Michelle Peterson, "Domestic Bubble 02"
NFS. Vandyke Print, 5.5 x 6". 2020
Artist statement
In the series Domestic Bubble I began embedding the history and labor of the women in my family into my work. By creating pinhole cameras from my grandmother’s flour boxes that for so long looked over her domestic space, I began the process of uncovering the extent of my own invisible labor. I set the camera in my own kitchen, using 8 hour exposure time, which resulted in phantom traces of the already unacknowledged activity taking place within the space. This gesture is meant to index my invisible labor by highlighting the static nature of the kitchen in contrast with the insubstantial whisps of movement that signal human presence within the work. By making myself and my body present but only metonymically referenced in the work, I am able to depict my experience of what it means to be visible as a mother and an artist today.
Artist bio
Michelle Peterson is a visual artist, receiving her BFA from New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2011, and her MFA from the Institute of Art and Design at New England College in 2020. She works in multiple mediums, including painting, photography, and fiber art. She is a mother of two and resides in southern New Hampshire.
NFS. Vandyke Print, 5.5 x 6". 2020
Artist statement
In the series Domestic Bubble I began embedding the history and labor of the women in my family into my work. By creating pinhole cameras from my grandmother’s flour boxes that for so long looked over her domestic space, I began the process of uncovering the extent of my own invisible labor. I set the camera in my own kitchen, using 8 hour exposure time, which resulted in phantom traces of the already unacknowledged activity taking place within the space. This gesture is meant to index my invisible labor by highlighting the static nature of the kitchen in contrast with the insubstantial whisps of movement that signal human presence within the work. By making myself and my body present but only metonymically referenced in the work, I am able to depict my experience of what it means to be visible as a mother and an artist today.
Artist bio
Michelle Peterson is a visual artist, receiving her BFA from New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2011, and her MFA from the Institute of Art and Design at New England College in 2020. She works in multiple mediums, including painting, photography, and fiber art. She is a mother of two and resides in southern New Hampshire.
NFS. Vandyke Print, 5.5 x 6". 2020
Artist statement
In the series Domestic Bubble I began embedding the history and labor of the women in my family into my work. By creating pinhole cameras from my grandmother’s flour boxes that for so long looked over her domestic space, I began the process of uncovering the extent of my own invisible labor. I set the camera in my own kitchen, using 8 hour exposure time, which resulted in phantom traces of the already unacknowledged activity taking place within the space. This gesture is meant to index my invisible labor by highlighting the static nature of the kitchen in contrast with the insubstantial whisps of movement that signal human presence within the work. By making myself and my body present but only metonymically referenced in the work, I am able to depict my experience of what it means to be visible as a mother and an artist today.
Artist bio
Michelle Peterson is a visual artist, receiving her BFA from New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2011, and her MFA from the Institute of Art and Design at New England College in 2020. She works in multiple mediums, including painting, photography, and fiber art. She is a mother of two and resides in southern New Hampshire.