RAINBOW MALADY
Installation
Art Context Prize, Black Box, Brussels
2010

Continuing from Hennez Mauritz & Me, I developed this site-specific installation using garments from the fast-fashion giant H&M. The work offers a critique of contemporary Western fashion culture, which is often driven by trend-based consumption and the accumulation of wealth through the exploitation of people and natural resources.
The garments are embroidered and assembled using mixed materials—often discarded or recycled—as well as everyday objects. At times, I set the garments alight as both an aesthetic and symbolic gesture, alluding to the destructive impact of mass production and excessive consumption. I then reassemble them with marble, referencing the tradition of funerary art.
The resulting installation is vibrant and multifaceted, creating a space for critical reflection on the logic of contemporary consumer culture and its destructive consequences at both a social and ecological level.



