Site-specific response to the historic Bagni di Lucca library.

Hanging leather folios of layered artworks explore themes of migration, assimilation, dislocation and belonging. Visitors are invited to leaf through artworks as they might leaf through a book.

Having moved house with her family several times for her father’s career, the artist developed a peripatetic lifestyle of her own that has since seen her relocate 49 times.

Motion Sickness, an inner ear condition the artist also suffers from, considers the theme of constant movement between cultures, ideologies, expectations and addresses. It is about blending in while standing out and locating a sense of belonging even when permanence is not assured.