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Precarious Imbalance is a multimedia installation, involving a combination of performance, projection and sculpture made from found materials associated with the domestic.

My creative practice aims to draw attention to systems that perpetuate gendered power imbalances that underpin ecological harm and social issues such as violence against women.

 

Informed by over two decades as a professional circus performer, specialising in aerial artistry, my work employs body movement and balance, as well as the stacking and assembling of objects, to physically express the mental and physical precarity in which beings and systems are contingent on each other for survival.

 

My practice takes place between the home and the studio, necessarily shaped by my dual role as both mother and artist. I subvert everyday domestic actions and household items—such as dish racks, chairs, broken crockery, and craft materials associated with maternal care—calling attention to the creativity to be found in the everyday.

 

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Mei Wah Williams is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Naarm, Melbourne. She is a 2024 graduate of the RMIT Fine Art Honours program, receiving the Dean's Award for Excellence, the Travel Scholarship Award, and was named a finalist in the Gradfoto program for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Drawing on a career of circus artistry, she uses body movement and everyday domestic objects to bring attention to systems perpetuating gendered power imbalances, underpinning ecological harm and social issues.

 

email: meiwahmw@gmail.com

social media handles: @meiwahart

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