There is a period in the transition of a male-female transsexual where her body changes due to the hormonal treatment. Breast will grow, the tissue softens, and her face gets ...

There is a period in the transition of a male-female transsexual where her body changes due to the hormonal treatment. Breast will grow, the tissue softens, and her face gets more round. Dressed in clothes she looks like a woman and is often accepted as one. But the truth is shown when she's nude. Until surgery, her body will not be as it should be, as we aspect it to be. Going to a gym, a swimmingpool or the beach isn't possible. This will not be tolerated by our society. She will be pointed out as a freak and people will react horrified.

The lower part of this shop window mannequin is still male, while the upper part is a woman. The jewellery is made from used tampons which represents the horrified reaction people will have seeing her naked. But she has a small comfort, it's just a period.

This steel sculpture shows the woman-symbol. But it's constructed from the man-symbol. The arrow is cut of brutaly and bold to the bottom of the circle. The scars can still be ...

This steel sculpture shows the woman-symbol. But it's constructed from the man-symbol. The arrow is cut of brutaly and bold to the bottom of the circle. The scars can still be seen. Plastic surgery made it possible for transsexuals to change their genitalia. But can you also change your gender? Can you whipe out your history? The scars will always be visible.

The music placed in this sculpture sounds like metal scraping. You can 'hear' the changing of gender. Meanwhile a voice says: It's a boy, a boy... (this parts refers to the birth of a baby where the first respons is to tell which gender the baby has) ...You're not a boy, I'm not a boy, I'm a girl, a girl... (this part refers to the gender conflict of the child) ...You're a boy, I'm a girl, I'm not a boy, I'm not a girl... I am?... I am...! (the latest part shows the inevitable conflict of the gender and finish with the conclusion that you are who you are).

The bicycle in this sculpture has a bicycle postbag for post. The bag has a logo of PTT, the former royal post company in the Netherlands. The old postbag and the vinyl records stands for nostalgia and emotional bindings people often have with companies and materials. In 1998 the company PTT ...

The bicycle in this sculpture has a bicycle postbag for post. The bag has a logo of PTT, the former royal post company in the Netherlands. The old postbag and the vinyl records stands for nostalgia and emotional bindings people often have with companies and materials.

In 1998 the company PTT has been taken over by the company TNT. A lot of employees had an emotional binding with the name PTT and were very afraid of losing a Dutch 'institute'. The board therefore decided to rename the company to TPG (TNT Post Group) almost four years later after the overtake. This new name made it possible to keep a logo which kept close to the old PTT logo. In 2006 the board decided to use the TNT logo and its house style colors. It was then capitalism won of the nostalgia people had.

With this sculpture Mijke shows that trying to keep things as was because of nostalgic feelings as well as trying to stop capitalism is an illusion. And so is the usefulness of half a bicycle.