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 …..
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 …..
Lizzie Philps (UK, Bristol) The Pilgrimage of the Prodigal Daughter (2013) Tryptich video installation, 1 hr ARTIST STATEMENT: My mother is an excellent navigator. The only time I’ve heard her say “fuck” was when she threw the map at my …..
PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Muffie Connelly (USA, Oregon) Induction Ceremony (2013) Dance performance ARTIST STATEMENT: Induction Ceremony is a 53 minute dance performance film directly resulting from choreographer Muffie Connelly’s personal experience with isolation and postpartum depression. This work …..
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Debbie Lee (UK, Dorset) Forceps (2015) Acrylic on paper ARTIST STATEMENT: “As a mother, artist and art therapist I am interested in helping to de-marginalise the areas of play and parenthood by elevating their …..