Daddy's Lap (2012)

DADDY’S LAP (2012)

Metaphorically, the home is a blanket to shield us from the harshness of the raw world. However, in many cases the home is not a place of solice, comfort and warmth. This discomfort is often perpetuated by the male figure in the environment. Daddy's Lap aims to question the misguided assumption of the home as a place of safety under the broader context of a curated exhibition titled Home // an experiment, by Uthando Baduza. “Which seeks to destabilize the seemingly finite construct of ‘home’ as a ‘structure/objects’ but propel us to imagine a more fluid, unstable notion that is made and re-made – a constant state of flux by the ‘people/things’ that inhabit/outside its domain. How are [gender, political, economic, etc.] ideologies and the home are mobilized by the state (and other actors) during periods of economic uncertainty and national reconstruction/transformation.[1]”

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[1] B. Murrillo, “Ideal Homes and the Gender Politics and Consumerism in Post Colonial Ghana 1960-70s” Gender and History, Vol 21 No. 3 (November 2009), pp 560-575 (adapted)