sustain - a posture — Moira Salt

multimedia artist, using film and sound, performance, found objects, printmaking, and installations.
practice looks at B/black diasporas, particularly women, and their connection to memory, myth, and land.
uses geology, fiction and technology to imagine possible futures and their necessary histories, which cast a critical eye on capitalism and environmental consumption.
tries to imagine what may have been forgotten and where we (as a global community) might be going.

sustain: a posture
16 Nicholson Street Gallery, 2022

featuring Joanna Bémont and Phoenix Archer

The artwork explores the systemic inequities and biases faced by Black women in the United States, delving into issues of care, opportunity, and survival.

Through a blend of movement and narration, it examines the intersection of identity, race, and gender, challenging viewers to reflect on the structural disparities and lived experiences of women of color.

Created for the exhibition Needs and Freedoms, at 16 Nicholson Street Gallery, Glasgow, 2022, with support from Creative Scotland.