Uniforms are the public guardians of ideology. The small, white square on the collar of a non-liturgical priest's robe sublimates the power and influence of the Catholic Church.
The main aspect of this work is the desacralization, i.e. the profanation of a symbolically potent garment through its popularization as a generally accepted fashion accessory. But profanation is not the same as desecration: the goal is not cheap mockery but democratic appropriation, i.e. the dispersion of the garment's symbolic power in order to make it accessible and attractive to all.
The secondary aspect of this work is performative: an exploration of the intersubjectivity between persons with a profane collar and the environment that will react to them in public space. If, when meeting a priest, we are forced to follow a given ritual pattern („Praise be to Jesus and Mary“ / „Amen“), the profane collar liberates and encourages spontaneous reactions: wonder, discomfort, laughter – in short, freedom of speech and behavior.