Look At Me!

[2022]

Look at Me! serves as an exploration of multifaceted themes, employing a feminist lens to bring attention to the underappreciation of activities outside the mainstream economic sphere.

The conceptualisation of pregnancy as a form of unpaid labor draws parallels to the perceived notions of illness and the foetus as a symbolic parasite. The haunting image of a C-section scar is inspired by Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012), emphasises the anxieties surrounding new life. Hypervisualisation is explored with the use of images of expecting celebrities, yet juxtaposed against the backdrop of a mothers frequently fading visibility in societal narratives.

Hyper visibility / Unsolicited comments and touching / Post-partum depression being taboo despite ites pervasiveness.
Perhaps women could weaponise pregnancy be used to manipulate and gain sympathy.

Scar, stapled, on the lower belly – an ode to Prometheus (2012) – the arguably parasitic nature of pregnancy hindering daily life. Stitching as means of repairing the relationship between mother and foetus. The red thread of fate ties mother and child even after birth.

Censoring of ‘high-profile’ mothers – the loss of sense of self during state of pregnancy as one’s life fades into the background and the foetus takes center stage.