The Walking Library for Walking Women Performance Series
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posted on 2024-06-02, 14:00 authored by Misha MyersMisha Myers, Deirdre HeddonThe Walking Library for Walking Women Performance Series
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Somerset House; Drill Hall; University of Bristol; CCA: Centre for Contemporary Art; School of Lost Arts; Newcastle North East LibraryStart date
2016-07-16End date
2018-11-27Language
engNotes
‘The Walking Library for Women Walking’ is series of participatory performances and installations that invites audiences to donate, walk with and read aloud together books made by or about women who walk to explore how gendered space of the street and domain of art practice is a political matter, unevenly distributed and occupied.Research statement
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J1 Major original creative workExtent
8 colour digital collage photographs documenting 6 performances and participant responses; 1 pdf file of library catalogue; 4 pdf files of event websites and blog responses; 2 pdf of online archive of radio broadcasts; 1 project blogEvent
Walking Women (2016: London, UK); Forest Fringe (2016: Edinburgh, UK); Theatre and Performance Research Association Conversation (2016: Bristol, UK); ‘The House that Heals the Soul' (2017: Glasgow, UK); ‘Moving Out of Door’ (2017: Geelong, AUS); Women Artists of the North East Library (2018: Newcastle, UK);Publisher
Walking Women, Somerset House, UK; Forest Fringe, The Festival of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Theatre and Performance Research Association Conference, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; 'The House that Heals the Soul', CCA: Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, UK; 'Moving Out of Door', School of Lost Arts/Deakin University, Geelong, AUS; North East Library, Newcastle, UKPlace of publication
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Contemporary art practicesContemporary performance practicesGender and performanceGender, space and placeWalking art practicesWomen art practicesWomen walking artists950105 The Performing Arts (incl. Theatre and Dance)950104 The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft)190404 Drama, Theatre and Performance StudiesSchool of Communication and Creative ArtsPerformance artSite-specific performancePublic artParticipatory performanceSocially engaged artCross-platform art3604 Performing arts
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