reality and fantasy, she weaves captivating narratives of wondrous encounters, creating works with a power that resonates deeply with the viewer. Her artistic achievements have gained international recognition, including the Best Animation Award at Portugal's MONSTRA Animation Festival and official selection at the prestigious Vienna Shorts Winter Carnival, where her work was screened at the historic Austrian City Hall.
RENDEZ-VOUS
THE SELECTION OF JACKIE WANG
PROGRAMME
MADE OF MAKERS: REIMAGINING CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Made of Makers encapsulates a series of collaborations with artists and with artisans from various disciplines outside watchmaking, building a community of creators with similar values and visions of creativity, and provoking new conversations. With intense respect for the person in the process – the creativity of the mind and the skill of the hand – the programme focuses on creative souls who share the Maison’s values and whose work explores new forms of expression.
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