GERDA VAAS
As children, we all loved playing at being adults—playing house, making sand pies, running a shop with leaf currency, hosting tea parties, building forts. These games sparked pure curiosity, a warm sense of rightness and success. Unfortunately, in the "adult world," as the levels of the game become more complex, these feelings fade, dissolving into boredom, fears, insecurities, expectations, and what we call "problems."
In the Scenes series, the artist invites us to recall the sensations of play—the anticipation of actions and their sequence, the magic of objects, the determination to act—and to replace "problems" with "challenges." Each scene is a fragment of our childhood mythology.
Gerda sculpts the Observers (our inner children) from polymer clay, creates a miniature scene, then places it in the right environment and photographs it. This process evokes yet another childhood sensation—the ability to focus intensely on a small space and imagine oneself inside it.
In the Scenes series, the artist invites us to recall the sensations of play—the anticipation of actions and their sequence, the magic of objects, the determination to act—and to replace "problems" with "challenges." Each scene is a fragment of our childhood mythology.
Gerda sculpts the Observers (our inner children) from polymer clay, creates a miniature scene, then places it in the right environment and photographs it. This process evokes yet another childhood sensation—the ability to focus intensely on a small space and imagine oneself inside it.
SERIES «SCENES»
As children, we all loved playing
at being adults—playing house, making sand pies, running a shop with leaf currency, hosting tea parties, building forts. These games sparked pure curiosity,
a warm sense of rightness and success. Unfortunately, in the "adult world," as the levels of the game become more complex, these feelings fade, dissolving into boredom, fears, insecurities, expectations, and what we call "problems."
In the Scenes series, the artist invites us to recall the sensations of play—the anticipation of actions and their sequence, the magic of objects, the determination to act—and to replace "problems" with "challenges." Each scene is a fragment of our childhood mythology.
Gerda sculpts the Observers (our inner children) from polymer clay, creates a miniature scene, then places it in the right environment and photographs it. This process evokes yet another childhood sensation—the ability to focus intensely on a small space and imagine oneself inside it.
at being adults—playing house, making sand pies, running a shop with leaf currency, hosting tea parties, building forts. These games sparked pure curiosity,
a warm sense of rightness and success. Unfortunately, in the "adult world," as the levels of the game become more complex, these feelings fade, dissolving into boredom, fears, insecurities, expectations, and what we call "problems."
In the Scenes series, the artist invites us to recall the sensations of play—the anticipation of actions and their sequence, the magic of objects, the determination to act—and to replace "problems" with "challenges." Each scene is a fragment of our childhood mythology.
Gerda sculpts the Observers (our inner children) from polymer clay, creates a miniature scene, then places it in the right environment and photographs it. This process evokes yet another childhood sensation—the ability to focus intensely on a small space and imagine oneself inside it.
SERIES «SCENES»
First, this is a greeting from autumn.
Second, it’s a tea party—the joy of creating an imagined everyday scene that is, in fact, magical.
Third, it’s an experiment with scale and its invariance!
Everyone is invited!
Scenes. Tea Party
45х30 cm
Editioned photograph
2023
Second, it’s a tea party—the joy of creating an imagined everyday scene that is, in fact, magical.
Third, it’s an experiment with scale and its invariance!
Everyone is invited!
Scenes. Tea Party
45х30 cm
Editioned photograph
2023
Scenes. Tea Party
45х30 cm
Editioned photograph
2023
45х30 cm
Editioned photograph
2023
First, this is a greeting from autumn.
Second, it’s a tea party—the joy of creating an imagined everyday scene that is, in fact, magical. Third, it’s an experiment with scale and its invariance!
Everyone is invited!
Second, it’s a tea party—the joy of creating an imagined everyday scene that is, in fact, magical. Third, it’s an experiment with scale and its invariance!
Everyone is invited!
Incredible stones that can be used in any way you like—even kept in a treasure box! Also for sale: magnificent stick-swords, digging sticks, nettle-whacking sticks, and more!
Fixed prices—five plantain leaves or three burdock leaves.
You won’t see prices like these again, so hurry up!
Scenes. Sticks and stones shop
45х30 cm
Editioned photograph
2023
Fixed prices—five plantain leaves or three burdock leaves.
You won’t see prices like these again, so hurry up!
Scenes. Sticks and stones shop
45х30 cm
Editioned photograph
2023
Scenes. Sticks and stones shop
45х30 cm
Editioned photo
2024
45х30 cm
Editioned photo
2024
Incredible stones that can be used in any way you like—even kept in a treasure box! Also for sale: magnificent stick-swords, digging sticks, nettle-whacking sticks, and more! Fixed prices—five plantain leaves or three burdock leaves.
You won’t see prices like these again,
so hurry up!
You won’t see prices like these again,
so hurry up!
The rocket speeds across vast white expanses—thorns in your face, loud cries, a feeling of weightlessness! Want to experience the same but don’t know where to find it?
If you stare long enough into a tiny world, you can dive right in. Completely.
Scenes. Rocket
45х30 cm
Editioned photograph
2023
If you stare long enough into a tiny world, you can dive right in. Completely.
Scenes. Rocket
45х30 cm
Editioned photograph
2023
Scenes. Rocket
45х30 cm
Editioned photo
2024
45х30 cm
Editioned photo
2024
The rocket speeds across vast white expanses—thorns in your face, loud cries,
a feeling of weightlessness! Want to experience the same but don’t know where to find it?
If you stare long enough into a tiny world, you can dive right in. Completely.
a feeling of weightlessness! Want to experience the same but don’t know where to find it?
If you stare long enough into a tiny world, you can dive right in. Completely.
