ruins
To Liberate a Mother
140 x 100 cm
tapestry installation: printed images of “mater matutae” stone ex-voto mother statues from Campania printed on natural linen, embroidered and handwoven with raw wool roving, cotton, flax, ribbon, pistachio shells, safety pins, embroidery thread, and twine
When I encountered these enigmatic, crumbling stone mothers at the Museo Campano in Capua, Italy, I wanted to understand their silent stories. Textiles, considered “women’s work” since ancient times, disintegrate and disappear like women’s stories. Part of this weaving included a live performance during its exhibition, as a ritualistic act to honor all mothers, regardless of gender or situation.
part of the solo exhibition If one day these [ ] become ruins... at DESVIO, in Lisbon, 2023
140 x 100 cm
tapestry installation: printed images of “mater matutae” stone ex-voto mother statues from Campania printed on natural linen, embroidered and handwoven with raw wool roving, cotton, flax, ribbon, pistachio shells, safety pins, embroidery thread, and twine
When I encountered these enigmatic, crumbling stone mothers at the Museo Campano in Capua, Italy, I wanted to understand their silent stories. Textiles, considered “women’s work” since ancient times, disintegrate and disappear like women’s stories. Part of this weaving included a live performance during its exhibition, as a ritualistic act to honor all mothers, regardless of gender or situation.
part of the solo exhibition If one day these [ ] become ruins... at DESVIO, in Lisbon, 2023
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a door without walls handwoven tapestry 2023
cotton, wool, linen, silk, thread, ribbon, canvas, nylon
Handwoven tapestry inspired by the frescoes of Pompeii, a society that lived in the shadow of its own destruction (as we do now, in the current human-impacted geologic era called the Anthropocene). The tapestry intentionally contains gaps and absences that reference its own materiality - fragile, but strong, likely to disintegrate over the course of deep time.
part of the solo exhibition If one day these [ ] become ruins... at DESVIO, in Lisbon, 2023
cotton, wool, linen, silk, thread, ribbon, canvas, nylon
Handwoven tapestry inspired by the frescoes of Pompeii, a society that lived in the shadow of its own destruction (as we do now, in the current human-impacted geologic era called the Anthropocene). The tapestry intentionally contains gaps and absences that reference its own materiality - fragile, but strong, likely to disintegrate over the course of deep time.
part of the solo exhibition If one day these [ ] become ruins... at DESVIO, in Lisbon, 2023