The Ultimate Coquette

Performance, 00:30:00

Video installation: Single-channel video documentation, Costume elements

2023

"The Ultimate Coquette" is a performance piece that considers the production of a contemporary feminine archetype within digital culture. The work focuses on the Coquette aesthetic, a social media phenomenon recognisable through visual codes such as satin, bows, lace, and pearls, and references the Nymphet figure associated with Nabokov’s "Lolita" and the eroticisation of infantilised femininity. By creating an exaggerated, "ultimate" version of this archetype, the performance addresses how these ideals are reinforced through social media.