One of the contemporary art world’s most acclaimed mixed-media & performance artists, is the subject of this smart, sassy documentary that showcases her spectacle-rich approach to explorations of gender, racial identity, and sexuality. Bonus features include two deleted scenes.
From a god-fearing Muslim boy enraptured with their mother, to a vocal, queer drag queen estranged from their family, this is a heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author’s fight to be true to themself.
Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041).
Peformance video: The Yard Theatre, London, January 2018 (1hr)
For a digital copy see EF5286.
On negotiating consent and ethics in autobiographical performance. With contributions from Mary Pearson.
Correspondences exchanged between the two authors as part of the Performance and the Maternal project.
Newspaper accompanying the performance installation which focuses on how policy change directly affects low income families through austerity measures that sanction welfare claimants and push people into vulnerable positions. Includes interviews and performance script.
What happens when a 12-18 month old is let loose in a soft, safe space with someone who follows and reflects their every sound, move and mood? The interaction between babies, performers and the audience of parents and carers is what makes this an utterly unpredictable event.
Includes a 10 minute edit and a video of the 45 minute performance a the 2005 Melbourne Festival.
Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and Kids (P3091).
The first work to critically examine the dilemmas and promises of representing feminist motherhood in contemporary art and visual culture.
Part of Live Art and Motherhood: A Study Room Guide on Live Art and the Maternal (P3025).
Documentation from a performance project, which made visible issues around walking with a pram. Through a series of pram walking events around Huntly–town and country–Clare tried to make visible this, and other spaces, and their fitness for people with young children.
Includes the programme and blog posts.
Part of Live Art and Motherhood: A Study Room Guide on Live Art and the Maternal (P3025).
Two recommended reading lists of titles, artists and groups related to Live Art and Motherhood.
See uploaded files.