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 …..
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: 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 …..
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 …..
Advertising executives have known for decades that there are few words more effective than ‘self-worth’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘free choice’ in making Western women sit up and listen. Every time they and their partners now read these words in magazines, on …..
Chris Anthem (Lebanon/UK) Liberate the Remains… (2015) Oil on canvas ARTIST STATEMENT: The submitted painting comes from a series painted in Beirut, Lebanon, where we’ve been raising our son. The paintings are straightforward – a child playing with a severed …..
Jenny Lewis (UK, London) Nicola and Jemima & Rebecca and Osiris From the series One Day Young (2013-14) Colour photographs ARTIST STATEMENT: I wanted to tell a story about the strength and resilience of women post-childbirth that I feel …..