Girlhood is a spectrum: Shells
Girlhood is a spectrum: Shells
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girlmuseum.org websiteStart date
2024-01-01Research statement
Background This original artwork was selected as one of the top works submitted in response to Girl Museum’s global open call for visual artists to contribute to a 2024 exhibition. Girl Museum is a unique museum dedicated to celebrating girlhood and the choice of final works was made by a committee of experts. The call, distributed to scholars in the Girlhood Studies online network, asked artists to explore “the girlhood flux” in the language of images. This call was part of a broader project “Girlhood is a Spectrum”, examining the ubiquity of the related viral media meme using this phrase; this meme has celebrated the diversity and versatility of girlhood. Contribution The findings of this artwork evidence my own preoccupation with and entanglement with representations of girlhood. The work is novel both in the way it represents girlhood, and also in the methods used in this portrayal, as described above. Through its selection for the exhibition, it demonstrably extends the notion of what might be between the poles of the spectrum of girlhood, in relation to multiple diversities. This exhibition of my work carries on a theme of exhibiting in public educational spaces, including at the Immigration Museum, where my artworks formed a circular mural around the Impacts Gallery, and at the Victorian College of the Arts. Significance As an NTRO, this work is publicly available for a global audience as part of the Girlhood is a Spectrum exhibition at the world's only Girl Museum, it demonstrates excellence through having undergone peer review in a competitive process resulting in selection as one of a curation of outstanding artworks by a committee of expert peers established by the museum and it is represented by a digital file of a photograph of the original collage in the Deakin University’s digital research repository. It contributes to global conversations about the nature of contemporary girlhood and crises of identity, diversity and agency for girls.Extent
Photograph of mixed media artwork.Recognition, awards & prizes
This work was selected for the exhibition via a competitive process involving a committee of experts established by the museum. It was one of only three visual artworks selected after a global call for submissions.Event
Girlhood is a Spectrum Online ExhibitionPublisher
Girl MuseumPlace of publication
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