In Ruth van Beek's work ordinary objects take on a body and a life of their own. With a practice deeply interwoven with her everyday experience, van Beek looks inwards at how her vast archive functions, exploring the thin border between studio and domestic life, the repetition of daily tasks and the origins of her interest in manuals and household guides, which she traces back to her mother's influence. In her hands pictures of banal objects become moving matter, deconstructed until strange and ambiguous forms emerge.