Selected Exhibitions & Performances

Works from the Dress-up series, held in the H+F Collection, return to an exhibition context two decades after their presentation at the Centraal Museum. Unconventional materials connect fashion, the body, and questions of preservation.

An artwork presented within an exhibition marking forty years of Brazil’s response to AIDS. Participation also included the conversation “Aids, HIV e Arte,” connecting artistic practice, collective memory, and the confrontation of stigma.

A work from the Condom Couture series is held in the museum’s collection. Latex becomes wearable sculpture, bringing protection, desire, and sexual health into dialogue through the language of the dressed body.

A performance featuring condom-based creations and the participation of cis and trans women living with HIV. Bodies and wearable artworks occupy public space, asserting visibility and confronting stigma.

An artwork presented in the museum’s long-term exhibition brings the body, sexuality, and protection into dialogue with diversity and human rights.

A performance in which condom-based creations become part of the body’s public expression. Wearable art opens a conversation about sexual health, visibility, and the stigma surrounding HIV.

Condom Couture brings the protective material into the language of clothing and sculpture. The exhibition connects artistic experimentation with sexuality, prevention, and the social meanings of the body.

Seven works from the Dress-up series, acquired by Han Nefkens for the H+F Collection, were presented at the museum. Latex becomes a sculptural language through which art, fashion, and protection meet.

Condom Dress was presented in an international exhibition bringing together artists from Brazil, the United States, India, and South Africa. Through wearable sculpture, Bertini’s work connects protection and the body with the exhibition’s central themes of solidarity and communication.

Mind Experiment #1 and #2 bring condoms into sculptural form, exploring behaviour, protection, and HIV prevention. Presented within Through Positive Eyes, the works connect material experimentation with a wider dialogue on visibility and stigma.