9 months

2010-2011

installation

149 tampons
dimensions variable

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This work was conceived at a time when the artist was experiencing the pressure of becoming a mother. As an act of protest, she collected and washed her used tampons from June 2010 to February 2011. The harvest of 149 cotton sculptures materializes her reflection on a woman's choice and freedom to develop herself in other ways than through motherhood.

photo: Michael De Lausnay

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exhibition view (1/3 of total amount)
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