Gedankenlast / While the House Sleeps

Video Installation

Gedankenlast means the weight of thoughts — the mental load that runs in the background of a home: the lists, the reminders, the things only one person seems to be holding.

This installation is a room that’s only half there. An empty seat with a lipstick left on it — the woman who got up to deal with the next thing. A laundry basket that’s never finished. And the voices of real women, from Bermuda, the UK and Austria, listing what fills their heads first thing in the morning. Over it all, the sea — rise, break, pull back, begin again. Rinse and repeat.