your silence is a world for my language

What People Are Saying

“Sophie is a poet and understands the materiality of used domestic cloth as a language. During our time together, I was continually astounded by the conceptual depth of her ideas. The idea for installation-based work of tall hand-stitched linen panels that can be moved through communicates personal grief, environmental concern and political statement. It, in combination with the video presentation of her hands at work and her poetic writing, are a powerful work.”

— Judy Martin

“The capacity of a culture to enact environmental violence is intimately intertwined with its capacity to devalue and harm women. Both the discourse of eco feminism and the wisdom of most if not all indigenous cultures speak to the ecological imperative of honouring women and the earth. While living amongst a dominant culture in which the land is so often commodified and de-personified the sense of powerlessness can be overwhelming. How do we gain hope for restoration of respectful relations? How do we heal the hundreds of years of broken relations? How do we heal the self, a process that many of us believe cannot be separated from the healing of land? Edwards’ care-full gesture of bandaging the ash trees evokes a sense of how one might attempt to triage the ecological damage in one’s proximity, however futile, still rends the heart open, and might carry more weight on the energetic plane than might be visibly apparent.”

— Andrea Pinheiro, curator

“Wonderful work! Exquisite!”

What People Are Saying

— Judy Martin

— Andrea Pinheiro, curator

— Lisa Meschino

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