Radiate Joy hypha-gallery-mayfair Aestivation is the dormancy period

Aestivation is the dormancy period some creatures enter in response to heat

while others arrive unexpectedly and shift everything around

a rebellion born from the matriarchal ashes

By placing a traditionally masculine body in a feminized pose

The work explores how subjectivity erodes in a hyper–informational

Radiate Joy hypha-gallery-mayfair Aestivation is the dormancy periodUsing an ancient technique to create contemporary shrines, Liberty Antonias mosaics are inspired by the surviving depictions of fat figures, female sexuality, and queer deities. Finding comfort in rebellious bodies inspiring art & iconography throughout time, and affirmation in these figures from antiquity that existed outside the boundaries & binaries. While our ancestors may have used different words to describe themselves, throughout cultures &