Although the idea of beauty is becoming more diverse and inclusive, throughout time, there seems to persist a standard that is casting its shadow on our contemporary and digital society. This installation displays the controversy by staying away from glamour and ideals. It is not here to be nice and shine; it’s here to be loud and red. 

Similar to the magic of a carousel that spins on its own, it is highly embellished to look magical and never changes from its purpose of always rotating in the expected direction.

As a child, it had something magical. Now, I find it disturbing—the idea of the perfect and never changing, turning in on itself in a delusional fantasy.

Just like the plastic flower that never changes. It doesn’t age or grow taller. It’s supposed to represent something natural and innocent yet in essence, it perpetuates a deeply unnatural idea of everlasting beauty. We trash the pretty flowers this weekend—another product of overconsumption in the capitalist system. As Laurie Penny puts it in Meat market : "Patriarchy does not simply expect women to be decorative; it expects them to be consumable." ( Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism, 2011)

I don’t want to be nice and decorative. That’s why my decor is trash—displaying a landscape of waste and imperfection.

Rotterdam NL, 2025, Recycled PVC, Recycled Paper & Foamv

https://www.kunsthal.nl/nl/plan-je-bezoek/activiteiten/museumnacht010-2025/