During my residency at GlogauAIR, I will develop Dolls of Erasure, an interdisciplinary installation expanding my forthcoming musical EP into a spatial and performative environment. The project explores femininity, objectification, and identity fragmentation through sound, image, and sculptural elements.
The work originates from a series of songs and spoken texts examining the ways women internalise the gaze and reshape themselves into objects of desire. Drawing from personal narrative, the project reflects on the pressures of heteronormativity, the performance of sexuality, and the emotional labour involved in sustaining desirability. Within this framework, the figure of the “doll” becomes both a symbol and tool: a constructed identity that offers protection while simultaneously erasing the self / authentic feminine.
During the residency, I will develop a multimedia installation composed of projected video, self-portraiture, sculptural fragments, and audio works drawn from the EP. Lyrics, monologues, and recorded vocal material will form the landscape within the space, allowing visitors to encounter the music as an immersive, visual experience rather than a traditional listening format. Visual elements may include doll-like figures, morphed self portraits, masks, wigs, and fragmented body forms that evoke both innocence and distortion.
The installation environment will function as a psychological landscape where themes of femininity, vulnerability, and control are explored through surreal and symbolic imagery. Domestic motifs, childhood iconography, and beauty culture will be adapted and interpreted to reveal the tension between fantasy and erasure.
If feasible, the project may culminate in a live performance activating the installation through movement, voice, and shibari rope work. This performance would engage with the body as both subject and object, exploring themes of restraint, agency, and exposure.
Dolls of Erasure reflects my ongoing interest in the intersection of music, performance, and visual art. By transforming a musical body of work into an immersive installation, the project seeks to examine how identity is constructed, performed, and fractured under social expectations of femininity.
