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Klever was born from a question: Have we truly evolved as humanity? The book it holds — chosen by the collector — symbolizes what shapes our thinking: education, culture, information, and the principles we claim to defend. The work invites us to look beyond what we read and ask ourselves whether we are truly capable of acting in accordance with those values. When we arrive home and see Klever holding the book, the first reflection it provokes is whether we have actually applied its ideas in our everyday lives. Its 49 pieces — 7 multiples of 7 — refer to seven-year cycles as stages of personal evolution, shifts in consciousness, and changes in life. In this way, Klever becomes a reflection on learning, responsibility, and maturity.
In light of what we are living through, there is one question that keeps returning to me:
Has humanity truly evolved, or have we, in some respects, regressed?
Much of what we think is shaped by what we read. Our first books help us understand the world; then come newspapers, literature, screens, social media, and the countless sources of information we consult every day. All of them influence our beliefs, shape our opinions, and play a part in the decisions we make.
We say, “I read it,” as though those words were a guarantee of truth. But reading does not always mean understanding, and being informed does not necessarily mean having developed independent judgment.
To a large extent, we are what we read. But we are also what we choose to do with it.
Language is never innocent. It can educate, awaken awareness, and bring us closer to others, but it can also manipulate, divide, and justify the unjustifiable. Words do not simply disappear: they remain, they are passed on, and ultimately they influence the way a society thinks and acts.
Klever holds a book because it represents consciousness, memory, and individual responsibility. When we enter our home, it seems to hand us a volume written with our own principles. It does not ask us to read it, but something far more difficult: to live by it.
And when we step outside again, the question becomes unavoidable:
Will we continue to defend those principles when putting them into practice comes at a cost?
Klever consists of an edition of 49 unique pieces. I chose this number because of its connection to the seven-year cycles found in anthroposophy, understood as stages of transformation and the development of consciousness. Seven cycles that should reflect learning, change, and evolution.
But are we truly evolving, or have we come to a standstill?
An ancient proverb divides life into three major stages: a time to learn, a time to struggle, and a final stage in which to attain wisdom. Yet when I look at the world, I wonder whether we, as humanity, have truly reached that maturity, or whether we continue to react from fear, imposition, and an inability to learn from our own history.
Klever does not offer an answer. It returns the question to us.
Because perhaps evolution should not be measured by the technology we are capable of creating, but by our ability to think freely, act consistently with our values, and not forget the principles we claim to defend.
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