The Mother of Rabbits, 2006
Duration: 20:00
live performance
This piece talks about my inherent need and desire to become a mother, using my childhood experience of raising rabbits as a metaphor. In this performance I project various images of myself as a child onto me. I describe the innocence of child-like mothering that takes a confusing and horrific turn when I learn the truth about how babies are made. I go on to recount what it was like to comprehend my own reality as my body and mind grew, and how at times, I felt as if I was completely losing control.
