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 SPIT-LIT
2004 EXHIBITIONS
SPIT-LIT commissioned photographer Heather McDonough to curate an exhibition especially for the Festival at the Spitz Gallery. We also list an exhibition at the Spitalfields Gallery, well known for showing women's work.
THE SPITZ GALLERY109 Commercial Street, E1 (020 7392 9034) 7-21 March 2004 12noon-6pm daily. Admission Free.
INVENTORYA photographic exhibition by SUE ANDREWS, INGRID HESLING, HEATHER McDONOUGH , BETSY SHNEIDER and images from the collections of the Hackney Archives and the Whittington Family .
This exhibition explores childhood in various ways: childhood as seen from the child; a collection of school photographs, re-making the family albums.
Childhood, as viewed from adulthood, is a repository of memories and fantasies. Too often forgotten is the feeling of powerlessness, the fear of the unknown and the magic and intensity of childhood. Because nothing comes before childhood, it is self-encompassing. As a child it is nearly impossible to imagine that life will be anything other than what it is at the moment. It is an innocence of time. As adults we have learnt that time passes for everyone. Time and the knowledge of it, is what separates us from childhood. So with photographs we try to defy time: we collect – we document – we photograph. We try to reclaim what we have lost.
SPITALFIELDS GALLERY7-15 Greatorex Street, E1. (020 7247 2245) 8-31 March 2004. Mon-Fri 10am –5pm Admission Free.
An exhibition of recent work by artist RUTH BRECKNELL curated by Jackie Remfry.
LIFE'S WORK Ruth Brecknell depicts the miniscule. She makes pictures mainly in oil paint using flat form and colour to imagine the possibilities of the tiny hidden world beyond dust. The results are fantastical aerial landscapes. They relate to the biological and evolutionary journey we have all made from our humble single cell beginnings. At a quantum physical level we are made up of infinitesimal particles from everything and everyone that has previously existed in the universe. Ruth has never found her own biological family and psychologically this is probably a strong factor underpinning her work. She lives and works in Tower Hamlets.
THE WOMEN'S LIBRARYLondon Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street, London, E1.
The Women's Library is a unique centre incorporating a research library, exhibition hall, education facilities and a café. The Library exists to document and explore women's lives in Britain. It inspires learning and debate and is an international resource for women's research.
TICS Women in the workplace 1860-2004 12 February to 1 May 2004 Curated by Julia Bodenstein
How has women's presence changed office life from the design of office interiors, the clothes people wear to work, to the marketing of office technology? And what has it been like for women working in offices? From office girl to breaking the glass ceiling, Office Politics takes a fresh look at the jobs women do and how they have changed. Once women entered the office through a separate door to men, now they might take it home with them.
Architectural plans and drawings make visual the segregated work spaces of the Victorian era including office gardens and women's living rooms, whilst blueprints plot hierarchies of the 1960s open plan office. Company records uncover how threatening and provocative women's physical presence in the office was seen to be by their employers and reveal the steps taken to control their appearance. Using cartoons, careers literature and advertisements, the exhibition dissects the stereotypes associated with women office workers – the 1920s business girl, the 1960s dolly bird secretary and the power dressing executive of the 1980s.
Accompanying the display a website, designed by students from London Metropolitan University, invites visitors to design their ideal office space.
Tickets for talks can be booked on 020 7320 2222
Exhibition opening hoursMon-Wed & Fri 9.30-5.30pm Thurs 9.30-8pm Sat 10-4pm Admission free.
FREE GUIDED TOURSSat 28 Feb 12noon and 2.30pm Thurs11 March 6pm Wed 7 April 2.30pm
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPSWill be held at the library during SPIT-LIT from 9-11 March. See SPIT-LIT Writing Workshops page for further details.
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