Me in place and the place in me
I have been walking the coastline of the Maltese islands, placing my body within, around, and among the rock formations. Through simple, performative gestures — hugging the rocks, sitting with them — I express childlike delight and a desire not merely to be in the landscape, but to be part of it and held by it.
Variations of Emergence Residency, Malta Society of Arts, 2025
what if I collect things?
what if I collaborate?
what if I commission?
what if I curate?
what if I walk the entire coast of the islands?
what if all if Malta is my research base?
what if all my time is my practise?
what if my body is a tool?
Through Her Eyes: Redefining the Self with the Female Gaze. Talk at Valletta Design Cluster.
Soon after becoming a mother, I encountered the Mnajdra Goddess at the National Museum of Archaeology. I remember feeling awe — and a profound sense of connection. I was deeply moved by the idea that I could connect, experientially and physically, to a tiny statue made over 5,000 years ago.
On the desire to become a rock
On my 40th birthday I picked up a flint pebble on a British beach because it resembled a pregnant torso. I kept the pebble on a shelf, a small sculpture created by the elements. As time passed I began developing body like sculptures that resembled rocks…
The Goddess Project at The Malta Art Biennale 2024
Made soon after I first became a mother, I made hundreds, working fast, a cathartic process after a difficult birth. It was a way of processing my frustrations with new motherhood and my evolving feminist ideas. Modern ideas of feminine beauty - as thin, young etc - are subverted for contorted spines, scars, ageing skin, breasts and bodies of all sizes - a reclamation of the body, agency and stories of womanhood.
maternochronics
Each one is pocket sized - yet as a group they are powerful. Representing both the multitude of experiences we collect over a lifetime, and our strength as groups and support networks.