Migrant Women Project 2018 - 19

“On Commonground” by Miroslaw Balka a really good article on YouTube re old doormats installation Ground meaning soil, the soil we walk on

https://www.facebook.com/1467276833553574/posts/2270749786539604?sfns=mo https://www.facebook.com/1467276833553574/posts/2270749786539604?sfns=mo I thought this might interest some of you who see!

Ladies this is a fabulous podcast and I think you’ll love it https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0002cp0

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/old-testament-stories-of-wisdom-love-echo-through-the-ages/news-story/3c1d0ede27ee438ee186c26387553b41 Interesting fact in this article , the word ruthless it’s origin is thought to be those without the qualities of Ruth.

Hi Ladies, First attempt at adding to this blog. I dug out those Fine Crochet items I was talking about. These were produced by my Uncles' Father in Law,when he got home from work (in the mines I think but I will confirm in April). I think they probably date from the 1920s. Not sure where the yarn is from but it's cotton and obviously good quality... so maybe from the Coat's Thread Mills in Paisley....(strong argument there for using good quality eh!!) I'm thinking of maybe running these through photoshop to develop as textured background(s) and printing onto Art quality Archival Paper with overlaid Calligraphy around some of the 'Words' we choose re Migration.  Anne Marie, do you think it would be possible to print onto paper we make ?? These pieces bring up words leaning to Connectedness rather than separation for me.  Shared skills among migrant groups... just about every culture has some sort of weaving/emb

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Hi ladies Here is the link to Doris Salcedo's work of art -   Doris Salcedo - Rose Petal Shroud - I love this work for so many reasons, I particularly like the relationship with the message behind the work and her use of materials. The work totally hit me right in the stomach - felt experience - the power of art yeh! Also, for all of you that have been to the TATE modern, you might have encountered another work of hers -  Doris Salcedo Shibboleth Lastly, here is the link to Caroline McHugh's - just be yourself talk!  Caroline McHugh - just be yourself talk

isolation - distance - intensity - forever - body language - climate - letters - outside - inside - sensory - friendships - editing - independent - strong - tribe - expectations - vocabulary - sharing - language - challenge - accent - foreign - time - disconnection - belonging - identity - guilt - happy - time - migrant - truth - universal - location - adventure -

Migrant Woman Project The Book of Ruth: ‘ a migrant woman who saved a nation’ is a theological narrative that forms as part of the Old Testament and is the historical and feminist touchstone for the Migrant Women Project. This visual research project is practice-led and collaborative and will explore felt experience, memory and the many side effects that inform the migrant experience. In this instance, an interdisciplinary, creative lens, combined with individual, personal stories of migration blend to provide the content for a series of works of art and a proposed exhibition.   In its essence, The Book of Ruth reveals the plight and resilience of how a foreign migrant woman, alongside the support of female family members, had the capacity to change the course of Judaic history. A key feature to finding meaning and understanding in the text is located in Ruth's ability to effect great change within her adopted community and nation. A major theme embedded in the text is th