Join project founder, artist, and academic, Vanessa Marr for an inspiring journey into her ongoing ‘Women and Domesticity – What’s your Perspective?’ collaborative craft project.
Online from 7-8.30pm on Thursday 29 September, Vanessa will reveal the inspiration for the project and the stories behind a selection of the hundreds of hand-embroidered dusters that have been contributed by women from across the world to challenge the legacy of so-called women’s work.
Dusters were selected for embroidery and display as a metaphor for domesticity because they are mundane (like most domestic tasks), yet visually appealing in their brilliant bright yellow. This practice asks how hidden and silenced female domestic experiences can be voiced through collective craft practice and explores how the duster - which signifies domesticity through our innate knowledge of its purpose as a cleaning cloth - can act as a catalyst for change through collaborative and collective making. Vanessa regularly promotes this work through exhibitions in arts venues, community workshops, and academic publications.
The talk will conclude with workshop style prompts and a call to contribute your own duster to the ever-growing collection.