Invisible Agent,
Maintenance Performance, Video work, 2015

Invisible Agent documents seven days of repeatedly lifting my mother's wheelchair in and out of the car to support her daily needs. The wheelchair functions as an extension of her body, enabling movement within and beyond the home. As a device designed to support and carry the body, it becomes both an object and an infrastructure of care. However, the occupant is absent. The only visible body is my own, engaged in the repetitive labour of assembling, lifting, and disassembling the wheelchair.

Drawing on lived experiences of caregiving, the work examines often-invisible forms of labour and the bodies that perform them. While accompanying my mother in public, I have frequently witnessed others address me rather than her, even when she is the person speaking. These encounters reveal how disability, care, and caregiving labour can remain unseen despite being essential to everyday life.

Through repetition and endurance, Invisible Agent makes visible the physical and emotional labour embedded within acts of care. The work positions caregiving as embodied labour, drawing attention to the support systems that enable movement, participation, and independence, while often rendering both the caregiver and care recipient invisible. In doing so, it asks whose labour is recognised, whose bodies are seen, and how care continues to sustain daily life beyond public view.