Of Gestures and Other Utterances

A solo exploration around notions of resilience that focuses in particular on the hands in relationship to one’s self, as channels or portals into an intimate psychophysical world in which vulnerability, strength, fragility and femininity are addressed and questioned.

Exploring these qualities, the hands shape and mould the sculptural clay of the body from the outside in and inside out, creating a pliable, receptive and at times destructive self. A physical language manifests: hands, mouth, periphery, zooming in, slowing, fists, gut, torsion, wind, unwind, rewind, pulling, hanging, rope, toil, anchors, elasticity. These images and gestures are carefully crafted as the work unfolds.

My first solo work, made in 2019, it marks a shift towards research-driven making and came out of a year-long residency at Clarence Mews.