Different For Girls Jeanie Finlay |
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Jeanie Finlay chose to focus on the one uniting characteristic of the 16 Hen Weekend participants - the fact that they are all women. She posed a question to each of them about whether they considered their gender to have any effect on their work. Through a series of intimate video portraits filmed on the De La Warr Pavilion balcony, each of the hens describes their reaction to this question. Collectively the responses form a unique survey of female artists' perceptions of themselves and the effects they believe this may or may not have on their position within the art world, and society in general. |
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Relationships With Work Jeannie Driver |
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Over the course of the weekend, Jeannie Driver undertook an investigation into the differing relationships each of the participants has with the work that they do. The focal point for this was a photo session inspired by Bruce McLean's Pose Work for Plinths. A large white plinth representing 'work' was installed on the top floor of the De La Warr Pavilion. Hens were asked to participate by posing with the plinth to visualise their relationship with 'work'. The poses have been compiled into a fast-paced Flash animation which aims to explore the fluctuating nature of these relationships. |
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Karen Magazine does Bexhill on Sea Karen Lubbock |
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Karen Lubbock, creator of the award winning Karen Magazine, was commissioned to make a 'Karen style' mini-mag documenting the Hen Weekend in Bexhill on Sea. Karen has combined her trademark snippets of dialogue with anonymous sound bites of hens describing their reactions to the weekend, and images and observations capturing the 'ordinariness' of the British seaside resort. The result is a publication which takes you on a roller-coaster adventure over the intense three day period that was the pilot event. The magazine is available as a 10 page downloadable PDF. |
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Today on Woman's Hour... Sally O'Reilly |
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Sally O'Reilly has created a script for a radio play; a pastiche of the institution that is BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Renowned for the diverse range of features in each programme, it is perhaps the perfect analogy for exploring what happens when a group of women, with very different interests, are thrown together for one weekend. During Sally's show, a series of oddball characters debate issues ranging from selling one's soul to the devil to the most fashionable length for a skirt. Underlying the banter is a reoccurring theme of individuality, and the tensions that can arise when individuals are forced to assume a group identity. |
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