On the 7th of May 2026 Be Kind Tattoo Studio brought Mother.Monster.Stitch to life during a one-night-only-in-gallery activation at 223 Jan Smuts creative hub, Johannesburg .

Tattooing extends the exhibition’s exploration of skin as a site of memory, repair and endurance.  

Hannalie Taute’s stitched rubber works already operate in the visual language of the body: marking, binding, and holding together. This tattoo activation allows that language to migrate from object to skin. 

The tattoo is not merchandise,  it is a voluntary act of identification.  It is a choice to carry the work beyond the gallery into a lived experience.  

A heartfelt thanks to each and every one who chose to offer their body as an archive. An thanks to each tattoo artist for translating my work into the art of tattoo.