Gina Folly’s (b. 1983; Lives and works in Basel) sculptural works often incorporate cardboard packaging and mummified flowers, combining modest materials with preserved organic elements. These pieces function as intimate containers of time, holding dried blossoms whose careful preparation and placement imbue them with quiet emotional charge. Folly uses the language of everyday infrastructure to consider how domestic and urban environments shape sensorial and emotional experience.
Her photographic practice extends these concerns into observational studies of systems designed for maintenance and survival. Ventilation units, aquariums, terrariums, and improvised shelters appear with clarity and restraint, revealing the understated architectures that support daily life. Through precise framing, Folly draws attention to how care, adaptation, and memory are embedded within these structures.