In 2007 Joana Vasconcelos initiated a series of artworks that question women’s domestic condition, departing from an everyday cooking object and establishing an unlikely association with the world of glamour. Overlapping stainless steel pans and lids, the artist creates another symbol, associated both with the elegance depicted on the big screen (through titles such as Marilyn, Dorothy, Priscilla or Carmen Miranda) and the dreamlike aspirations of children's imagination (carried over through the references to Cinderella and Betty Boop). The multiplication of a small object – the Silampos number 18, used in Portugal to prepare plain rice for a family of four on a daily basis – ends up creating a monumental scale, in what could be seen as a tribute to the stoic, and not often recognized, role played by women all over the world. Through the reference to famous stories of transformation, the visual artist also creates a new layer of meaning, aiming to deconstruct stereotypes.