Naiadas
This was a spring mound I discovered filled with water under the grass. I was able to lie on it and despite the cold, feel deeply connected to the earth. I felt drawn to show this in a performance piece, trying to experiment passing the connection I felt on to the viewer. As a mother, I felt connected in a foetal way, the watery mound akin to a woman's stomach immediately after childbirth: women becoming aligned with the landscape.
The mechanistic, scientific paradigm we live in in the west has been created to protect us from the nonhuman and has put the human firmly in charge, when close to nature you realise what a fallacy this is.
Shadow Play
By mummifying the broken branch and gifting it back to the tree, it is an act of observation, recognition and a healing intention
