The Tinkerbell Show is part of the ongoing series Dead Fairy Tales, which began in 2016. The series revolves around a simple but unsettling idea: What happens to fairy tales when no one has time to tell them anymore?
In this work, Tinkerbell is no longer a fleeting symbol of magic. She appears as a fragile icon of imagination running on low power. Standing on a small music box, she feels almost like a display figure, caught in the spotlight of a quiet, endless show. The title „The Tinkerbell Show” hints at this shift: magic has turned into performance, wonder into something to be consumed. Hovering above her open hand is an almost empty battery. It’s a small detail, yet the emotional core of the piece. Fantasy doesn’t exist on its own. It needs care, attention, and time. Without being recharged, it fades, slowly, almost unnoticed.
The Tinkerbell Show is both a love letter to storytelling and a quiet reminder of how easily imagination disappears when we stop passing stories on.