Simone Post's Candy Chandeliers at Venice Biennale

At the 61st Venice Biennale, Dutch artist Simone Post presents 'She Knew She/It/They Would Melt', an installation in Palazzo Contarini Polignac featuring candy chandeliers and sugar-based domestic objects that are designed to dissolve. The work is part of the collateral exhibition 'Still Joy – From Ukraine into the World'. Post's practice centers on material listening, transforming everyday items into alien yet familiar forms. She co-founded the collective Envisions, whose motto is 'everything but the end product', emphasizing process over finished objects. Her use of candy replaces crystals and gold frames, creating a fragile, joyful environment that questions memory, materiality, and survival.