Nicola Roper

Grandma’s Bird, 2021

“It matters what stories make worlds, what worlds make stories.”
— Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble

Fuelled by ideas not yet fully formed, stories shown in half-light, my work searches for meaning in a world whose histories I inherit but did not write. My creative practice explores the depths of identity and belonging—in pursuit of voice and home.

My method is one of collage and fragmentation, weaving together conversations, recall, memory,  in an intricate patchwork. Drawing on my experience as a documentary maker, I am fascinated by how stories reveal themselves within society, what’s hidden what his shown. For me, art is an ongoing, unfinished conversation.

What lives and what dies in the process of making?

Artist Statement Film, 2023