Position One
2023
Video. 3min 46 seconds
The theme is motherhood and the value we give this role, both individually and as a society.Exploring the struggles and fears of becoming a caregiver. Faced with emotional demands but no intellectual ones, patience becomes increasingly important. This socially engaged project collected stories from mothers. Highlighting the pressure to be the perfect mother and work hard, often leaving one feeling overwhelmed or that they are not doing enough.
Over the last year I have been collaborating with an aerial artist, Linda Cullen, on this project.Creating a multi-disciplinary performance, a work in progress was shown in March 2022, our work is ongoing. The animation “Backbone” is a part of this larger project.
Building on Ana Mediate's idea of an approach to a practice as a universal energy, The work seeks to reflect the strengths and fragility of life using situationism, abstraction and multilingual performance and moving image to express the complex idea of vulnerability. It manifests across a number of forms of experimental intersectionality; through live performances, collaborations with circus performers, composers and through experimental lens based media.
The research area is focused on the juxtaposition of modern society and ancient culture; our domestic lives, the land and struggle within which we find ourselves dealing with these issues.
Often I use humor to create art in a state of play to bring a spontaneity and lightness to the work.
