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: 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: 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 …..
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Townley & Bradby (UK, Norfolk) Between Waking and Sleeping (2014) Short Film ARTIST STATEMENT: “Since 2010 the sites we have been responding to as an artist duo are the physical spaces of our family …..
Early parenthood is now identified by many people as one of the most stressful and isolating periods in life. A major international study recently concluded that 20% of mothers and at least 10% of new fathers currently suffer from post-natal …..