It teks time.

It Teks Time is an embroidered textile work by the artist Sadé Mica. The work encompasses stitched notes written by the artist during counselling sessions, reflecting on their life. These have been stitched onto a bed sheet to form an 'alternative security blanket.' The content explores self-care, pleasure, notions of safety and keeping a diary in relation to mental health.

The artist created an accompanying film entitled It Teks Time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bw1V3ZY8Gc&t=261s

[United Kingom], 2021.

1 embroidery : embroidered cotton bedsheet ; 193 x 204 cm

Sadé Mica graduated from the University of Salford in 2018 and has exhibited at Outpost Gallery, Norwich, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, Leeds City Art Gallery, Science Galery, London and Somerset House Studio, London.

"My current practice explores my experiences navigating the world as a fat, queer, black person and the nuances that brings in fleshing out an identity that is often met with contempt and confusion. I use photography, textiles, print and film alongside other mediums to document my body, emotions, ever in flux gender presentation and the facets of my identity I feel most pressing in regards to my gaze and worldview."-- Sadé Mica.

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Exhibited in "Tranquility" at Wellcome Collection, London, 15 July 2021-9 January 2022.

Exhibited in the Mind section of the Reading Room, Wellcome Collection, London, 23 June-30 October 2022.

Title provided by the artist.

Commissioned by Wellcome Collection for the Joy & Tranquility exhibition, 2021. It is an updated version of an earlier work of the same name, exhibited at the Outpost Gallery in Norwich in 2020.