Carmen Winant's installation 'My Birth' at MoMA features over three thousand found photographs illustrating the multifaceted experience of childbirth. The work creates a visceral collage that captures the raw emotions and physicality of labor. Displayed in a narrow corridor, the installation evokes a birth canal, and incorporates a utilitarian aesthetic through visible painter's tape. The piece prompts a reflection on the unspoken narratives of pain and joy that accompany childbirth, revealing how art can convey what words often fail to capture about this profound human experience.
"The work consists of over three thousand found photographs of women in various stages of labor and childbirth, attempting to apprehend an experience that language itself eludes."
"Neither words nor images can fully account for the primal, subjective sensations of the body during childbirth."
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