Landscape of the mind

 In a peaceful moment, I reflect on the opening of our Mother Art Prize group show. Countless individuals gathered to express their admiration for the hair painting video and the accompanying artwork. Discussions flourished, delving into the contrasts between performance art and performing art, action and documentation, and connecting with audiences or performing only for the camera. Walter Benjamin's essay on The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction lingers in my thoughts, as I view each performance stage as a distinct art form in its own right. Collectively, they craft an exquisite tapestry that portrays the expansive landscape of the mind.

"Painting Until it Becomes Marble - Love Never Dies" is an abstract ink painting created using my hair as the brush. The live performance took place under Yoko Ono's installation, "The Cricket Memories, 1998," which features many tiny empty cricket cages hanging from the ceiling, each labeled with a human catastrophe. Yoko invites the audience to write down their own griefs. I was invited to respond to Yoko's legacy and create a live performance for Museum Night. Unfortunately, I had just lost my beloved mother-in-law after a year-long battle with cancer. In response to this profound sense of loss, I decided to create a hair painting where the masculine calligraphy transformed into a female body's movement.

Video by @lumalenscape

Commissioned by Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig Alfred Weidinger

Photography by Jamie Baker

Thanks to the Mother Art Prize Procreate Project and the Zabludowicz Collection for include this large piece in your group show, I am grateful for such opportunity and good companies with 20strong mothers!