Kathryn Rodrigues (she/her)
Homesick, 2020
Archival pigment print
20"x 24"
My current work explores ideas of transcendence within a domestic setting and the psychology of motherhood. As a primary caregiver of young children, the majority of my time over the last few years has been spent at home. These circumstances have only been exacerbated over the last year.
As the pandemic wore on so did my feelings of containment, exhaustion and anxiety, as well as my desire for space, connection to the natural world, safety and autonomy. I began an ongoing series of self-portraits taken in our yard and around the exterior edges of our house, providing a transitory respite from the micro-necessities of daily life and the macro-anxieties of the outside world. These images capture the dichotomy of my liminal moments of freedom outdoors while also remaining restricted to our property, moments I spent alone but also in plain sight of our children and neighbors, longing for connection but also for the security of separation.
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