Vivarium is an ongoing series of constructed dioramas, called Episodes. With my socially engaged tableaux I study the complexity and coherence of today’s pressing issues. In the creation of these worlds I fuse my imagination, observations, personal memories and true events. Every Episode has its own topic, such as conspiracy thinking (Episode 11), modern working conditions (Episode 9, Free Delivery), racial profiling (Episode 6, On Guard) and gender roles (Episode 4 and 5, Cinema Il Sogno).

Vivarium is an ongoing project, started in 2018. Every world you see once existed in my studio. For each Episode, I meticulously design, build and photograph a new world. I create meaningful narratives through the use of characters, objects and their composition. The final works are full of detail and displayed life-size - one-to-one - in a window frame, sparking a direct encounter between the viewer and subject.

It takes 3 to 4 months to complete a tableau. By addressing a different topic in each Episode while applying a consistent working method, Vivarium is an expanding multiverse of portals where life takes place.

(I am currently in the final stages with Episode 12 and Episode 13. In my studio, I build a green, lush world, made of plastic plants, in which I photographed my newborn son. The theme of the work is a combination of today's plastic pollution and the regeneration of life.)