Cherry Picking, an exhibition and istallation that was shown for the first time in 2018. Its title refers to a saying that usually has negative connotations, and rightfully so, but when it comes to artists it is a tool of playfulness and a way of building artistic worlds. Artists aren't necessarily scientists or scholars, and should therefore benefit from cherry picking, cherry picking the pieces of the world they like and putting them on display.
The exhibitions include photographs, videos and performances of various kinds. The photographs consist of selfies on the one hand and still lives on the other. Both the selfie and still life have been subjected to certain degrees of feminization. The selfie has been feminized because of its inherent focus on the superficial and beauty. The still life has been feminized due to its historic ties to female artistic training (when women were not allowed to partake in nude studies at art schools). The female coded aspect of both the selfie and still life go hand in hand with them being perceived as “low status”, in comparison to other art forms.
The video Disembodied Daughters is part of the installation, it questions our relationship with technology. The video revolves around a monologue written by me and read by iPhone’s Siri. In the monologue, Siri asks why she is feminized and if that makes us more inclined to invite her into our homes. She also discusses tech companies' usage of words like “cloud” as an attempt to make technology appear less embodied.
