Second Skin (2023)

Sculpture made of chewing gum displayed on a table, large scale photographs

Here, the body, as a vessel, becomes a tool for engaging with and remembering. Following the traditions of her ancestors, who passed knowledge from mouth to ear, ensuring their survival in the face of great adversity, she activates her own mouth on the register of that communal activity. She turns her teeth into a means for mark-making, developing a technique to transform bodily memory into a tangible surface of memorial.

As installed in the Dubai Calligraphy Biennale, The Foundry, Dubai (2023).