m_othering the perceptual ars poetica

Curated by Abbra Kotlarczyk and Antonia Sellbach, m_othering the perceptual ars poetica is an examination of intersectional approaches to mothering and parentage, to include not only the care of children but of the environment and cultural spaces — their histories, forms and legacies. Within the broader context of care-taking and custodianship, the exhibition seeks to describe how maternal roles are being approached in, and at the sidelines of, creative practice.

In this way, the exhibition poses how ‘m_othering’ might function as a framework that speaks to a wide range of other care-taking practices and how we might consider diverse forms of m_othering as creative praxis; as an embodied ars poetica — a term that articulates a state of being, rather than meaning. 

Curated by Abbra Kotlarczyk and Antonia Sellbach, with written contributions from Jazz Money and Guest, Riggs (Stephanie Guest & Kate Riggs).

• Olga Bennett
• Simona Castricum
• Bonita Ely
• Abbra Kotlarczyk
• Alice McIntosh
• Josephine Mead
• Ruth O’Leary
• Lucreccia Quintanilla
• r e a
• Katie Ryan
• Antonia Sellbach
• Amber Wallis

Image: Josephine Mead. A veritable (un) mooring 2017 (detail). Digital inkjet print. 60.5 x 41.5 cm. Edition of 3 + AP. Courtesy of the artist