A folded army looks at you a bit wrinkled. Collage artist Borms never cuts but smoothes out the folds where it hurts. She doesn't believe in cutting away. Borms consciously chooses to process the basic materials as a whole. A person can hide and rearrange as much as he wants, it is the total baggage that determines the path of life. This invisible backpack is what fascinates her. This work of art shows the back literally open and exposed. These seemingly sleek soldiers reveal all the complexity of what they are each individually made of. Front and back are equal. If you look at the translucent frames in detail, you will see that they house models from beautiful vintage Japanese knitting books. Collecting treasures is an essential part of the artist's process. This precious, rare, raw material gives the stately posing, colorful figures an air of icons. For religious they are “windows to eternity” because they are said to show a piece of heaven. “In human faces You look at us,” says the blessing prayer. The religious icon touches on the secret between man and God. But who is looking at us now? What worship are we invited to here? When we look into the somewhat uneven eyes of the protagonists from FOLD/UNFOLD, we see how an ingenious game with gender literally unfolds. They are constructed fragmentarily from pieces and chunks of man and woman. They transcend traditional gender roles and representation laws and proudly invite you to create your own (knitting) patterns. The somewhat strange figures do not take us to the afterlife, but to the hidden corners and sides of our own persona. They invite you to embrace humanity in all its versatility and imperfection. Playful, curious and gentle, Borms caresses their folds from polarization to connection. Vulnerable and literally transparent, these icons touch on the secret of what connects us all.
