Fragments

This piece shows a domestic interior. The title comes from the exhibition shown in the catalog: Entre os Vossos Dentes, by Adriana Varejão and Paula Rego — two artists who have powerfully addressed colonial histories and the possession of feminine – or feminised – bodies.

Murmúrios began with a sound I couldn’t forget: a Catholic AM radio station playing in the background of my childhood. My great-aunt, Maria da Pureza, listened to it daily. She didn’t sing. She murmured. Softly, to herself.