October 2021 | ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem

 

Much of the working method of the world relies on efficiency and effectiveness. That’s why we value early-risers, multi-taskers, long hours and mass production. It is for the same reason we undervalue the laborious and slow effort of a hand-woven tapestry or a hand-stitched embroidery. 

Coupled with this conscientious and measured movement of domestic craft, comes the invisible body that performs these tasks.

 

In this performance I highlight the conflict present in the visible-invisible binary pertaining to the female body. While the domestic, female crafter is left invisible at home, and the half-naked woman is visibly paraded on a billboard both of these bodies continue remain powerless. This has lead me to understand that a woman’s power is not in whether she is visible or invisible, but rather in her choice to be either.

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On Sight seeks to bring the usually invisible crafter’s body into conversation with the half-dressed, visible body by performing the process of domestic craft in the public space.