Motherhood as Research and Creative Territory

Motherhood transforms us, hybridizes us, connects us, refocuses us, and scatters us. Sometimes excluded from the social world, the mother is nevertheless at its center or its interstices. The mother is both hybrid and multiple. The experience of maternity is a journey that links us to the universal, to the night of times that weaves the thread of all the ancient and future wombs as much as it is a deeply intimate experience that shakes us at every moment. As we go through this extreme and fascinating physical experience, how does it change our experience of the world? What new somatic knowledge does it generate? This is a creative reflection on motherhood, on our maternity as researchers and creators. It is a space where we need to experience art and creation intersected by motherhood; motherhood as a political and reflective territory. This multifaceted research-creation is an intimate quest as it is a thorough investigation. Presenting an exploration of feminist writings put into perspective of queer theory, feeding off testimonies on maternity, the reflection unfolds alongside our creative investigations in the hope to open a new space of thinking, creating, and sharing