Pillar

Drawing on The Book of the City of Ladies (1405), in which women form the building blocks of an allegorical city, I explore the female body as the structural foundation of the collection.

The work takes shape through architectural references to columns and load-bearing elements—structures that construct and stabilize space. By examining the interplay between concave and convex forms, I investigate the body as architecture.

In her writing, Christine de Pizan highlights women who challenge the norms of their time through strength, power, and intellect. In dialogue with this, I use references to undergarments as a metaphor for the overlooked and concealed—the structures that support the whole yet rarely become visible.