This is an idea that had been impressed upon me through films such as Rusalochka (The Little Mermaid) by Vladimir Bychkov, Peau d’Âne by Jacques Demy, and Valerie and Her Week of Wonders by Jaromil Jireš. These works charmingly depict scenes built piece by piece from curated objects, creating somewhere unreal among our reality.
I find my self inspired by the oeuvre of the strange, the process of bringing an idea, no matter how absurd, into our physical world.
In playing make-believe as children we learn how to explore new ideas and complex emotions, how to communicate better, and develop an understanding of our cultural/social dynamics. My hope is that creating an object, or a thing that evokes the world of make-believe, would create a place to explore different ideas of what it means to be human.