Homemade Hips. Shades of Play within Artistic Research

With this essay, I creatively and critically celebrate a fusion and confusion of notions of play. Here, I invite you, the reader, to dive into the realm and possibilities of what I call ‘shades of play.’ I base my exploration of shades of play on my performance, The Washing Machine, the Scythe, and I (2025). This work is part of my artistic research series homemade hips, where I entangle ideas of hips and domesticity. Now, together we (you and I) will slip, sweat, shake, and cut while discovering the manner of shades of play.