The prevalance of deceit is present in the pursuit of desire
(John Donne, Luminarium editions 1653)

Through my work, I seek to investigate the sign value of daily objects. In
particular, I am interested in objects whose symbolic value transcends their use value, such as status objects.
In a culture where our value as individuals is quite often measured by our social position and the status symbols we’ve been able to collect, we are painfully aware of the necessity to succeed and achieve.
Within this context, I am inspired by the biological principle of ‘mimicry’,
meaning the imitation of one species (or group of species) by another. The
most common form is Batesian mimicry in which, for instance, a harmless
hoverfly can have the colouring of a poisonous wasp in order to confuse a
predator.
As the hoverfly imitates the wasp, I try to imitate, in one part of my work, the behavior of different stereotypical characters, and surround myself – in my role – with handmade reproductions of appropriate status symbols and objects.
In another part of my work I focus solely on the object as a symbol carrier. This is reflected partly in continuously photographing, reproducing, displaying and combining objects and images that I encounter.
In my work I explicitly try to leverage the contrast and question the thin line between the original and the copy as much as possible.