Alexandra Neuman

 At Live-Art Ireland I am working on a project entitled ‘The Collective Womb’ which explores the interconnections between the womb and the earth at a time of increasing restrictions on reproductive rights and the ongoing climate crisis. The videos are made using stop-motion animation by rearranging mud into mythological narratives. The project involves reframing abortion as a conscious redistribution of life force back into the surrounding ecology. The figures in the work are directly influenced by Sheela-na-gigs, medieval carvings of women displaying an exaggerated vulva.

 Alexandra Neuman is an interdisciplinary artist and spiritual caregiver based in Brooklyn, NY. She received an MFA in Visual Arts at University of California, San Diego. Her films have shown at Anthology Film Archives, Museum of the Moving Image, and Museum of Sex. She is a past resident of Arteles Creative Center in Haukijärvi, Finland, PRAKSIS in Oslo, Norway, and the Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art in Berlin. She recently published a book and tarot deck with Onomatopee Projects in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She is currently pursuing her Clinical Pastoral Education certificate at NYU Langone Hospital.