Ep 12: Isa Rus | on being a mother and a migrant

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Ep 12: Isa Rus | on being a mother and a migrant

Isabella McDonnell

Jul 31, 2023

About Isa:

Isa Rus is a Berlin-based, Spanish artist and photographer. In this episode, we delve into her latest, ongoing photography series, 'Birthmark', which explores the themes of home, identity, belonging, and principally, motherhood.

Summary:

In this episode, we explore what it means to be both a mother and a migrant; how motherhood shapes, breaks apart, and reconstitutes identity; creativity and motherhood; magic realism and the human experience; spiritual connection and liberation through the mundane or everyday; and the ongoing project of home-making and cultivating belonging in a new, adopted culture.

References:

'Motherhood' by Sheila Heti

Surrealist painter - Leonora Carrington

Spanish painter - Joaquín Sorolla

Our theme music is by Alix Julian Edwards

Photo credit: Isa Rus

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