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Jaeger-LeCoultre showcases the latest artistic collaboration under its Made of Makers programme at The Dream Shaper exhibition in Shanghai. Commissioned from Chinese independent animation director Jackie Wang, the hypnotic artwork Drawn in Time pays homage to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s iconic Rendez-vous collection, embodying feminine elegance and craftsmanship through a mesmerising choreography of stars and precision mechanics.
Jaeger-LeCoultre invites guests to embark on a fascinating visual odyssey through its collaboration with The Animation Film Director Jackie Wang. A graduate of both the Central Academy of Fine Arts and London’s Royal College of Art, Beijing-based Jackie Wang masterfully blends traditional hand-drawn techniques with contemporary storytelling. Drawing from her unique East-meets-West perspective and distinctly feminine sensibility, she captures ephemeral emotions through fluid brushstrokes and ethereal palettes. Her work sits at the intersection of reality and fantasy, creating narratives that combine visual impact with emotional depth.
With Drawn in Time, Jackie Wang reimagines the earliest spark of cinema: the phenakistiscope, viewed 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. Birds in flight, moons, suns and blooming flowers orbit in a celestial dance: timeless symbols of freedom, renewal and brilliance. Her animation is not only visual. It is tactile. Crafted with textures that echo watchmaking, from mother-of-pearl reflections to guilloché-inspired patterns, this artwork 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.
Each disc rotates at 0.75 revolutions per second to create an illusion of movement. The installation alternates between static and dynamic states, inviting viewers to witness the metamorphosis of time and form.
October 09, 2025