Birth Rites art collection relaunched
Monday 1 February 2016
You are invited to the relaunch of the Birth Rites Collection, the first and only collection of contemporary artwork dedicated to the subject of childbirth, on the 3rd March 2016.
Established by artist and curator Helen Knowles, the Birth Rites
collection aims to encourage a wider debate about the politics and practice of
childbirth through art, an issue which affects every individual.
The Birth Rites collection relaunch event, supported by the University
of Salford’s School of
Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work and Social Sciences, will feature performance
works; workshops and guest speakers and will be set in the context of the
eleven new additions to the collection.
This includes: Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Billie Bond, Jennifer Campbell,
Leonie Cronin, Fiammetta Horvat, Belinda Kochanowska,
Bella Milroy, Tal Regev, Jean Thompson, Samantha Sweetingand, and for the first time, internationally acclaimed
artwork by artist Ana Casas Broda.
The event will be facilitating the permanent screening of new video
works and will present each new addition, alongside the existing works in the
University of Salford’s Midwifery building, Mary Seacole, following renovations.
To profile this work coming into the region, Susan Bright, curator of Home
Truths: Photography and Motherhood exhibition, has been invited to present
a talk about Ana Casas Broda’s work and the Home Truths exhibition. Hermione Wiltshire will also be
presentencing her new project, The Birth of the
Image.
A new performance by Himali Singh Soin called Giving Birth to Beauty will
be premiered to the attending audience, who will also have the opportunity to
partake in a Twerkshop led by Fannie Sosa, during the launch.
Through an engagement with the artworks, the launch will consider how an ordinary birthing woman might consider herself entitled to political agency.
Venue: School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Care, Mary Seacole Building, 2nd Floor, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT
Event agenda:
- Twerkshop: 12.30- 3.30pm (limited to 25 people please email for a free place)
- Talks: 4- 6 pm
- Launch of the collections new works and performance: 6.15pm
- Open to the public and free to attend.
For more information visit www.birthritescollection.org.uk
Find out more
Liam McCallion
0161 295 4779
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