Womb Room Tomb
Thinking of my pre-menopausal body and how this has had an affect on my emotions. A sense of loss, sadness, change, fear of the future and how to fill my time as the children grow more independent.
The Pregnant Archive
I presented a talk about my arts practice in relation to the representation of the pregnant body, pregnancy testing and 1970’s performance arts practice at The Pregnant Archive Symposium, Birkbeck University. I am developing a collaborative project with Jesse Olszynko-Gryn a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow based in the Department of History and Philosophy at The University...
M(other) Stories
"Autobiographical writing is juxtaposed with photographs taken at home and during the school run using my smart phone camera. Photographs record the ever shifting, transitory time I share with my family. There are shadow portraits of me and my son playing, of my son sleeping, intimate observations of his body and skin, collaged together with...
The child inside the mother
Tracing and copying lines and gestures from Naoise drawings, collaging these into family photographs fusing together the present and the past, exploring mother/daughter relationships.
Mother & Child workshop
Created as part of the Big Draw, this workshop included a life drawing session from a Mother and Child life models, a seminar about the representation of Mother and Child in art history and contemporary fine art, together with time to develop work inspired by personal experiences of mothering.
October babies
A series of drawings exploring a photograph of my first born son taken shortly after his birth.
September babies
A series of observational drawings made from a photograph taken shortly after the birth of my first child.
Second born
A book created using documentary photography to record the work of a mother caring for her young child.
First Born
"A book created using documentary photography and prose to reflect upon a mothers time spent with her first child."
Mum’s memories of motherhood
A project drawing directly upon maternal experiences to create visual and text based narratives exposing the work of mothers.
Lancaster Moor Hospital
"In 1998 I completed a 5 month collaborative residency at the hospital with Michael Mayhew (performance artist), and Scott Abraham (film maker). Based on the Conniston Ward we worked together to produce an interdisciplinary installation and performance piece. |"
Scenes from the Asylum Wall
"A performance installation produced as the result of a collaborative residency by Helen Sargeant (Visual Artist), Michael Mayhew (Performance Artist) and Scott Abraham (Film Maker) at the John Moore Hospital, Lancashire prior to its closure in 1997."