An Ode to Marge Simpson (or how I taught myself to speak again by watching The Real Housewives) (2018)
Video Installation

An autobiographical work which deals with voice-loss due to chronic illness. After losing their voice for over a year due to a combination of health issues, the artist received vocal therapy however, they found that watching The Real Housewives while housebound is what really helped them regain their voice and agency. The work celebrates The Real Housewives franchises as a rare example in popular culture where women's voices are prioritised, while at the same time questioning the privilege these women hold and therefore the healthcare they have access to in comparison to many of the viewers. It draws on GIF reaction culture and the thriving online crip community and features questions the artist was asked by their vocal therapist.

Exhibitions:
2018 Lucky, curated by COVEN Berlin at nGbK Berlin.
2019 La Juan Gallery as part of Hybrid Art Fair, Madrid.

Page Description: White background with black text, a video central in the page with two images below.
Video Description: Clips from the real housewives show with data moshing and glitches.
Image Descriptions: The image on the left is of a white foil helium ballon, slightly deflated and therefore close to the grey gallery concrete floor, next to it is a cardboard hospital bedpan half filled with red wine and there is a backdrop of a draped pink faux fur fabric. The image on the right is of a small TV screen on a white plinth, surrounded by 3 white hospital bedpans filled with red wine, the backdrop is of a window with bars on, two white curtains and a plastic curtain in the middle, there are silver letter balloons above the screen which read 'stay sick', on the floor is a pink strip led light.