Via Tuimaseve

This research project explores the way in which I understand and give love through knowing and living by the ways of my village, my family. This family knows no boundaries of blood or marriage. It is a make-up of friends who walked in the doors and never left. This research is a collaborative effort to acknowledge that love can be nurtured and blossomed in a vast number of ways and that the notion of home can be registered by more than the physicality of a location. It’s a breakdown of how food, music, and the act of upholding traditions and making has formed naturally to inform the way our family moves in the world. This understanding of love is embedded into art practice and is the key driver for this practice-led research project. Through a mixture of installation and written art practices, this research will show what I mean when I say my family are my grounding points. This research explores the pillars of my understanding and everything that those pillars look over and protect.