The Elusive Good Egg is a hybrid audiovisual animation and performance that explores (in)fertility injustices and their detrimental effects on the mental health of those navigating the often invisible challenges of IVF.

The piece features a series of cartoonish scenes, triggered live by music and projected onto a backdrop, creating a dynamic interplay between surfaces and bodies. It combines field recordings and samples through digital video and audio collage. This semi-narrative work critiques the harmful individualistic language surrounding infertility medical practices and raises ethical questions about profiting from medical conditions. It also envisions a future that prioritizes queer collective care and accountability, challenging the privileges tied to sex, age, race, and wealth.

The Elusive Good Egg was the outcome of a three month artist residency at St. Margaret’s House (Bethnal Green), during which I researched (in)fertility through queer, crip theory lenses and led to informal interviews with people going through the same medical process; experimented with materials and further developed digital technology skills including 2D animation, music composition, and performance in collaboration with musician and producer George Paris, and drummer Ryan Mc Grath. Its public sharing included a show and an online event in conversation with St. Margaret’s House resident curator.