Frederikke Hemmingsen

In my concept I explore the relationship between the constrictions of society and a shared female body. In the beginning of my process I saw our society as something rigid, a construction which has us in a tight grip. But along the way I realised that this is not the case. Rather, I began to think of it as a conversation between what is shaping and what is being shaped. Women are not only being shaped and society is not only doing the shaping, we are simultaneously shaping each other. And if we and society are shaping each other, it means we have the possibility to transform it, maybe even into something entirely new. The colour yellow represents the attention we must pay to this — to the changes that need to be made, to acknowledging the changes already made, and to the possibility of changing everything.

I was excited to work on the Joke Smitprijs because it is an object of celebration. We are taking the time to acknowledge someone and make them feel proud about the work they have done.

I want to point out the fact that everything existing in society is man made, which means we can change it — perhaps into something completely different from what we know now.