"The Dollhouse series came to me after observing my daughters at play.
Zoe, my youngest daughter skipped from Princesses right into Barbies. She wanted to play with her older sister and her friends who were busy decorating Barbie’s house and making dinner for Ken.
Why was Barbie always cooking dinner?...Isn’t she a working woman? Does Ken ever cook?
Did Barbie and Ken ever argue? Are they happy together in their pink casa?
I always thought that Ken was Barbie’s friend or brother.
When did he become her husband?
Again I experimented with the ‘what if?’ concept and decided to create a narrative that would take a peak into the home of Barbie and Ken. In my story we follow Barbie as she discovers that her long time partner has lost interest in her and has found his ‘authentic self’ (he likes guys). The marriage falls apart and she is left devastated and eventually beheaded.
This was my most ambitious project to date.
An incredible group of volunteers refinished furniture and decorated various shades of pink rooms, and together we built a life size dollhouse, for our dolls to inhabit.
I couldn’t have asked for a more talented crew and cast, as they breathed life into these iconic plastic characters.
“The Dollhouse offers a profound commentary on the transient nature of beauty, the difficulty of marriage and the importance of authenticity.”
in the dollhouse