MATRIARKATET

MATRIARKATET


For the past 10 years, I've journaled religiously.


And for the past few years, I've worked with re-creating these journals, all of the pages and words and stuff that felt really important or intense or like a waste at the time of writing. Because I can't just throw them away, they are mine, but they are also not me. Or maybe they are. Who knows, really.


MATRIARKATET is an alter ego, a nom de guerre, a project, a dream, a way to find me if you want to find me, or people like me, perhaps. 




DOMINA (2020)


: repurposed journalpages


LOVELETTERS (2020)


: repurposed journalpages

THE WOUND IS WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS (2022)
: the nesting dolls

It was getting too cold for some of my unsanctioned art practices in the streets with the old journals. I wanted to try to work more with shapes, after some experiments working with yarn, embroidering some of my sort-of-stencils characters onto some very basic tapestry I made. I enjoy the slight construction this allows me, and the tactile experience of handling it. So I thought about papier-mâché. I have never tried it before, and I found that I really enjoyed the process. I wanted to make nesting dolls. I guess the symbolism is quite obvious, but I just couldn't resist it.

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