Waar ben je nou

Waar ben je nou (Where are you now) is a dynamic installation that consists of a room full of inflatable phallic shapes of fleshy pink nylon fabric. Their ‘heads’ are turned towards the entrance, which is sealed by an inflatable vulva-like shape that you have to worm your way through to enter or leave the work. Air tubes emanating from the entrance feed the shapes as they inflate and deflate at intervals, a poetic touch that casually highlights the involuntary response of the ‘phalluses’ to the ‘vulva’. Associations with a womb can turn the work into a critical reflection on the integrity of women’s bodies and their agency in patriarchies. At the same time, the shapes can be harmless animals, clumsily obeying some ‘natural’ rhythm. They aren’t going anywhere while the audience is free to move around and play with the shapes or figure out how to respond to them.