Sweet tooth and bad gums.
2023 - Ongoing. Illustration, writing, sequential drawing.
How do myths and oral histories provide us with a sense of self? This research focuses on my matrilineal familial history anchored in rural Pays de Gascogne, France, between my great grandmother, my grandmother, my mother and I. What forms does generational trauma take in our bodies? What silenced histories do our dreams and nightmares tell? Is carpal tunnel inherited? I excavate stories of violence and forgetfulness, bodies and caregiving, labour and pain, bones and nerves. Over the past few years, I have gathered voice recordings, written notes, riddles, recipes and medical histories from my grandma's farm and from relatives. I develop the protagonists, heroes, plotlines and artefacts of these stories.