THE RITUAL OF TRANSHUMANCE

The Trans-humus collection questions our relationship to objects and practices imbued with spirituality. Cazalens embarks on a new exploration of a thousand-year-old tradition defined by the seasonal migration of herds embodying challenges of resilience and climate adaptation.

Trans-humus invites us to rethink our relationship with decorative objects that carry protective symbols. The collection consists of brooches that revive a practice carried out by shepherds during transhumance; a cultural heritage consisting of adorning flocks with floral ornaments with prophylactic beliefs offering protection and prosperity to the herd.

Cazalens undertakes an anthropological approach placing the collection at the heart of an irreducible knot with the living, questioning the fragility of the material and immaterial heritage of the shepherds as well as the disappearance of knowledge about the pastoral world.