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by Virginia Kennard and The Naked Brastrap
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Headless Women
Research residency
Arts Village Rotorua
Open Studios Project
Free workshops throughout January
A summer residency that provides artists with studio space,
materials and a broad brief for projects
that engage the community and extend on their arts practice.
taken by Petra Mingneau
“In patriarchy no-one can hear you scream.” – Rebecca Solnit, 2019
Horrifying sacred spaces with my #ciswhitequeerwomanbody
the body as a landscape for all your menstrual dreams cum true
A live art movement solo with text, sound, blood, and white tulle
Part of the Big Queer Anti-Wedding series
Live art essay: why the body?
Movement solo by Virginia Kennard
Research journal writing here
Venue: Abberley Park Hall, Ōtautahi-Christchurch
Date and Time: TBC
A performance art essay
in collaboration
with Marika Pratley
for Hamilton Fringe 2019
Ōtautahi Tiny Performance Festival 2020
Dunedin Fringe 2020
taken by Essi Airisniemi
Durational ensemble performance
Performance Art Week
Aotearoa (PAWA)
Opening night 14 November 2018
play_station gallery
Willow Newey, Marika Pratley
Kowhai Montgomery
Kristy McCormick, Kelsey Woodford
taken by Essi Airisniemi
“One of the major means
by which femininity is thus
reworked is by the rearticulation
of traditional space so that
it ceases to function
primarily as a space of sight
for a mastering gaze,
but becomes the locus
of relationships.”
Griselda Pollock, 1988
Virginia Kennard’s work spans over a decade, and includes performance installations to dance reviewing, producing to pole performances. An eclectic live artist, she has recently completed her MA Performance at Leeds Beckett University.
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