The images I created for this project came from an unrelated experiment I wanted to conduct. I was curious about the affection on an image if I printed high resolution tiff images on a standard inkjet printer on regular paper, then scanned that print, and printed that image and so until I obliterated the image. Once creating this process I was then faced with the decision of what images I wanted to degrade. As I imagined the inks on the soft paper melting together with each print and scan, I came upon making pictures of uniquely connected and intertwining bodies. Since I wanted the work to be highly physical I used my background as a gymnast and my mother’s yoga background to help generate these highly performative poses.

My mother and I are very close. I think her willingness to join me in this endeavour is special in itself. My images communicate our bond as parent/child, mother/daughter and woman to woman. These are not a series of images of my mother and I but rather a portrait of our relationship and connection.