Exhibition
Harun Farocki: Consider Labour
03 Feb 2023 – 01 Apr 2023
Cooper Gallery
Dundee, United Kingdom
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Mill worker. Dundee Photographic Survey, 1991. Courtesy Dundee Libraries.
Performance
She Works Hard for the Money | A Listening Party
23 Mar 2023
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Free admission
Address
- Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
- 13 Perth Road
- Dundee
- DD1 4HT
- United Kingdom
Event map
A Listening Party drawing on Ruth Ewan’s ongoing music archive, A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World featuring performer Debbie Armour
About
Drawing on Ruth Ewan’s ongoing music archive, A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World, Ruth and Debbie Armour present a live evening of lyrical story telling and song. The event will explore the category 'Work' from Ewan’s jukebox project, connecting into Dundee’s labour history and one time reputation as a ’She Town’, where the majority of the workforce were said to be women. This event will take place within the exhibition Harun Farocki: Consider Labour.
Booking
The listening party is free to attend. Book a ticket via Eventbrite.
Biographies
Ruth Ewan is an artist whose research-led and critically engaged practice has drawn attention within contemporary art and socio-political history. Her work addresses ideas of power and questions representations of time, rebellion and repression. Her work grows from context-specific research resulting in a wide variety of forms including events, public works, performance, writing, large scale installations and print. Often working collaboratively she has created music projects, walks, radio programmes, design projects, workshops and books.
Debbie Armour is a singer and musician, working primarily with traditional song. Broadly, her work is motivated by ideas of persistence, resonance and deep cultural roots. In her primary project, Burd Ellen, she uses British and international traditional song as a foundation to build conceptual works and explore tradition in a contemporary setting. Her last two albums have been included in The Guardian's Top Ten Folk Albums of the Year (2020 & 2022). She is a mother of four, and lives in Nottingham where she runs her record label, Mavis Recordings.
Access
The gallery is on two floors. First floor has ramped access and disabled toilet.
Second floor is accessible via lift and for wheelchair access via a stairclimber. The event will take place on the second floor.
Please email in advance if you require lift or stairclimber access so we can arrange support.
All enquiries please contact: exhibitions@dundee.ac.uk
Image credit
Mill worker. Dundee Photographic Survey, 1991. Courtesy Dundee Libraries.
Funding support
This event accompanies the exhibition Harun Farocki: Consider Labour which is supported by the Goethe Institut, Glasgow.
