The jaw and pelvis are connected from the embryonic stage, and the alignment and relaxation of one profoundly affects that of the other. If the jaw and throat are relaxed, so are the buttocks and pelvis. Expressing dense emotions through the voice is an essential condition for uterine and mandibular health. The head rationalises, the voice expresses, but it is the uterus that holds the memories1. Hence, some wombs silently scream what others would say if they had not been historically silenced. my uterus is not in europe is an epigenetic, holistic, and artistic investigation into the relationship between uterine ancestry and intuitive movements that seek practices of self-care, healing, and liberation.
Photos: Nuno Coelho
Raquel Lima is a poet, art educator, performer, essayist and transdisciplinary artist.
She has a degree in Artistic Studies - Performative Arts and is a PhD researcher in Post-Colonial Studies, with a particular interest in orature, intergenerational memory, Afro-diasporic movements and contemporary practices of escapism, abstraction and healing. She has presented her academic and artistic work in several countries namely the Venice Biennale and the São Paulo Biennale. She was elected one of the 100 most influential Black personalities in Lusophony by Bantumen magazine. She published the book Ingenuidade Inocência Ignorância and co-founded The Black Union of the Arts in Portugal.