Tales of the Extinct - Tales of the Extinct aims to build a practice of mourning for vast the amount of loss of the natural world.
It is a sculpture garden accompanied by a poetry book. Each sculpture is based on a plant species that has be-
come extinct in a country that I have lived in. They act as artistic fossils. Using handcraft and fable to honour those plant species, representing and re-imagining their intrinsic value, their right to be known, protected and preserved.
Lightweight Oyster - Het Moet Publishing (2023) As an ode to the Dutch Poet J. Slauerhoff, fourteen artists and writers were individually shipped off to an uninhabited island for 24 hours only accompanied by the wind, ocean and a selected poem. We were meant to be inspired by this environment and the poet's words to create a new work wich was then published together in a book. My contribution resulted in a set of poems and collages titled; "I started off by turning on my lover, and repeating this sentence over and over again"
Ephemeral as a Bubble - Dear Shapes in Space (2023)
Neck of the Woods Gallery, Rotterdam
These borosilicate glass claws that were used in a durational performance. I tried doing nothing else but blow bubbles with them for 3 hours while crouching on the floor. Contemplating the essence of our short time on earth.
"Because we also do not see the air we breathe…
From a wish to trade solid gold for the touch of nothing
A wish we all sometimes crave
To be as ephemeral as a soap bubble
As transparent and empty
As round and washing
As instant and fleeting
* Puff *
From a seven-year-old’s birthday party theme
To the joys of material kinship
Of blowing glass
And blowing bubbles with glass
Soap, water, breath and borosilicate rods
Met here on duration"
Mama Limonada - WORM UBIK (2023) Motel Mosaic Festival
As part of the open call selection of the MOMO Festival 2023, Maite Dardano and I, created a performance and a audio-visual installation. Based around themes of female friendship, generational differences, motherhood and the task of nurturing.
During the performance, the ceramic bras transformed into lemon presses, creating a delightful surprise of freshly breast-pressed lemonade served to the audience.
A celebration of mutual care, of life long sharing, a time of fruitfulness.
Das Tishdecken - Garage Rotterdam (2022)
A trilingual performance of setting the table for dinner with a ceramic creation. Performed at Garage cafe in September 2022. Exploring the intimacy of a dinner scene, by examining the role of language and belonging. How we speak to each other and present ourselves depending on the language we are speaking. Do we say the same things? Do we care for each other the same way? Do we create the same things? Do we set the table the same way?
