Exhibition
#51RememberHer Goes Digital - Free event
25 Mar 2017
Event times
4pm - 6pm
Cost of entry
#FREE
Address
- 395 Barking Road
- Plaistow
- London
England - E13 8AL
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 262, 276 ,
- Plaistow/ Canning Town
- Stratford
A month long exhibition celebrating female creativity (launched on #IWD2017) #51RememberHer, goes digital with a Pop Up Cinema of powerful and challenging animation, curated by international artist, film maker, and Head of Royal College Animation Dr Birgitta Hosea
About
51RememberHer Goes Digital, Saturday March 25th
Curated by Rebecca Feiner
As part of the month long exhibition celebrating female creativity (launched on #IWD2017) #51RememberHer, goes digital with a Pop Up Cinema of powerful and challenging animation, curated by international artist, film maker, and Head of Royal College Animation Dr Birgitta Hosea
THE LYING BELLY is a programme selected from over 30 years of archives at the Royal College of Art. These experimental films, all beautifully hand drawn, are experiemntal in nature, and unblinking in their adult themes, of war, displacement, identity, ageing, and sexuality.
Réka Gacs, Nothing Happened Today, Yuka Takeda, White Hair, Marte Reis Andrade, Come to Me, Ruth Lingford, Baggage, Jenny Jokela, Smile, Ngendo Mukii, Yellow Fever, Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits, My Mothers Coat, Maryam Mohajer, And Life Went On, Birgitta Hosea, Erasure, Alys Hawkins, Hysteria,
Alys Hawkins, Crying and Wanking, Alice de Barrau, Lying Belly.
This programme is dedicated to the memory of Alice de Barrau, a talented young artist whose life was cut short by a tragic accident in December 2016.
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In the upper circle two international artist photographers, Susana Sanroman and India Roper-Evans screen video installations both inspired by India. EAST OF EDEN by Susana Sanroman reflects the role of women with intricate connections of Mother Nature and womanhood revealed in series of ritualistic elements commenting on the cycles of life and death.
SUBMERGED by India Roper-Evans explores 'A western woman being submerged in India's culture'
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Screenings are preceded with performances by artist Sooz Belnavis THE RED LINE an empowering participatory performance and spken word from Emma Roper-Evans BEFORE THE EXTINCTION "...a frayed manuscript, spinning in space waiting to be read..."
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East Edge Sisters Cafe returns bringing pop corn & light refreshments from 4pm
#51%RememberHer exhibition continues @ Tower Gallery until
April 8th and is an offsite project by Elements Gallery London curator Rebecca Feiner. For further information and press please contact the curator.