Julia Rose
'My Body Remembers What I Can’t.', is an installation of 5 video projections, with audio and a spoken word piece accessible through headphones. It centres around the internal victim experience of sexual assault, post-act. Each projected video represents the external coping methods formed to help reduce anxiety, some more self-destructive than others. The audio that fills the space, and the fast-paced style of editing, create a sense of dis-ease. Hidden at the back of the space is a projection of a human figure. This performance encapsulates the vulnerability of the self. Spoken word plays through headphones taking the viewer away from the space and into the mind of the figure. The work serves as a confrontation, a catharsis and a release.
Julia Rose is a New Zealand-born Irish Moving Image artist who uses installation, audio, and film to convey complex concepts. Julia has been accepted into the Masters in Artists’ Film & Moving Image at Goldsmiths, London, and will continue her practice there from 2025-2026. Julia’s current body of work examines broad topics such as sexual violence and trauma. Drawing from personal experiences Julia abstracts and narrows these topics to create innovative and confronting works. Julia seeks to promote empathy and enable a space for shared vulnerability between the work and the audience.
