The Song I Once Knew

The Song I Once Knew showcases recent and new works — primarily detailed charcoal, graphite and gouache drawings — that map a journey of transformation, ritual, and self-discovery. Hosten constructs layered narrative scenes in two gallery spaces: the upper gallery opening with My Mother’s Decree: See The Tail of the Kite (2023), which introduces the heroine’s pilgrimage guided by the Great Mother and the Kite; the lower gallery evokes an intimate lakeside grove as seen in works like In The Wake of Our Daughter’s Becoming (2023) and A Call Answered (2024), where community, celebration and threshold-crossing are realised. Through chiaroscuro drawing, mythic symbolism and a hybrid of personal and collective memory, Hosten invites viewers into a meditation on the unconscious, spiritual awakening and visual pilgrimage.