Voyage of Discovery Archives - Hundred Heroines

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The Lens: A Peacemaking Tool

By Venetia Jolly : This exhibition showcases the different heroinic practices of peacemaking and peacekeeping. Usually defined as freedom from civil disturbance, ‘peace’ appears to be a very simple term on the surface.

PlanetHeroines8th February 2021

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Women In Wonderland: Surreal Narratives

By Mariasanta Tedesco : In the realm of Surrealist art, women have been especially overshadowed and underrepresented. However, Surrealism – perhaps above all modernist movements – anticipated the second wave feminism of the 1960s.

PlanetHeroines8th February 2021

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Gender Equality

By Beatrice Zanca : Feminism’s aim is equality for all. However, this message often gets skewed, as white women are typically the face of feminism.

PlanetHeroines7th February 2021

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Art as Activism

By Sena Nwosu : The art sphere has long been a place of activism and a tool to address systemic inequality. Though the medium may vary, artists have found innovative ways to challenge how we perceive as well as narrate the world through art.

PlanetHeroines7th February 2021

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Energy

By Demelza Kingston : The elemental energy that we seek to harness in clean energy production is evident in the striking landscape photography of Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) who captured the beauty of rock formations hewn over millennia by wind and water erosion.

PlanetHeroines4th February 2021

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The Human Landscape

by Katherine Riley : “Everyday, we depend on nature for our survival.” - Martha Ntoipo, Conservation International Indigenous Leaders Conservation Fellow

PlanetHeroines18th January 2021