BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Drunk With Joy (UK, Devon) Grow (2016) Short Film (Music Video) ARTIST STATEMENT: “Like so many artists, we expected parenthood to have an impact on our time and finances, but we never could have …..
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Michele Jaquis & Jeremy J. Quinn (USA, California) Negotiations (2016) Short Film ARTIST STATEMENT: “Through my artistic practice I examine ways in which people relate to and communicate with each other, and the conflicts …..
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Jennifer Hardacker (USA, Oregon) For Summers To Come (2004) Short Film ARTIST STATEMENT: “This work is an exploration of the concept of ‘childhood memories’ and, in particular, how their dependency on visual records such …..
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Lu Heintz (USA, Rhode Island) Learning To Letter, Tandem, Lead/Follow (2014) Three Short Films ARTIST STATEMENT: “My work is personal, but it is not necessarily about me. The personal is a conceptual realm I …..
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Sarah Sudhoff (USA, Texas) Surrender (2013) Short Film (documentation of a private performance) ARTIST STATEMENT: “Over the last ten years my work has consistently interwoven themes of gender, science, and personal experience. I am …..
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Sasha Waters Freyer (USA, Virginia) You Can See the Sun in Late December (2010) Short Film ARTIST STATEMENT: “A reflection on winter light and maternity. Feeling isolated at home with a small child and …..
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Jana Kasalová (Czech Republic, Prague) State (2012) Short Film ARTIST STATEMENT: “When I lived in Madrid, I lived just a few blocks from the Prado. There I came upon a particular image of the …..
Sarah Irvin (USA, Virginia) Rocking Chair Series (2014/15) Graphite on paper ARTIST STATEMENT: My practice exists within the context of motherhood as a lived experience and social construct. By responding to the biological act of bearing an infant and the …..
Trish Morrissey (UK, Bristol) Ave Maria Karaoke (2010) Video ARTIST STATEMENT: In Ave Maria Karaoke, I sing the Ave Maria hymn into an imaginary microphone in the style of a drunken woman performing a torch song. It was shortly before …..
Erin Faith Allen (UK, London) Motherless Mothers (2015) Mixed media on canvas ARTIST STATEMENT: The traumatic birth of my daughter unlocked deeply rooted layers of traumatic childhood memories. Born myself into severely disconnected family lines and having little support, I …..