My So-Called Midlife with Reshma Saujani No More Invisible Women with Molly Gochman
Nov 5, 2025
Molly Gochman, a social practice artist, creates monuments to honor invisible labor and motherhood. She shares how her experience as a caregiver for her father reshaped her perspective on art and life's value. Molly discusses the lack of monuments for women and the importance of crafting spaces that recognize caregiving. She emphasizes the courage midlife brings to claim one's voice, adapt creatively, and foster community through art. Tune in for insights on turning personal experiences into impactful, visible legacies.
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What Monuments Reveal About Values
- Monuments reflect what a society honors and thus reveal its values.
- Molly Gochman argues we monumentalize war, not caregiving, which shapes public priorities.
Care As Supporting Loops
- Caregiving is repetitive, mutual, and looped rather than a single heroic act.
- Gochman encodes this by designing interlocking loops supported by the ground in her monuments.
Becoming A Caregiver Without the Label
- Molly cared for her father for nearly two decades and only realized later she was his 'caregiver.'
- She describes caregiving as an automatic, loving choice that shaped her life and work.