In November 2024 Pitt Rivers Museum returned a Badeng sunhat to the Kenyah Badeng community in Sarawak, Borneo. Inspired by this return, the inaugural Sa'ung Weaving Competition challenged weavers to make replicas, seen being unpacked here, which will appear in a new exhibition in Sarawak.
Some of my photographs in Mother, a show last year at Goodyear Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. It was curated by Amy Herman.
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I'm pleased to be part of Perspicax, which has been curated by Laurent Bouchard, @amanniste.bsky.social and Joyce Yahouda for @thewrongbiennale.bsky.social.
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'[...]we face the serious possibility of eviction. This would be the end of our artist community and a loss of independent, artist-led space within Manchester. It would mean the loss of a free public gallery within a vibrant and creative local neighbourhood.'
Two weeks to go to back Maria Quigley's 'Eighteen Moments of Spring' photobook on @kickstarter.com
I love her video for it!
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"When photographer @leticiavalverdes.bsky.social began exposing the impact of mercury poisoning on Brazil’s Indigenous Munduruku people, she had little idea the project would come full circle."
Important work. Wish I could see it in Belém, Brazil.
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Now open! The Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition 166.
Featuring 113 prints from 51 artists. Happy to have one of my photos included :)
5 August–20 September, 10-6, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
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Thanks again to the judges!
"Here are what things cost nowadays in Gaza:
A bag of vegetables costs around $120
A bag of flour, 25kg, is around $500
A kilo of coffee is about $200
A kilo of lentils is $20-$22
A pack of nappies is $100
A tent is anywhere between $400 to $800 depending on the size"
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Dreamt I was on a TV show (like a board game version of The Traitors).
For making it to the top 5 I got access to some freebies.
I asked for a spa session. The PR lady said she knew a guy who gives massages with fridges. A great photo op!
& I told Robbie Williams that his mouth is like a tunnel 🤷♀️
Starting to introduce my kids to Disney films that I haven't watched since I was a child with a small video collection.
Yesterday we watched Sleeping Beauty.
L (3): Why is she [Maleficent] so unhappy? Maybe she needs a friend.
What's your favourite Disney film from your childhood?
Every night in Ukraine for over 1000 days.
If you're in Charlotte, North Carolina between now and 6th June, stop by Goodyear Arts and see MOTHER curated by @amynherman.bsky.social.
I'm grateful to be showing an amalgamation of my motherhood work amongst such a great list of artists ❤️
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HELLO BLUE SKY
Fowl play: flying duck caught in Swiss speed trap believed to be repeat offender. Image shows mallard snapped at 52km/h in same 30km/h zone as a duck on the same day seven years ago.
Photo of the year.
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Parenting win this morning: I introduced my kids to Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles. B (4) loved it 👍
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Parenting fail this morning: Getting papped by B with her kid digital camera while I was on the toilet. Time for a photography ethics lesson 😴
Mother. May 16 - June 16. Goodyear Arts. Curated by Amy Herman.
Featuring works from: Jocelyn Allen, April Dauscha, Lauren Frances Evans, Niki Grangruth, Maya Gurantz, Janna Ireland, Madina Joldybek, Justine Kurland, Reneesha McCoy, Abigail Ruth, Grace Stott, Amber Toplisek, Andi Gáldi Vinkó.
Opening reception May 16, 6-9pm with reading and performances from: Amy Bagwell + Xavia-Margrith Miles, Kadey Ballard, Joy Davis. A special thanks to the sponsors and private donors who helped make this exhibition possible: Resident Culture, Atelier4, El-Co Colour Labs.
I’m delighted to be showing work in MOTHER at Goodyear Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA from 16th May to 6th June.
Thanks to @amynherman.bsky.social for the invitation, and I’m pleased to see my name amongst such a great list of artists.
Let me know if you can visit the show :)
Supermodel came to mind as soon as I heard the news. It was on one of my many high school/college mix CDs that were crashing around in my backpack. RIP Jill Sobule.
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Interesting. I hadn't heard it, but just listened. I imagined it'd be more like her cover of Lovesong/I guess more like Fiona's: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_87q...
Currently listening to Fiona Apple's cover of Neil Young's Heart of Gold on repeat...
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Journalist Haya Mortaja has tragically passed away after her heart failed from the terror of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, leaving behind her daughters, Sham and Mariam.
Israel has killed hundreds of children in Gaza in the past week.
The cover of Managing Expectations by Minnie Driver - a red background with white headers, quotes in black and white, and a photo in the middle of Minnie when she was younger.
This week I listened to the audiobook of Minnie Driver's Managing Expectations.
Highly recommend. Well told/written. Some funny stories where I laughed out loud. Loved her different voices.
This morning I started listening to Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg.
Letting go of IVF.
Words and artworks by Jessa Fairbrother ❤️
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