Uses text, images and textile: semi-autobiographical references, provocative phrases, diary pages and “to do” lists, excerpts from seminal texts by women such as Shulamith Firestone and images of reproduction. Often worked into cloth with history or meaning such as dishtowels, dresses, bed sheets. Sees these processes, textiles and garments as signifiers of the role of women.

Is primarily concerned with patriarchal structures imposed on women due to their biology: specifically the physical, social and psychological disadvantages imposed by pregnancy and child-rearing.   Sees a tension between these disadvantages and the positive emotional aspects of being a mother.

Likewise, embraces the emotional connection between women and working with textiles yet is concerned with the way these processes can be oppressive and limiting.

Wants to avoid valorising women’s traditional social role.  Wants viewers, especially women, to put aside for a moment their frantic displacement activities and ask themselves questions they’ve made themselves too busy to think about.

Teresa Albor
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