Birth Currents explores the immense power of birth and the female body’s capacity to carry and bring life into the world. My perspective is deeply shaped by the home I grew up in. Raised by an obstetric nurse and a hospice worker, I came to understand birth and death as cyclical, intertwined parts of life. My mother spoke with great passion about the women she supported during childbirth, which left a lasting impression on me.
This early influence sparked a fascination with the birthing body; in time, I began following women in the Netherlands through their childbirth experiences, both at home and in the hospital. By doing so, the sense of wonder my mother once shared with me gradually became my own.
Birth Currents has been exhibited in The Grey Space in the Middle, Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague and Nieuw en Meer. A review of the exhibition has been published by Metropolis M. De Correspondent has published the article ‘Wie is de baas tijdens jouw bevalling?’ along with 7 photos of the project. t
Birth Currents - Hanna Burgers
This early influence sparked a fascination with the birthing body; in time, I began following women in the Netherlands through their childbirth experiences, both at home and in the hospital. By doing so, the sense of wonder my mother once shared with me gradually became my own.
Birth Currents has been exhibited in The Grey Space in the Middle, Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague and Nieuw en Meer. A review of the exhibition has been published by Metropolis M. De Correspondent has published the article ‘Wie is de baas tijdens jouw bevalling?’ along with 7 photos of the project. t
Birth Currents - Hanna Burgers
