The series RIBA (transl. shreds) with jewelry depicting celebratory ribbons is part of a larger collection of my works, connected by reflections on celebration and decoration, called "Party's over". After the party is over, only a few odd remains are left. These are signs of what was once a lavish, grotesque, joyful, and luxurious revelry. The ribbon symbolizes what once was and embodies what remains.

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The party is still over. Only a few odd remains such as industrially mass-produced ornaments and accessories or the party attributes from the former fleshy, jovial and luxurious grotesque (medieval carnival culture) have passed on to my life. 

I search for imagery from the junk and clutter lying around everywhere – something that would explain objectively and practically the attitudes of my era – that would illustrate contemporary (influential) individuals, events and phenomena, connecting and reconciling these with both my personal and the rest of the (cultural) history.