Breastcups- some additional thoughts by Zoë

A cafe scene is set, tables for audience members. At one table sits a mother and her baby. The audience are invited to sit, and offered tea, but they must wait for the milk, collected from lacy moulded breastcups by the waitress and placed on their table.

In Breastcups, the maternal body becomes displaced through its setting, displayed and extended through umbilical tubes, and feeding paraphernalia, surrounded by napkins and politeness. As with the films, this intimate, basic act of nurture is stretched into a world of ‘manners’ and tea time, the natural act confronting convention through forced etiquette.

Exhibited at Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff 23rd-29th May 2010

Parental Body - Call of Interest

The Mothersuckers Project are hoping to curate a touring exhibition starting in Wales. 'Parental Body' hopes to explore how the experience of being or becoming a parent can actively shape an artists' practice; as a vibrant source of subject matter in its own right. 
In celebrating individual and sometimes challenging perspectives, ‘Parental Body’ aims to broaden general preconceptions of parenthood. 

Parental Body will place work which can often be considered marginal to one's usual practice within a serious cultural framework, offering critical recognition. In addition, this is an opportunity to be part of an international network of artists engaged with common concerns.

Interested artists are invited to submit the following to: mothersuckersproject@gmail.com 

name and contact details

current cv

artist’s statement (approx. 300 words)

maximum of 5 examples of work as jpeg/tiff, (max 5mg each)

a response to the following question (approx. 300 words): 

In what ways has the experience of becoming a parent shaped your practice?

closing deadline for submissions 15th October 2012

Mae’r Mothersuckers Project yn trefnu arddangosfa deithiol i ddechrau yng Nghymru yn 2014. Bydd ‘Parental Body’ yn ceisio archwilio sut y gall y profiad o fod neu o ddod yn rhiant lunio arfer artistiaid; fel pwnc llawn mynegiant sydd a’i rhinwedd ei hun. Drwy ddathlu persbectifau unigol a heriol, mae ‘Parental Body’ yn bwriadu ehangu’r rhagdybiaethau cyffredin ynghylch bod yn rhiant.

Bydd PARENTAL BODY yn dangos gwaith sydd yn aml ar ymylon eich arfer beunyddiol mewn fframwaith diwylliannol difrifol, gan gynnig  cydnabyddiaeth feirniadol. Bydd hyn hefyd yn gyfle i fod yn rhan o rwydwaith rhyngwladol o artistiaid sy’n ymwneud â materion cyffredin.

Dylai artistiaid sydd â diddordeb gyflwyno’r canlynol i:  
mothersuckersproject@gmail.com

Enw a manylion cyswllt

cv diweddar

datganiad yr artist (oddeutu 300 o eiriau)

dim mwy na 5 enghraifft o’ch gwaith ar ffurf jpeg/tiff, (dim mwy na 5mg yr un)

ymateb i’r cwestiwn canlynol (oddeutu 300 o eiriau):

Ym mha ffordd y mae’r profiad o fod yn rhiant wedi llunio eich arfer?

dyddiad cau ar gyfer cyflwyno ceisiadau yw 15fed o Hydref