16:30 - 18:00, Saturday
Discover Kerry Lemon's innovative performace - Whisper Your Loud Roots an innovative performance by artist Kerry Lemon, featured as part of her MRS ROE project, presented by Ruup & Form. Lemon's striking concept involves painting Tansy plants on her body using a paste of white icing sugar and water, imbuing the piece with rich symbolism and layered meanings. Through this performance, Lemon skilfully weaves together historical, cultural, and personal narratives, delving into themes of femininity, resilience, and societal expectations.
This is first of four performances scheduled, next performances to follow in September 2024, November 2024, and February 2025. Please follow the gallery for further updates.
Note By Artist :
IF YOU PLANT YOUR SEED IN MY LAND THEN THE DECISION OF CULTIVATION IS MINE
The artists alter-ego - MRS ROE was sparked by processing and protesting the redaction of Roe v Wade and explores the global and localised power structures influencing the ethics of female sexuality and reproduction. The indigenous, verbal, medicinal plant heritage that was culturally held by womxn, and the infrastructure of care it facilitated on a community level has been lost. This series utilises the knowledge and lived experience of abortive herbs as a new perspective into the root causes of our current crisis.
Whisper Your Loud Roots imagines a different kind of future, with resilience, hope and emancipation embedded in the work. The artist will be utilising her body and live drawing the abortive tansy plant using a paste of white icing sugar and water. She seeks an embodied response to the power of the tansy plant whilst exploring sugars' associations.
