Objectification and Gendered Violence Symposium
Event Information
Description
A one day multi-disciplinary symposium inspired by the exhibition Object, Object, showing in the stairwell of the Alison Richard Building, which brings together objects, made and found, to reflect the everyday lives of the seven participating women artists. Working in isolation from each other, the women came together to curate the objects, in the expectation that shared concerns and experiences would lead to common themes which would inform the grouping of objects. Once gathered together, themes which emerged were; home, motherhood and children, sentiment, sex and relationships, personal values and activism, oppression and subjugation, objectification.
Presenters at the symposium are drawn from Cambridge women's organisations and from a broad range of the arts including visual, performance, spoken word and film. The keynote speaker is Angie Stewart from Cambridge Women's Aid. There will be an interactive tour of the show Object, Object with some of the participating artists. Speakers, presenters and performers will explore, with their audience, the relationship between objectification of women generally and male violence against women specifically.
We will be exploring difficult and sometimes painful topics, the day will be punctuated with lighter and humourous moments, but there is a comfortable seating area just outside the symposium room for anyone needing to take a break, at anytime during proceedings. There is also access to outside seating should anyone require it. Unlimited hot drinks will be available for attendees to serve themselves. A delicious lunch, prepared by Cambridge Food Cycle is included in all ticket prices.
The venue is fully accessible.
PROGRAMME
10.00 Registration
10.25 Welcome
10.30 Angie Stewart Cambridge Women's Aid
11.30 Q&A/discussion
11.45 Break
12.00 Jane Hellings, Artist Interactive drawing tour of Object, Object
Angie will be available until 13.00 for information, questions and discussion
13.00 Lunch provided by Cambridge Food Cycle
14.00 Norah Al-Ani, Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre The Object of Blame
14.15 Pippa Palmer, Active Futures; for those with chronic conditions
14.30 Audrey Sebatindira, Cambridge University Student's Union Women's Officer
Practising Intersectional Feminism in Elite Spaces
14.45 Zareen Taj, Anti-racist activist Hate Crime;Targeting the Weakest
15.00 Q&A/discussion
15.15 Break
15.30 Alison O'Neill, Artist Art History and Objectification
15.45 Jill Eastland, Artist We Must Love and Support One Another
16.00 Fay Roberts Performance Poetry
16.15 Eirini Kartsaki, Performance Tuck it in No More
16.30 Q&A/discussion
16.45 Break
17.00 Summing up
There is a table booked at nearby pub for anyone wishing to continue the discussion
Organiser Jane Hellings
Organiser of Objectification and Gendered Violence Symposium
Artist Jane Hellings lives in Cambridge, she often works collaboratively within her community, sometimes with Up t'Arts women artist's collective and also with Rebel Arts, on acts of creative resistance. From her studio shed, in the garden at home, she uses low tech processes and everyday materials to make work about daily life. She has a first class honours degree in textiles from Bretton Hall, Leeds University and an MA in Print from Cambridge School of Art. She is currently developing her PHD proposal; a consideration of the role the visual arts could play in myth busting, and in disseminating good practice in the field of gendered violence.
You can view her work here;
http://www.janehellings.co.uk/
