The Disposed Wedding Dress

In 2022, more than 23,200 marriages were terminated in the Netherlands: Currently, almost 1 in 10 Dutch people are divorced. A wedding dress costs an average of € 1300

Beads proliferate over softly shining aluminum in which a tree trunk seems to be preserved. Cut carpets form the bottom of the labyrinth in which Bianca Runge gives nature a voice and denounces our consumer society.

Each aluminum tree trunk is a blank canvas on which Bianca Runge 'paints' with beads, inspired by the colors of old carpets. The beads, chains and shreds of an old wedding dress or second-hand luxury items proliferate like moss and vermin over the tree trunks and form their own patterns, looking for the weak spot to eventually decompose the tree.