In the triptych To hear, to see, to speak (2014), Searle sprinkled coal dust over her body. The work was created after the 2012 Marikana massacre in which striking mineworkers were shot at close range by the South African police. In these closely cropped images, Searle’s body is positioned as if laid out in death. Her hands hold gold Kruger Rand coins, a symbol of the wealth created by the mine owners presented in stark contrast to the migrant workers who suffer under systems of racial, gender, class and economic segregation. The body here is presented as a unit of labour and memorialises women affected by the mining industry.