Matriz

Matriz presents an exploration of the biological and symbolic complexity of womanhood. By drawing parallels between the cycles of nature and the transformations of female life, the work uses the body’s matrix as a framework for reflecting on menopause.

Matriz gives face, form, and voice to women’s experiences during this period of change and transition (menopause), through intimate portraits and visual compositions that seek to capture what is often lived in secrecy. Above all, it is an opportunity to reflect on vulnerability and on physical and emotional change.
An exploration of the biological and symbolic complexity of womanhood, Matriz draws parallels between the cycles of nature and the transformations of female life.
The work uses the body’s matrix as a support for reflecting on menopause, where the intervention in red delineates the territory between the body and the natural element.
The red color appears in the images of nature as a representative intervention of what erupts in the body during menopause, a color associated with energy. When it appears over nature, the color marks a rupture in what would otherwise be a natural and predictable cycle. It shows how nature is felt — traversed by change, tension, and transformation.
The red color does not symbolize only loss or ending, but the presence of something that remains active. It is a visible sign of transformation within a process that is often experienced in silence or invisibility.