This bench stands in relation to the film There was a Never, there was a Yes. Decorated with symbols featured in both the film and poem, the bench structurally resembles those set along the river in Mainz, where it was first exhibited. The bench creates a bridge between the viewer and the film, connecting the audience to its words and imagery. Experiencing the work also through touch fosters an intimacy between the artwork, the viewer, and the world beyond the context of an exhibition.

At the same time, the bench stands as an independent piece, challenging traditional notions of what is considered monumental. It remains undecided in its role—whether it seeks to claim the status of a cultural memorial or to exist as a quieter element of public architecture.

In the film the figure of a fish human stands as a metaphor for the genealogy of the universe as well as that of the artist. We follow the journey of a ceramic fish as it travels from one hand to the next, from place to place, from one time to another. We encounter grandmothers, mothers and daughters, experiencing a poem about the past, present, and future of human and more-than-human inhabitants of the planet. Shifting between lines of individual genealogy and cosmic creation, this work reflects on the private and broader relations we foster with our surroundings. Separate yet interconnected narratives converge to contemplate history, humanity, ecology; fish, mothers, spaceships, and the sea.

Venus transit (herald) 
2023Site specific installation, mixed media (incl. video, ceramics, textile, iPhones)



*click here to see a poster of this work @Onboards Biennale*

Venus transit (herald) is an installation, poem, film, it is a cut section into the infinite layers of the universe and us. Wip whip smack! Smack it is fast and full energy like an explosion, yet the Venus transit is also galactically slow, things take time to become, to spread, to reshape from dust. In this forming moment nothing should cater to our assumptions.... The floor is soft; the fishes, emerging from holes in the panneled ceiling, quietly sing to you a comforting song. But you have to get close.

This an installation I presented as part of the Master’s expo of Sint Lucas, Antwerpen, which was held in an empty old school building.

Dialogue Love Suspended in Us and Earth 
2021Site specific installation
Soil, rice glue, wood, clay

Three-screen video installation featuring the original poem Dusk. The poem serves as both an ode and lament to a future child, exploring the complex emotions often associated with contemplating the future.