The illustration belongs to a wider series of drawings and illustrations created as a visceral response to Kemê's daily frictions as a migrant, neurodivergent artist and mother, trying not to disappear amid caregiving responsibilities and precarious cultural work.

An online meeting frames only part of a life. Beyond the screen, care, work, pain and affection occupy the same room, body and hours. The promise that everything can somehow be managed begins to fray. Humour and exhaustion coexist with the insistence on remaining present, making and taking space.

 An earlier presentation at the Disturbing Domestic Peace exhibition in Pasila Urban Art Centre included a rug, children’s toys, unpaid bills, a cookie box and other everyday objects.