Berry is an ongoing project by Megan van Engelen exploring romanticised childhood memories, nostalgia and loss through fashion, film and performance.

At the heart of the project lies the memory of a blackberry bush left behind in an old family garden, and the jars of blackberry jam that remain as fragments of childhood. Within this colourful, carefully constructed world, memories become intertwined with fictional characters, glamour and the complexities of a broken family.

For this project, I stepped into the role of the mother within Megan’s fictionalised autobiographical narrative. I embodied a character shaped by her memories and visual language, bringing the imagined world to life through presence, gesture and movement.

The collaboration unfolded across several stages.