Tag: interview
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Into the Blue: Artist Natali Bravo-Barbee creates memorials for those who have died from femicide in her home country of Argentina
25 April 2024Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Femicide is defined by UN Women as “an intentional killing with a gender-related motivation, femicide may be driven by stereotyped gender roles, discrimination towards women and girls, unequal power relations between women and men, or harmful social norms” (UN Women). The majority of perpetrators are family members or intimate…
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Submerged: Photographic artist Morgan Sears-Williams creates images in collaboration with one of Canada’s oldest surviving queer spaces
26 March 2024Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Morgan Sears-Williams explores experimental darkroom processes in her creative art practice including burying negatives and processing her film in caffenol. These alternative photographic methods allow her to embrace elements of chance and collaborate with the natural environment in exciting and unique ways. Shining a light on Hanlan’s Point, a…
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From fiction: Indonesian photographer Vidhyasuri Utami uses alternative photography to create photo novels
21 March 2024Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Bringing together fiction, performance and alternative photography Indonesian artist Vidhyasuri Utami creates unique narratives with her creative art practice. Exploring themes of grief and loss Utami produces photographic objects as a device for storytelling. As the narrative unfolds Utami reveals fragments of conversations between characters held within hand crafted…
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Pinhole: Ukrainian artist Masha Weisberg creates work inspired by trauma induced dreams
25 January 2024Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Using alternative photographic processes such as pinhole photography and chemigrams Masha Weisberg explores themes relating to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), migration, and home. Much of Weisberg works is inspired by her own lived experience and those of her friends drawing on personal stories as inspiration. As someone who…
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From Nature: Photographic artist Megan Bent uses the chlorophyll printing process to challenge misconceptions surrounding illness and disability
25 December 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Megan Bent’s current exhibition at the Cultural Equity Incubator Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts showcases Bent’s body of work Latency a powerful project that explores representations of disability and illness. She juxtaposes news clippings and medical documents alongside portraits of folks with non-apparent disabilities to break down stereotypes. Printed on…
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Salt: Photographer Eleanor Oakes uses breast milk and tears to create portraits of motherhood
25 October 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Based in the United States, photographer and educator Eleanor Oakes turns the historic photographic process of salt printing upside down to create intimate scenes of motherhood. By collecting her own breast milk and the tear drops of her child she is able to create salt solution that is used…
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Burn: Brazilian visual artist Marilene Ribeiro burns her negatives to expose the violence that has been inflicted on Brazilian landscapes and cultural sites
25 September 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom You may have seen alarming headlines drawing attention to the increasing number of forest fires carving their way through our natural landscape. From Australia to Hawaii the toll of this destruction is felt by many. Brazilian visual artist Marilene Ribeiro investigates the ongoing human impact that is contributing to…
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Into the Blue: Cara Jaye combines cyanotype, silkscreen, monoprint, and paint to address the climate crisis
25 July 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom From our dependence on fossil fuels to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch it’s hard to ignore the impact human’s have had on the climate crisis. But what can be done to help remedy the situation? What can creatives do to address these issues? Artist and Professor Cara Jaye uses…
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Community: Eugenie Flochel visualises the healing process of female survivors of domestic violence
29 June 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom The new publication KER by artist Eugenie Flochel investigates the lived experience of domestic violence and how survivors can use creative processes to heal. Flochel draws from her own personal story after an abusive relationship in her early twenties. Sadly she is not alone in this experience. In the…
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Etched: Attempted kidnapping, migration and COVID-19. RemiJin Camping uses the photogravure process to tell a story of grief
25 May 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom According to the World Health Organization as of “17 May 2023, there have been 766,440,796 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,932,591 deaths, reported to WHO” (World Health Organization). For Miami based photographer RemiJin Camping the death of her father-in-law from COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in a trip to El…