This installation and performance is a direct address to the Netherlands, imagined as a former lover. The work reads as a message, part poem, part confrontation, part break-up text, capturing the tension of desire and emotions.

A scaffolding structure wrapped in mesh forms the core of the piece, referencing construction sites and urban advertising. Positioned between public and private space, it resembles a billboard while withholding full clarity. The large text is both exposed and intimate, suggesting a message meant to be seen but not fully resolved.

A wooden barrier encloses the structure, echoing protective architectural elements that restrict access. This introduces a subtle play on entrance and exclusion, questioning who is allowed in and under what conditions: physically, socially, and emotionally.

Alongside the installation, Maja performs the character Floortje, a speculative self shaped by eight years of living in the Netherlands. Floortje embodies learned behaviors and absorbs “normalities,” existing between assimilation and projection.

Portraits by Fabian Kasper
Exhibition photography by Tommy Smits