Birth Currents explores the immense power of birth and the capacity of the female body to carry and bring life into the world. Through a series of photographs and intuitive written reflections, the installation weaves together the visceral and the poetic, through the female gaze.
My perspective is deeply shaped by the home I grew up in. Raised by an obstetric nurse and a hospice worker, I learned to see birth and death as cyclical parts of life. The way my mother spoke so passionately about the women she supported during birth left a lasting impression on me.
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
