Sarah Linda Cassels was born in 1970 and educated in South Africa. Multi-media artist who focuses on identity and storytelling. Within the context of the festival Cassels work talks about our relationship with the ecosystem especially within the context of fashion and waste. The materials used are cut-offs, reused or repurposed metals and textiles, finding ways in which to make art but also being conscious of our very fragile ecology and our personal footprint onto the climate.

Linda Cassels’ practice spans performance, photography, sculpture and painting. For Linda, art serves as a means to reflect on and express both visible actions and internal emotional journeys. Drawing on lived experiences of Apartheid-era South Africa and nursing, her work centres marginalised perspectives and critiques political failures that deepen inequality.

In Linda’s own words: “Influenced by Susan Sontag’s view of photography as both image and interpretation, I use art to question power, document lived realities and offer space for reflection and awareness for both artist and audience.”

ArtBomb'25 I’ve Got the Power: The Performance