Lotte Werkema's work humorously responds to the imperfections of the human body and our normative thinking. In her objects, collages, videos and photographs, she explores new ways of moving in the public domain. She reveals not only her personal obsession with mobility, but also the absurdity of life.

Werkema designs aids such as orthoses herself and in so doing, creates her own method of moving and being seen. Devices with bright colours, round shapes and confusing functionality provide a new way of looking at aids and how we move. The exhibition includes the new work Zeemeerminstaart (I & II) (2025), which she recently developed at the Rijksakademie. This self-developed aid with a tail helps the body to balance and can be seen as an alternative to crutches or a walking frame, but also suggests new possibilities such as flying or time travel. Werkema also presents Bindzool voor ( I&II) (2024), which is inspired by aids that connect the feet of the child to the parent to teach children how to walk. In this work, Werkema connected her feet to those of her twin sister. Fuck Pilates (2025) is about the pressure to exercise and how this can be adapted for people with disabilities, but it also reminds us of the uncomfortable position women have to take during an internal examination.

In her videos, Werkema uses her own physicality to explore alternative ways of moving in public space. By pushing situations to the limit, she humorously challenges normative thinking about participation in public space. In the short video Tuin (2025), she not only confronts herself with the search for balance in her own garden, but also the viewer with his own conditioned gaze.

In a series of videos, Lotte Werkema explores the traversing of zebra crossings, which are considered safe zones for pedestrians. In a performance during the opening of On Limits, she crossed the zebra crossing in front of the gallery. This zebra crossing on the busy De Boelelaan presents itself as a veritable obstacle course between tram and bus stops, across lawns and between the fast-moving traffic of the Zuidas, which moves in both directions. The video of the performance has been added to the presentation in the gallery.