Waterworks | Shadow

2019

2-channel video, 4:42 mins

1 gallon of water = 8.34 lbs
Daughter at 3.5 years = 32 lbs

Shadow is part of a series of ongoing works made while at residencies, away from my family and home. Waterworks is a consideration of the work involved in motherhood, the work of being an artist, and how to work at both. In this series, I complete different durational tasks with a 5-gallon bucket of water filled with an amount that weighs the same as my young daughter. For Shadows, I filled the bucket and held it as long as I could until the weight began to hurt my back and the handle dug into my hands.