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Kashmir: The Making of a Family Album

The family photos from this series, symbolically remind us of the inevitability of the past, loss and death. The constructed images are replete with memories that can neither be touched nor altered, only re-lived in our imaginations on an endless loop.

PlanetHeroines12th January 2023

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Kashmir: The Chandelier

Conceived as a decorative piece, this mushroom-shaped chandelier was made using over 3600 pages of legal correspondence between the courts, petitioners, and respondents in Kashmir. This piece draws parallels to the perfectly taxidermized busts and heads of kills that camouflages the violence underneath.

PlanetHeroines12th January 2023

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Workshop with Jillian Edelstein

Join us for a relaxed and informal practical workshop on portrait making, using nautral light and studio light, under the guidance of Jillian Edelstein. This is also a wonderful opportunity for you to talk to Jillian about her career, and get feedback on your work.

PlanetHeroines11th January 2023

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25th December

Happy Christmas

PlanetHeroines25th December 2022

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24th December

Another must-have for every library is Katy Hessel’s The Story of Art without Men. Most libraries have a request form, why not ask your local library to acquire a copy for its shelves?

PlanetHeroines24th December 2022

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23rd December

Nan Goldin (b 1953) is an American photographer and activist whose work explores LGBTQ+ subcultures, sexual intimacy, HIV/AIDS crisis, and the opioid epidemic. Now, a new documentary film, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras is set to release in the UK in January 2023. It…

PlanetHeroines23rd December 2022

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Penny Slinger’s Photocollage Couture

Penny Slinger’s ever-evolving oeuvre encompasses Surrealism, feminism, and eroticism (to name a few) through the mediums of collage, fashion, film, prose and poetry, and sculpture.

PlanetHeroines22nd December 2022

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22nd December

Anagrams of books in our library - part II

PlanetHeroines22nd December 2022

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21st December

For those of us in the UK, today marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and according to the Met Office, that means a staggering nine hours more of darkness than we get for the summer solstice.

PlanetHeroines21st December 2022

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20th December

“This small volume is a whole lot of fun! Having taken up mixology as my lockdown hobby, I take the contents very seriously (I shall be toasting the New Year with a Marlene Dietrich), but even if the cocktails aren’t for you, the bios and illustrations of 60 iconic women from Alison…

PlanetHeroines19th December 2022