In the arms of unconsciousness: Women, feminism & the surreal

Artist Statement Or your shadow, rising to meet you 2020-2023, is a continuing series of works that reflect my interest in the history of photography, and the elemental properties of light, time and the experience of being in physical environments. The installation forms a symbolic representation of a private place, my home, and my relationship with my daughter. It offers a call and response between the original four photographic ‘portraits’ made in 2020, and a new four-panel mural scale photogram, depicting the warp and weft of a single piece of linen fabric. The 4 photographs of arms outstretched, catching, and...