A DESK OF ONE’S OWN

A DESK OF ONE’S OWN is an evolving installation that reclaims the space for women to think, create, and write history — starting from their own perspec- tive. It is both poetic and political. Through this piece, Aurora explore how knowledge, identity, and voice are shaped in spaces traditionally denied to women. This desk is not just a functional object; it is a site of resistance, learning, and shared memory. The work draws its name from Virginia Woolf’s iconic essay “A Room of One’s Own” yet reinterprets her call: not just to write as a woman, but to take space as a woman. Raised in a religious environment where women were taught to be derivative—“made from the rib of a man”—Aurora found in writing a way to be heard, and in painting, a way to give those words shapes.