Was the maternal cord to my land cut before I was born? | 2026

Rust-transfer on cotton fabric (including with hand- stitched, naturally dyed cotton thread), soy wax, beeswax, wood, handwoven dried banana peel fiber, wool yarn, natural dye, handbuilt and glazed ceramic sculptures, and salt.

The fictional room I construct brings together two forms of feminine divinity: the goddess and the mother. It sits between the symbolic space of the temple and the intimate space of the home. The room illustrates a historical narrative and creates a situation in which memory can be encountered physically.

The material presence of the room thus enables a form of material-oriented ontology, which positions things and materials as integral and entangled parts of social relations and worlds. Every choice, from the specific placement of the breasts to the selection of rusted fabric, is a deliberate arrangement that transforms the space from a mere location into an active participant in social and spiritual repair.