presents its subjects in regal poses , dressed in ornate garments and set against dramatic backdrops. Although their thrones are invisible, and their garments foregrounded, the presence of other figures — ephemeral and shadowy — suggests that these women represent more than their solitary selves.
Perpetua and Felicity were two Chistian women in Carthage put to death for their faith by the Roman empire. Nthato Mokgata and Carla Fonseca have recently a musical version of their ongoing project Again She Reigns. “With the other women, we wanted to show their faces, but a big part of it is the obscuring of people’s identities. In that ancestral plane, there are no faces; we have to try and tap into our mothers for healing.”