Van mij!

An empty space.

A small cube.

Two people.

They look alike.

But they are not the same.

Yet they both want that one thing, that one thing.

Only that doesn't work...

Or maybe not?

In Mine! two figures meet in no-man's land. Apart from that, there is only a cube. How do they relate to this thing, whose is it, and who decides that?

Although adults are developing increasingly realistic toys for children, toddlers can do well with abstraction. For them, with their infinite imagination, such a cube can always be something different. A chair, a hiding place, a cuddly toy. Something to appropriate, crush, embrace – and perhaps even share. The world in miniature, so that later you can experience it in a big way for real.

With Mine! we delve into the developmental stage of the toddler in which self-awareness gradually develops, as does the sense of ownership.

NO!

Give here!

From me!!

Playing together plays an important role in exploring, stretching and defining boundaries – that’s how you learn to share. With a pinch of cheekiness and a dash of humor, you can go a long way in mutual relationships, toddlers soon discover. And with the flexibility and forgiveness that is typical of people of their modest age, they usually resolve conflicts quickly. Their parents could learn a thing or two from that…

Mine! is a playful performance full of unlimited possibilities, in which the realization arises that something can be mine, but the world is also bigger than just mine!