“Pleasure Principle” | Solo exhibition & Showroom

30 October – 3 November, 2025
Metamorphika Studio

171 Morning Lane, London E9 6LH“During what became the most spectacular show of the first year of METAMORPHIKA, Finnish artist Vespera Xander presented a collection of metallic body shields constructed out of sharp blades with spiked edges in the fall of 2024. The ambivalence between the protective crust and danger of self-inflicted wounding accentuated the paradoxical auto-reflexivity of desire, performed by Marina Teodora (Laboranta) as the opening Pleasure Principle act that married lunatic longing with self-harm tease.” 

–Piotr Bockowski, Clot Magazine, February 13, 2025
“Pleasure Principle” is the first solo show in London by visual artist and jewellery designer Vespera Xander. 

The exhibition features new razor wire sculptures and premieres a collaborative performance piece “CBT-65 Angel” performed by Marina Teodora. In the performance audience witnesses the Angel coming to life in her lethal armour, after being crowned by secretive handlers.

Performed by Marina Teodora
Directed by Vespera Xander
Soundtrack by Rose B 
Costumes by Magalie Heroux
Produced by Metamorphika studio
Armoury by Vespera Xander

The upstairs of the gallery has been transformed into jewellery showroom presenting Vespera’s expanding practice from wearable sculpture into fine jewellery.

Read the full review here: Insight: Kick in the Cut Eyes of Broken Blades, how cracks of metal & glass carry vital gestures
Photography: Rene Lazovy


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