8,800 mirrored flowers from discarded acrylic reveal a data-driven portrait of the netherlands

"A meadow of 8,800 mirrored flowers sounds like a fantasy, but for studio mo man tai it becomes a data-driven portrait of the Netherlands. Their installation, Reflecting Diverseness, transforms national demographic figures into a shimmering, immersive landscape where light, reflection, and statistics fold into one another. What begins as a glittering visual spectacle quietly reveals a precise socio-political dataset, rethinking how information can be felt before it is understood."

"Instead of presenting numbers through charts or graphics, visitors step into a darkened space where every mirrored petal scatters light across the room, only later discovering that each bloom represents a distinct group within the country's population. The result is a work that disarms through beauty, then invites reflection using sensory surprise to re-engage with themes often flattened by repetitive or misleading communication."

"Eindhoven-based studio mo man tai recasts statistical data on the Netherlands' population into a luminous, handcrafted landscape of more than 8,800 mirrored flowers. Titled Reflecting Diverseness, the installation transforms socio-political figures from the Centraal Bureau van Statistiek (CBS) into a vast, pixelated meadow where each bloom corresponds to a specific demographic group. Roughly one in four residents of the country has (partial) origins outside the Netherlands,"

Studio mo man tai recasts Dutch population statistics into a handcrafted field of more than 8,800 mirrored flowers. Each bloom corresponds to a distinct demographic group drawn from Centraal Bureau van Statistiek data. The installation occupies a dimly lit space where mirrored petals scatter light and produce an immersive, pixelated meadow. Visitors often respond visually, photographing the iridescent surface before learning the representational system. The work balances multiplicity and rootedness, noting roughly one in four residents has partial origins outside the Netherlands while 72.1 percent have two parents born locally. Beauty and surprise provoke reflection on the presentation of statistics.

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