Care & Control, November 2022
This solo show at Birley Gallery in Preston and the Women in Print residency were linked, an invitation from Tracy Hill, Co-director of ArtLab and Senior Researcher at UCLan.
Corridor8 commissioned a written response to the exhibition by Julia Johnson, which can be viewed on Corridor8’s site.
Below: ‘Tile-skirt’ (2022) and ‘The Prop’ (2022)
The central puppet below is Suburb Girl (2022), repurposed curtain from childhood home, screen-print, synthetic materials repurposed from a trainer manufacturer, piping, cotton thread, wooden broomstick, 200 x 80cm diameter.
Jason Hird (Institute for Crazy Dancing) and Emma played with the pop-up puppets, captured below on Luke Salaman’s Nikon. Puppet play continued back at Bricks St Anne’s with Jess Akerman (visual arts - Bristol) and Kit Hall (voice and dance artist - Bristol).
Exhibition shots including the ‘Commemorative Platter’ series; ‘Campaign’; ‘Necklace for a Feeder’ with ‘Mit-Muff’.
