Framed Intimacy, Foreword, 2023

I question the difference in status between dressed-up sculptures and people who become sculptures. By shifting dynamics based on how a sculpture is positioned, it can enrich value.

A research about posing, bearing and positioning yourself.
A longing about who went before us.
Portraying their ways of posing, bearing and positioning themselves through West- African sculpture.
Longing to express togetherness through material heirlooms.
Capturing the human intimacy of West-African wooden art.
Presenting the ability to express the generational connection by embodying.
How can we enrich the representation of people by framing them, wearing them or by enlarging them?

A research about the value and status of people.