2020, Endurance performance-sculpture, 12 hours of the artist’s exhalations captured in 1000 balloons, dimensions variable, Chelsea Cookhouse Gallery

For 12 hours I capture each of my exhalations in pink balloons. Each balloon contains five exhalations. A self-portrait and a document of time and space, I extend my body into the space around me and use my breathe to create. The balloons become surrogate off-springs, evocative of the body and stretched skin. Their act of creation alluding to pregnancy, reproduction, breastfeeding, the giving away of the self to create, and the repetitive menial tasks and intense physical endurance of early motherhood. For the final minutes of the performance my daughter joined me, seated on my lap, silently passing me the final balloons to inflate.