I never had
With my work “Homesick for a home I never had” I give place to unprocessed grief and to my disability. When I lost the love for my body, my love for imagery and photography dissapeared as well. I took hold of my device again by photographing myself over a span of about three years. With each photograph, I captured a part of my body. This mourning ritual slowly reduced the distance I felt from my body.
I turned a selection of these photos into a collage, combining them with other photos I’ve taken over the years, as well as drawings and text. By repeated printing and surveying, adjusting and restarting, writing and deleting, the process brought me serenity and was my way of grief and processing.
Screen print on pvc, polyester lime and different kinds of paper, 160cmx120cm, different layers connected by needle and thread and attached with needles to a felt cloth.Gent,2022-2023
