​The fashion video for (On)stoffelijk (2023) was filmed in the Floraliënhal, a building constructed for the 1913 World’s Fair on the site of a former fort. After the fair, the structure was intended to be shipped to the Congo and repurposed as a train station. This ambitious relocation never occurred, making the Floraliënhal the only building from the 1913 World’s Fair that remains in its original location today. 

(On)stoffelijk is a fashion collection that contemplates how we exist in a perpetual state of change, moving through an infinite cycle of processes, from birth to death and everything in between. The collection considers the strange border between physical absence and spiritual presence, how the spirit persists even as the physical form changes or disappears, and how growth still continues in spaces shaped by loss. 

"(ON)stoffelijk." emerged during a period of personal transition marked by the loss of someone important to me. Rather than retreating inward, this experience motivated me to travel and forge deeper connections with others. The project marked a shift in my artistic approach - from focusing on personal, introspective themes to engaging more broadly with the outside world and its constant state of flux.

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"(ON)stoffelijk" represents both literally and metaphorically my artistic change toward more open, outward-facing work, serving as a bridge between my earlier, more personal works and my current practice that embraces broader perspectives and deeper engagement with the world around me.