‘Girls of the Light’ is my self-funded project created in 2022. One night, as I walked home along the Tottenham towpath, I found myself needing to turn on my phone light for safety. That moment sparked an idea—I reached out to my Instagram followers, asking them to share places where they felt the need to do the same. I received numerous geo-tags pointing to quiet, dimly lit areas that most women avoid at night. This inspired me to start a project aimed at shining a light on these dark corners of North London.
Recognizing the project's inherent limitations, working exclusively during night-time hours in the dark of winter, I crafted a series of short animated projections. I created a collection of animated and illuminated women showcased in seven locations over seven evenings, leading up to International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022. Embracing the guerrilla art approach, I ran the projections from a worksite battery, looping the animations for just an hour at each location.
“As women we move around the city differently to men. We ask ourselves questions like ‘should I walk the long way or the dark way home?’. In the winter months I am particularly pissed off with how the city shrinks for me and my female friends. I want to create artwork that even momentarily changes that experience. The aim of ‘Girls Of The Light’ is to use these hostile spaces as a canvas. To take up space with bright, bold, luminous non apologetic girls going about their business in a way I wish we all had the freedom to do”
