Structure 2001

Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York

One aspect of the tragedy of human existence is the suffocating feeling of isolation. We barricade ourselves behind elaborate defense mechanisms, which operate on physical as well as on psychological levels. Clothing is one way
to wear a mask. We dress to hide our vulnerable bodies and souls, to fit into a social system and hide our insecurities. Through my wearable sculptures I question and redefine the role of the garment. Wrapping the body to reveal instead of conceal. The wearer’s emotional landscape gets exposed and invites to an honest and open dialogue between the wearer and the viewer.

Dressing in my sculptures brought me to the natural consequence of perfor-mance. Through the use of my voice, which I've been developing through classical training, my pieces are coming to life like never before.The unexpected nature of live perfor-mance, an event which can never be identically recreated, facilitates a magically open dialog with a minimum amount of preconceptions between the viewer and the performer.