Two new identities, Mother and motherless.

A collision of birth and death provides the inception for what became a lon-running commentary, 9 years in the making.

In-passing began in 2015, the year Lisa became a mother to her first child, followed shortly after with the loss of her mother to illness.
The making of images during this period proved to be a resolute witness to these new experiences, a therapeutic outlet for this new reality.
Heavily saturated by the unraveling departure of ‘self’ that becoming a mother sets in motion, both in body and mind, a transformation that remains widely unagknowledged in broader society. 
It is both a visceral account of the emotional landscapes of the mother and child universe during her childrens formative years and an document of her desire to remember her own mother.





                                                                                                                                                                                                       

How long does a mother ‘carry’ a child?
As early as the second week of pregnancy there is a two-way transference of cells and DNA between the fetus and the mother. Cells containing DNA cross the placenta and enter into the mothers’ bloodstream, embedding in various organs including the heart, brain and lungs, where evidence has shown that they can remain for decades.
This phenomenon is called microchimerism, from the word ‘chimera’, referring to a mythical creature made up of the parts of different animals.

Mother, as chimera.