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Mina’s Degree Show / MUSE AROUND THE SHOP 2016

Cassandra’s Legacy

This is my Master of Fine Arts thesis for Art, Space and Nature at the University of Edinburgh. The title for my Masters thesis is inspired by the classical Greek play Agamemnon. In Aeschylus’s tragedy Agamemnon there is a beautiful woman named Cassandra who had the misfortune of catching the eye of the sun god Apollo. He made her an offer. In exchange for the gift of prophecy, she would comply…

This is a simple statement on how many people, women specifically, feel about walking home at night. Photography and poem both by me. Download this image here!

This is a collection of other people’s suffering. These are six stories comprised of a diagnosis that was wrong and the resolution to the misdiagnosis These are stories of people being ignored, dismissed, and disregarded in terms of their own bodies and experiences because of what the doctor’s personal prejudices led them to believe rather than what the patient was conveying. This is for all of…

Just Out For A Walk

I currently live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world: Edinburgh Scotland. I am one of the transient student population that come from anywhere between 2 months and 5 years. It is one of the safer cities to walk around in at all times of the day or night. That being said, there is a dark side to this beauty, one of closeted domestic abuse and unreported rape and sexual assaults. This…