The art of womanhood

In this series, the space between waking and stepping out becomes a site of quiet confrontation. Moving through the physical labor of curation—from heavy-lidded stillness and acute body awareness to raw fatigue—the work interrogates what it means to construct a presentation for the world.

The maintenance of womanhood is laid bare through acts of upkeep and adornment: the sudden jolt of exhaustion, the stark, visceral juxtaposition of upkeep and vulnerability, the hesitant selection of identity hanging on a rack, and the meticulous, self-examining gaze into the glass. These frames map the tension between internal reality and external expectation, turning routine preparation into an act of profound introspection.