MaMaM

MaMaM is an ongoing practice research project comprising a series of artefacts that explore the physiological, psychological and social metamorphosis that is “Matrescence – the time of mother-becoming” as originally defined by anthropologist Dana Raphael. The work articulates and explores methods of Autobiology and Matrescenography, positioning the maternal body and experience as both a site of knowledge production and a generative locus for performance-making. 

Contributing to the growing body of research on matrescence, maternal studies and maternal art. MaMaM offers creative and critical responses to my personal lived experience of becoming mother and mothering.  Situated in dialogue with a range of institutional and archival contexts, including the Birth Rites Collection and the Royal College of Midwives Museum and Archives (housed at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists). The project also engages with contemporary midwifery discourse through ongoing conversations with practitioners and educators at King’s College London and Croydon University Hospital Midwifery Services.