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Gallery: Installation - Into the Motherscape (Oratory & Thought Forms)
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In my video, Oratory, the repetition and rhythm of knitting references the seemingly endless tasks of mothering. The delicate hand gestures speak to mothers’ gentle tending and tiny acts of care which accumulate over time and amount to something much larger, like knit and purl stitches in a blanket. Along with the inextricable linking of myself to my children as they were raised, I simultaneously felt an acute connection to mothers who came before me — as if my life were simply one small stitch, intertwined in a string of lives lived. Thought Forms, my sculpture of an armless doll sitting passively, her head replaced by a television set, embodies how my mind felt colonized by society’s expectations of motherhood. The doll finds solace as she turns her attention to Oratory. Layered imagery of trees and streams reference finding refuge in nature from the stress and pressure of motherhood. Through this installation I wanted to create an atmosphere of meditative contemplation, where one can return to the earth, self, body and breath. Click here to view the video.