Re-Birth

Artists Call Out- Celebrating Women Exhibition Proposal

(The Wilson Gallery - Cheltenham)

Proposal for a dynamic exhibition that celebrates the profound events in a woman’s life that represent a shift from a former period of life, into another.

Through interviews with local women, the concept of re-birth within their lifetimes will be explored, where the old self is transcended and a new self emerges. Using the association in many cultures, and religions, of the ashes from a fire with mortality and impermanence, a new kind of ritual will be developed working closely with the subjects of the interviews.

Journeying through transcendence with these women, the process will be recorded in a series of photographic and video portraits, with the results forming the subject of the exhibition.

·         Interviews with interested local women will be filmed and the concepts of re-birth explored

·         Volunteers will be selected to take part ensuring suitability and safeguarding is followed

·         Experiments with materials and processes will inform a ritualised celebration of re-birth

·         Working with a photographer and videographer the process will be recorded in detail

·         Exhibition materials: portraits, videos, and new works related to the theme will be produced

·         The exhibition materials will be curated with reference to the museums existing catalogue