Pillowslip
Video installation, 2014–2015
Pillowslip originates from a work period at the Chinese European Art Center.
It centers on a pink pillowcase with a heart motif, carried by the waves along Xiamen Beach together with polystyrene (EPS) rock‑like foam; waste washed up from the sea.
Empty breathing heart en floating rocks,
The fabric folds and unfolds with the tide, carrying the suggestion of intimacy and the expectation of love, while simultaneously revealing the fragility and loss embedded in objects that have travelled far beyond their original context.
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Around it rock‑like fragments of polystyrene foam, forms that appear heavy and geological yet are weightless and artificial. Their contradictory presence mirrors the pillowcase’s oscillation between tenderness and abandonment.
Photo: First presentation at the Chinese European Art Center (CEAC) in Xiamen as part of the total installation 40 Titles II (2014).
The work reveals how these objects, a breathing heart and floating rocks, appear as ambiguous carriers of human traces, expressing both desire and the way we relate to the world.
By presenting the video alongside the collected “floating rocks”, the work positions Xiamen Beach as a site where private life, global waste and natural movement meet. 'Pillowslip' is not a narrative but a situation in which meaning emerges through appearance, movement and the shifting relation between things.
Photo: Presentation in the Cacaofabriek, Helmond (2015).
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