The Janes are back! The Head On Photo Festival 2012 saw the birth of the See Jane Run collective:
four female photographers committed to an
ongoing dialogue about the visual representation of women and girls in the media and in art. The Janes took to the walls of Depot II Gallery with beautiful and confronting imagery, inviting an open conversation on the feminine ideal, body image and gender expectations. This year The Janes are extending the conversation to examine the transitional markers of womanhood, the shifting boundaries that define what it means to be seen as a sexual being.
The
pressure to perform and conform, and to be that which the world loves, is immense. The Year 6 girl, who is thrust into a dress without consultation; the girl-child growing into a woman and suddenly becoming burdened by the gaze of others and the deeply conflicting rules around womanhood; the body-obsessed; the fight to come to terms with ageing and the fight against femininity as weakness. The overarching reality is that there are few visible positive female role models. Where do our girls and women turn in their struggle? What do women look like to them? See More Janes in 2013 – the collective has grown! Depot II, Danks St is the stage again and the passion for change as strong as ever.
Be bold. Be heard. Be seen. http://seejanerunexhibition.tumblr.com http://www.facebook.com/SeeJaneRunExhibition
See More Janes...
is a featured show in Head On Photo Festival 2013.
Depot II Gallery 28th May – 8th June Opening night: Tuesday 28th May 2013 6-8 pm Artists’ Talks: Saturday 1st June 1-3 pm Danks Street, Waterloo, Sydney
with Jennifer Blau Sydney Sam Heydt New York Emma Phillips Melbourne Julie Sundberg Sydney Anna Warr Sydney Fiona Wolf Sydney
Jennifer Blau After Midnight After Midnight reveals the emotional landscape of women in their 50s. As with adolescence, women are on the cusp of a new age, often fearing invisibility as youth and beauty fade, previous nurturing roles subside and society seemingly devalues them. But far from a midlife crisis, this turning point often becomes a time of wisdom, liberation, rediscovery and possibility.
jennifer blau.com
Sam Heydt Skin Deep Commodified and reshaped by market forces, the palimpsestic female body is a site where cultural phenomenology and social perversion have historically been inscribed. The media offers ideologically infused avenues for identity construction hinged on corporate branding and fueled by fear and unattainable aesthetic ideals. From the array of media text, gender roles are realized, social norms are cemented and beauty standards established. Through the internalization of representations and archetypes reinforced by the media, the notion of self diminishes into a flickering image, rooted in the complicity of schizophrenic narratives and essentially skin deep. samheydt.com
Julie Sundberg The Tipping Point The Tipping Point captures fleeting moments at the threshold of change. It shows an adolescent girl as she vacillates between a child’s innocence and the brink of womanhood. A collaboration from 2003 between Julie Sundberg and her daughter, The Tipping Point comes from the 14 year series Love’s Slipshod Watchman. juliesundberg.com
Fiona Wolf Defect In Defect, Fiona addresses her fight from a young age against constant expectations of female weakness. Working from her Vitruvian Woman outtakes, Fiona explores the medium of solar plates to create multicoloured etchings. This is a dark yet delicate exploration of the female body with hints of D端rer in sensibility and the 19th century in technique. wolfwerk.net