March EXPO, 2016
-Mixed media mural exhibited as part of the third year exhibition at Minerva, Groningen.-
This project was inspired by the awkward conversations you have when meeting new people and trying explain an unusual family situation. I hate the impulse to say sorry when trying to discuss which dad I'm talking about or the "my brother who isn't actually my brother" confirmations. This work celebrates the crazy family realities in my own life so that my spectators can open up about their own situations. Families aren't simple any more; they are full of colour, laughs and ugly truths and this is the only way I want to see them.
This project was inspired by the awkward conversations you have when meeting new people and trying explain an unusual family situation. I hate the impulse to say sorry when trying to discuss which dad I'm talking about or the "my brother who isn't actually my brother" confirmations. This work celebrates the crazy family realities in my own life so that my spectators can open up about their own situations. Families aren't simple any more; they are full of colour, laughs and ugly truths and this is the only way I want to see them.