Collection: Miriam Vida

"10,000 Tampons – The Lives of Many Women" is an expansive installation of 100 hanging tampons that oscillates between aesthetics and irritation.

The work addresses the invisibility of menstruation and the societal normalization of female pain. It makes visible what is often suppressed, tabooed, or taken for granted, and invites viewers to re-examine menstrual experiences.

The majority of the tampons have been artistically altered, referencing individual stories, physical experiences, and the diversity of female lived realities. Each one carries traces of personal and collective experiences and symbolically represents the often invisible burdens that accompany many women throughout their lives.

The unaltered tampons provide a deliberate contrast. They stand for invisibility, speechlessness, and the societal gaps surrounding menstruation, fertility, and infertility. In their apparent neutrality, they refer to all those experiences that often find no space in public discourse.

Thus, the installation moves between personal testimony and societal reflection, opening a dialogue about the body, pain, visibility, and female self-determination.