I grew up behind the desk of a beauty salon and it was always assumed that I would become a beautician myself. Indeed, one day, I found myself in Bonn, at a well-known cosmetics company, undergoing training as a beautician.
During my studies, I spent some time behind the counter of a famous department store in Berlin, in its glittering parallel world, perfectly made-up, always following the latest trends.
Today I am aware of the necessity of small cosmetic alterations in order to emphasise advantages and conceal disadvantages - the secrets of make-up artists. In extensive research I identify incongruous or overlooked details of everyday life and try to emphasise or even improve them by performance interventions.
A photographic collection of these details usually forms the basis of most of my works. Often, individual objects from these collections are singled out and thentransformed into a new, unusual context.
In this way I develop site-specific installations with objects, videos or photographic images of common objects, which might be presented in unexpected locations; in addition there emerge occasional frottages, screen prints or posters. Sometimes these objects are recontextualised by a performance or are documented in a video to be projected in an appropriate location.
I will give an insight into my practice during the show, which will be completed by an outdoor intervention close to the venue.
Duration (minutes)
30
What is needed
I need a data projector which can be connected to my laptop and a projection screen or a DVD player conencted to a projector.