Dust yourself off and try again - Aaliyah
I think we all have different heavens - Left Eye
Healing is communion - bell hooks
No love without justice - bell hooks
For You/On Love, 2022, 1x1x0.5m
Second-hand glassware, biodegradable tea bags, herbal tea blend.
An interactive work with gifts of healing herbal tea blends for visitors to take home, along with poetic notes inspired by writings on love and community from the late bell hooks. Created as an intervention for 'Playing Up', an evening of poetry and performance at the Freud Museum.
Biodegradable tea bags, herbal blend: Lemongrass, root ginger, St Lucian sea moss, mango sencha.
//some blessings:
1. Healing is communion
2. Love is belonging
3. Hope is essential
4. No love without justice
5. We chose to love
For/From, Those in the Other Realm, 2021, 1x1x0.5m
Second-hand glassware, biodegradable tea bags, herbal tea blend.
An interactive work with gifts of healing herbal tea blends for visitors to take home, along with poetic notes inspired by the words and lyrics of Aaliyah and Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes. Made specifically for 'This is for the Jeeps', a memorial in honour of the musicians mentioned above.
Biodegradable tea bags, herbal blend: Sorrel/hibiscus, lavender, rose and butterfly pea.
//some blessings:
1. Dust yourself off and try again
2. I think we all have different heavens
3. You make my heart speak
4. Your smile, your style, you’re so fly
5. Everything is worth it
6. You give me a really good feeling, all day long