Photography, architectural scale model, AutoCAD blueprints, chocolate
A wedding cake takes the form of a private family home that is also used as a tourist rental. In Croatia, such richly decorated houses are often illegally built and legalized subsequently. The phenomenon of wedding cakes is connected to illegal construction via the aesthetics of excessive sweetness, sentimentality, and a megalomaniac approach. The ceremonial cutting of this cake/house finally ends with the remnants of insatiability and gluttony. At the same time, this scene evokes the picturesque ruins of illegal construction. Such housing exteriors are often decorated with neo-style ornaments and painted in gender-connotative pink hues and, as such, bring an intriguing dysfunctionality to the very image of the house as a stereotypical patriarchal symbol.
Technical associates:
Duška Stojićević, Pjero Peša
Installation view photo credits:
Lana Stojićević, Juraj Vuglač
