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Quilted square dress

Like jet lag – you’ve arrived in a place, but your thoughts are elsewhere – that’s how Baby Reni describes the sensation of rootlessness she experiences as a Vietnamese Dutch person. For this dress, she quilted a MAMA packet together with scraps of fabric from traditional Chinese and Vietnamese clothing. ‘MAMA noodles are a kind of meme for working-class Asian immigrant children. When our parents had to work, we would make them after school for ourselves as a little snack.’

[text 2026]

Title
Quilted square dress
Dating
2022
Object type
jurk
Object number
36294/001
Technique
acrylverf, jacquard , zijde, satijn, polyester voering
Dimensions
Acquisition
aankoop met steun van het Mondriaan Fonds (2025)
Associated subjects
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