Motherhood and Live Art

Notes

Report from the event held on Friday 29 January 2016.

This event gathered an invited group of live art and performance practitioners who are working with/around the maternal in their arts practice. All invited participants were asked to briefly introduce their ‘maternal performance practice’ and reflect on their aesthetics, including their processes and methodologies.

In misc folder 5A.

Editor Lena Simic and Emily Underwood-Lee
Reference A0647
Date 2016
Type Article

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