Breeder (trilogy)

follows the process of Verkade’s own life experience to become an egg-donor at the London Women’s Health clinic.

Breeder, 2017 (trilogy)
3 channel video installation, total duration 20min. looped
HD monitors and projectors, headphones and/or sound system, powdercoated steel, rubber latex

Edition of 5
Breeder was produced during my final year at Goldsmiths University in London, 2017
2021 Solo, Wroclaw Museum of Contemporary Art, Wroclaw, PL
2019 //, Chelsea Cookhouse Gallery, London UK
2019 On The Planes Of The Equator, Expoplu, Nijmegen, NL
2017 Solo, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague, NL
2017 Solo, SUNDAY Art Fair, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, London, UK
2017 Solo, After School Special, Milwaukee, USA
2017 MFA Fine Arts Degree Show Goldsmiths University of London

In this multichannel video installation the notions of fertility, both in human and non-human terms, are intertwined with the exploration of their visibility and representation. Bringing together the cosmic and corporeal perspectives in a multilayered work in which ancient myths overlap with pop culture icons, reproduction is revealed to be fundamental for the power structures that organise our lives. The three videos are situated amidst a playgroundlike architectural construction and various sculptures that resemble medical privacy screens.

“At the time I was interested in speculating on how sexual, visual and social modes of reproduction are interlinked to perpetuate power structures and transgress gendered bodily autonomy.”