Perhaps this is the reason for its slow-paced existence, 2025
Graduation work, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
A sculptural exploration of thought. Inspired by Man and the Sea Shell by Paul Valéry, in which he holds a shell in his hand and wonders who made it and whether he could make one himself.
I, too, wonder if I could make a shell.
Radiator and cover
This work explores the forced pairing of two objects: the radiator and its cover. It was part of the group show We Were Never Here, Javastraat 138a, a site-sensitive exhibition held in a transitional space, somewhere between its former life as a restaurant, its brief existence as an exhibition venue, and its uncertain future as a property for sale.
What first caught my attention was the intricate pattern of the radiator cover. Radiator covers are designed to conceal radiators, though I quite like radiators myself. Interestingly, these covers often block the heat they’re meant to distribute. There’s a tension here, a playful contradiction between function and dysfunction, exposure and concealment. I wanted to recreate the quiet poetry that exists between the radiator and its cover.
The seed that fell and the ones left hanging
Shelf is a reflection on the personal collection, imagining a life told through objects. What story emerges when someone’s existence is depicted entirely through the things placed on a shelf?