Mum
Mum This is a series of works on mothering. It struck me how silence plays a big part in the work of mothering. ‘Mum’, or the German word ‘Stillen’. But who is quieted, what is silenced? From top to bottom:
Tag: Mixed Media
Changing Figures
Changing Figures Drawing data isn’t unappealing per se, but I find it hard to imagine how to communicate numbers in a non-scientific context. This made me think of how, and to what end we use number and statistics. Data can become numbers and statistics, heavy with urgency but bereft of emotional weight. So what do numbers
And still she moves
And still she moves Why did my body and its movement arouse shame while that of my mind inspire respect? I used the intellect as a fortress of the self over the body because the body wouldn’t titillate as the tits age. My assumptions were the intellect itself is impervious to the changing seasons and
Lab notes
In the lab, I manipulated DNA, cultured cells, ran experiments of all kinds, and collected and analysed data. Somewhere down the line, I realised that what I had perceived as a wall containing the lab was a permeable bidirectional membrane; I had just been ignorant of what passed through it.