Memories–Voices–Fractions transforms invisible sexual traumas into tangible, material forms through the deconstruction of subjectivity and the embodiment of memory. This work explores the notion of scars and marks—how they exceed the boundaries of the real and the sensual through extended materiality.
Emerging from a process that includes movement performance, documentation, and spatial investigation, the installation becomes a liminal site composed of three interdependent entities: body, mind, and consciousness. Within this layered space, intangible memories and traumas are revisited and gently repaired through organic, bodily materials. The deterritorialisation of the traumatic event opens space for audience intra-action, allowing emotional and subjective exchanges to unfold.
Grounded in Feminist New Materialism and the Pedagogies of Taking Care (Atkinson, 2022), Memories–Voices–Fractions explores how bodies and materials attend to one another. The audience is invited to touch skin-like fabrics and tear through hair-bound fragments—gestures that echo the discomfort and vulnerability of voicing trauma. Through these encounters, the work creates space for shared presence, embodied memory, and the quiet resistance of tending to what hurts.
