Lisa Anne Ross (Canada, New Brunswick) Engorged (2012) Theatre/Performance/Cabaret ARTIST STATEMENT: “Engorged is a one-woman cabaret that uses the endlessly mined comic gold of motherhood as the fodder for a hilarious and occasionally poignant one hour theatrical romp. I began …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Lizzie Philps (UK, Bristol) Maternity Leaves (2013) Film/Walking Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “Maternity Leaves records my exploration of the visceral and performative intersections between walking documentation and maternal ambivalence during the first year of my daughter’s …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Yvonne Montoya (USA, Arizona) Caroline’s Story: Le beau plus jour de ma vie (2012) Filmed Dance Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “This dance piece was inspired by my struggles with post-partum depression after the birth of my …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Fiammetta Horvat (UK/France) Mystery Dough (2014) Stop Motion Video Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “Seven years ago I fell pregnant and inevitably the transformation of my body began. I experienced motherhood as the ultimate transformation and birth …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Liz Hart (UK, Gloucestershire) Mummy Monster (2016) Filmed Theatre Performance/Live Art ARTIST STATEMENT: “Mummy Monster began it’s life whilst I was spending long hours at home caring for my young family. I was interested in …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Elizabeth Wurst (Germany/Peru) Super Pregnant Gangsta Bitch (2015) and Push & Pull (2016) Video Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “Super Pregnant Gangsta Bitch shows me performing in my ninth month of pregnancy to a medley of pop …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Beatrice Jarvis (Ireland, Donegal) A Conversation between Absence and Fern (2015) Original title (gaelic): comhrá idir neamhláithreachta ague raithneach Filmed Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “Pregnancy initially was a very daunting process and as a land artist …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Sophie Cero (UK, Northamptonshire) Manual Labour (wipe) (2016) Performance Film ARTIST STATEMENT: “As part of a series of eight films embedded in the perfectly white walls of Still Life’s gallery/house, Manual Labours (wipe) offers an …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Rachel Jane Dean (UK, Leeds) Nativity (2014) Filmed Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “Nativity came out of my fascination with the enduring power of the myth and magic of the Virgin Mary. I worked with film maker …..
Josh Appignanesi & Devorah Baum (UK, London) The New Man (2016) Feature Film The New Man is a ground-breaking new feature film by acclaimed British director Josh Appignanesi and his wife, lecturer and author Devorah Baum, about their own very …..