(29) – Sculpturing and Performance, 2022-24
Cast stoneware, transparent glaze, acrylic spraypaint
With support of the Rosa Schelling Foundation
Watch the performance ↗
The performance consists of 29 vases, each representing a year of her life, painted, marked and remembered by the artist. The sequence of numbers - 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 - reflects significant moments in her journey. Through the performative activation of these objects, the artist seeks to create a space in which the dynamics of structural sexualised power can be confronted. Whose perspective shapes the narratives we hear and how are situations evaluated? In this work, the vases symbolise the body, transforming themselves into vessels that hold memories of encounters, traumas and love. The artist takes on the role of creator and performer, shaping, filling, emptying and painting these vessels. "(29) is a quest for self-empowerment, an intimate exploration of the experiences that have shaped the artist's life.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
Thomas – Portrait, 2021
Synthetic hair
Blonde hair.
Wavy and long.
Golden arrogance of youth.
Everything is fleeting.
Silent and inevitable.
It never belonged.
It was only borrowed.
Thomas – Portrait, 2021
Synthetic hair
Blonde hair.
Wavy and long.
Golden arrogance of youth.
Everything is fleeting.
Silent and inevitable.
It never belonged.
It was only borrowed.
Thomas – Portrait, 2021
Synthetic hair
Blonde hair.
Wavy and long.
Golden arrogance of youth.
Everything is fleeting.
Silent and inevitable.
It never belonged.
It was only borrowed.
Thomas – Portrait, 2021
Synthetic hair
Blonde hair.
Wavy and long.
Golden arrogance of youth.
Everything is fleeting.
Silent and inevitable.
It never belonged.
It was only borrowed.
Nivea Diamond Gloss – Video Performance, 2021
Synthetic hair, lamp
The magic of this lampshade lies not only in its aesthetics, but also in its functionality. As the light shines through, the strands of hair are transformed into a interplay of shadows and brilliance, casting a glow over the surroundings. Yet for all its beauty, there is a certain ambivalence to this work of art. The loose hair, blowing freely in the wind, may evoke disgust in some. But it’s this ambivalence that is the essence of art. It challenges the viewer to look beyond conventions and norms, and to discover beauty in the unexpected. The installation in public space aims to evoke sensuality, despite the potential disgust caused by the loose hair.
Chaetophobia? – Video Performance, 2020
Synthetic hair
This work focuses on the tension between recognisability and loss of identity based on the materiality and symbolism of hair. A full-body costume serves as a medium of concealment, questioning the boundaries between body, surface and identity. Hair functions as an ambivalent symbol between attraction and repulsion, fertility and transience, power and control. By transforming the body into a textile and at the same time organic-looking object, the instability of identity is made visible and the culturally charged diversity of meaning of hair is transferred into a new, experimental context.
Noël Müller: Camera and editing
Lennard Ehlers: Camera and lighting
Flurin Devonas: sound
Finissage residency exhibition with Luca Harlacher – Toxi Space, Zurich
Chaetophobia? – Video Performance, 2020
Synthetic hair
This work focuses on the tension between recognisability and loss of identity based on the materiality and symbolism of hair. A full-body costume serves as a medium of concealment, questioning the boundaries between body, surface and identity. Hair functions as an ambivalent symbol between attraction and repulsion, fertility and transience, power and control. By transforming the body into a textile and at the same time organic-looking object, the instability of identity is made visible and the culturally charged diversity of meaning of hair is transferred into a new, experimental context.
Noël Müller: Camera and editing
Lennard Ehlers: Camera and lighting
Flurin Devonas: sound
Finissage residency exhibition with Luca Harlacher – Toxi Space, Zurich
Chaetophobia? – Video Performance, 2020
Synthetic hair
This work focuses on the tension between recognisability and loss of identity based on the materiality and symbolism of hair. A full-body costume serves as a medium of concealment, questioning the boundaries between body, surface and identity. Hair functions as an ambivalent symbol between attraction and repulsion, fertility and transience, power and control. By transforming the body into a textile and at the same time organic-looking object, the instability of identity is made visible and the culturally charged diversity of meaning of hair is transferred into a new, experimental context.
Noël Müller: Camera and editing
Lennard Ehlers: Camera and lighting
Flurin Devonas: sound
Finissage residency exhibition with Luca Harlacher – Toxi Space, Zurich
Chaetophobia? – Video Performance, 2020
Synthetic hair
This work focuses on the tension between recognisability and loss of identity based on the materiality and symbolism of hair. A full-body costume serves as a medium of concealment, questioning the boundaries between body, surface and identity. Hair functions as an ambivalent symbol between attraction and repulsion, fertility and transience, power and control. By transforming the body into a textile and at the same time organic-looking object, the instability of identity is made visible and the culturally charged diversity of meaning of hair is transferred into a new, experimental context.
Noël Müller: Camera and editing
Lennard Ehlers: Camera and lighting
Flurin Devonas: sound
Finissage residency exhibition with Luca Harlacher – Toxi Space, Zurich
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
(29) – Sculpturing and Performance, 2022-24
Cast stoneware, transparent glaze, acrylic spraypaint
With support of the Rosa Schelling Foundation
Watch the performance ↗
The performance consists of 29 vases, each representing a year of her life, painted, marked and remembered by the artist. The sequence of numbers - 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 - reflects significant moments in her journey. Through the performative activation of these objects, the artist seeks to create a space in which the dynamics of structural sexualised power can be confronted. Whose perspective shapes the narratives we hear and how are situations evaluated? In this work, the vases symbolise the body, transforming themselves into vessels that hold memories of encounters, traumas and love. The artist takes on the role of creator and performer, shaping, filling, emptying and painting these vessels. "(29) is a quest for self-empowerment, an intimate exploration of the experiences that have shaped the artist's life.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
The Sweet Way – Sculpturing and performative installation, 2024
Sugar, Champagne
Sponsored by Benneo
Bachelor Diploma Project (ZhdK)
The fusion of luxury, abundance, appearance and the transience usually inevitably associated with them is manifested in the champagne coupés made from sugar. The ingredient has many socio-cultural layers. Formerly perceived as a luxury good for the upper classes, it is now considered an unhealthy food with an addictive factor. The desirable object combines the transparency and lustre of the materiality of real glass with the transience of sugar, thus creating a new level of symbolism. They are an expression of preciousness, transience and desire. Their fragility refers to the transience of human desires and longings, while their appealing aesthetics cast a spell over viewers.
In pop and everyday culture, the champagne glass symbolises luxury, exclusivity, privilege and decadence. This decadence is staged in a performative exhibition. Filled with champagne and arranged as an assemblage, the status symbol slowly dissolves, leaving behind an image of crystallised sugar. The gradual dissolution of the coupés as the champagne is poured lends the event an additional dimension of tension and disintegration. This process emphasises the exclusivity of luxury, which is not accessible to all, and the fleeting pleasure it offers.
Thomas – Portrait, 2021
Synthetic hair
Blonde hair.
Wavy and long.
Golden arrogance of youth.
Everything is fleeting.
Silent and inevitable.
It never belonged.
It was only borrowed.
Thomas – Portrait, 2021
Synthetic hair
Blonde hair.
Wavy and long.
Golden arrogance of youth.
Everything is fleeting.
Silent and inevitable.
It never belonged.
It was only borrowed.
Thomas – Portrait, 2021
Synthetic hair
Blonde hair.
Wavy and long.
Golden arrogance of youth.
Everything is fleeting.
Silent and inevitable.
It never belonged.
It was only borrowed.
Thomas – Portrait, 2021
Synthetic hair
Blonde hair.
Wavy and long.
Golden arrogance of youth.
Everything is fleeting.
Silent and inevitable.
It never belonged.
It was only borrowed.
Nivea Diamond Gloss – Video Performance, 2021
Synthetic hair, lamp
The magic of this lampshade lies not only in its aesthetics, but also in its functionality. As the light shines through, the strands of hair are transformed into a interplay of shadows and brilliance, casting a glow over the surroundings. Yet for all its beauty, there is a certain ambivalence to this work of art. The loose hair, blowing freely in the wind, may evoke disgust in some. But it’s this ambivalence that is the essence of art. It challenges the viewer to look beyond conventions and norms, and to discover beauty in the unexpected. The installation in public space aims to evoke sensuality, despite the potential disgust caused by the loose hair.
Chaetophobia? – Video Performance, 2020
Synthetic hair
This work focuses on the tension between recognisability and loss of identity based on the materiality and symbolism of hair. A full-body costume serves as a medium of concealment, questioning the boundaries between body, surface and identity. Hair functions as an ambivalent symbol between attraction and repulsion, fertility and transience, power and control. By transforming the body into a textile and at the same time organic-looking object, the instability of identity is made visible and the culturally charged diversity of meaning of hair is transferred into a new, experimental context.
Noël Müller: Camera and editing
Lennard Ehlers: Camera and lighting
Flurin Devonas: sound
Finissage residency exhibition with Luca Harlacher – Toxi Space, Zurich
Chaetophobia? – Video Performance, 2020
Synthetic hair
This work focuses on the tension between recognisability and loss of identity based on the materiality and symbolism of hair. A full-body costume serves as a medium of concealment, questioning the boundaries between body, surface and identity. Hair functions as an ambivalent symbol between attraction and repulsion, fertility and transience, power and control. By transforming the body into a textile and at the same time organic-looking object, the instability of identity is made visible and the culturally charged diversity of meaning of hair is transferred into a new, experimental context.
Noël Müller: Camera and editing
Lennard Ehlers: Camera and lighting
Flurin Devonas: sound
Finissage residency exhibition with Luca Harlacher – Toxi Space, Zurich
Chaetophobia? – Video Performance, 2020
Synthetic hair
This work focuses on the tension between recognisability and loss of identity based on the materiality and symbolism of hair. A full-body costume serves as a medium of concealment, questioning the boundaries between body, surface and identity. Hair functions as an ambivalent symbol between attraction and repulsion, fertility and transience, power and control. By transforming the body into a textile and at the same time organic-looking object, the instability of identity is made visible and the culturally charged diversity of meaning of hair is transferred into a new, experimental context.
Noël Müller: Camera and editing
Lennard Ehlers: Camera and lighting
Flurin Devonas: sound
Finissage residency exhibition with Luca Harlacher – Toxi Space, Zurich
Chaetophobia? – Video Performance, 2020
Synthetic hair
This work focuses on the tension between recognisability and loss of identity based on the materiality and symbolism of hair. A full-body costume serves as a medium of concealment, questioning the boundaries between body, surface and identity. Hair functions as an ambivalent symbol between attraction and repulsion, fertility and transience, power and control. By transforming the body into a textile and at the same time organic-looking object, the instability of identity is made visible and the culturally charged diversity of meaning of hair is transferred into a new, experimental context.
Noël Müller: Camera and editing
Lennard Ehlers: Camera and lighting
Flurin Devonas: sound
Finissage residency exhibition with Luca Harlacher – Toxi Space, Zurich
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.
Mask Nr.1, 2, 3 – Portrait, 2020
Synthetic hair, nylon stocking
In this work, questions of identity are explored through the use of masks. Hair is given a prominent role as a means of concealment to the point of unrecognisability, resulting in a complete loss of identity. Synthetic hair is attached to a stocking to recombine symbols of aesthetics, eroticism, disgust, power, and identity.