Invisible M*thers
2024-2026
Funded by Creative Scotland Open Fund for Individuals.
Exhibited at Strange Field, 105 French Street
Co-Lead Artists: Rebecca Livesey-Wright & Indra Wilson
Sound Designer: Elaine Cheng, featuring vocals and field recording by Rebecca Livesey-Wright and Indra Wilson
Installation Technician: Marguerite Carson
Audio played through the ceramics: written and performed by Rebecca Livesey-Wright and Indra Wilson
Ceramics: Rebecca Livesey-Wright
Stage 2: Exhibition at Strange Field, Glasgow, 2026
R&D (Stage 1): Commission for SMHAF, 2024
A multi-media installation bringing together soundscape, personal narrative, ceramics and architecture to give voice to under-represented experiences of pregnancy and m*therhood.
You’re invited to slow down and be guided through an intimate, tangible listening experience.
Invisible M*thers explores stories of m*therhood that aren't often seen, centring genderqueer, single/solo, young and neurodivergent experiences. Through Rebecca and Indra's personal stories, the exhibition holds two very different experiences of pregnancy: one of raising a child, and one of pregnancy loss. Together, they explore how love, grief and care continue to shape what m*therhood can mean.
The exhibition asks, how do we make hidden personal stories of m*therhood visible, whilst also protecting those at the centre of those stories?
Thanks: Rebecca and Indra would like to thank Kinfolk Families who provided project management and outreach engagement support. Rebecca and Indra would also like to thank: 16 Collective who have provided curatorial support; Jenny Tipton, Curator for Families, Young People and Schools programme at Tate St. Ives, and Cabbage founder who provided arts mentoring; Georgia Nelson who provided writing mentoring; Ezra Berrnico who runs Kiln Klub and supported with firings; Coral Brookes, Learning Programme Co-Director at Strange Field; One Parent Families Scotland, MILK Glasgow and the Scottish Mental Health Foundation who supported with community engagement and outreach and; Creative Scotland who funded the project.