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The Story of ‘M’
Artist/Author: SuAndi | Reference: P3102 | ISBN: 978-1786821157 | Type: Publication

A moving tribute to the life and death of the artist’s white mother mother who raised her mixed-race children in the face of frequent racism 1960s but never let them forget they were of African descent and to be proud of their heritages. Includes selected poems by the same author.

See also D2230.

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Emergency INDEX Vol 5
Editor: Yelena Gluzman, Sophia Cleary, Katie Gaydos | Reference: P3098 | ISBN: 978-1-937027-75-9 | Type: Publication

In each annual volume, contributors document works made in the previous year. By including performances regardless of their country of origin, genre, aims, or popularity, INDEX reveals the breathtaking variety of practices used in performance work today.

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The Story of M
Artist/Author: SuAndi | Reference: D2230 | Type: DVD

Commissioned by the Institute for Contemporary Arts in 1995, The Story of M is a moving tribute to the life and death of the artist’s white mother mother who raised her mixed-race children in the face of frequent racism 1960s but never let them forget they were of African descent and to be proud of their heritages.

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Maternity Leaves
Artist/Author: Lizzie Philps | Reference: D2220 | Type: DVD

Witnessed by unwitting suburbanites, and documented on a phone camera, Maternity Leaves documents a series of short performative walks within a mile radius of the artist's home, exploring the time and space of motherhood.

Part of Live Art and Motherhood: A Study Room Guide on Live Art and the Maternal (P3025).

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Under the Covers
Artist/Author: Zoo Indigo | Reference: P3031 | Type: Publication

In this interactive media performance Zoo Indigo take their babies on tour so they can perform while you babysit.

Includes the 2012 performance text and a DVD.

Part of Live Art and Motherhood: A Study Room Guide on Live Art and the Maternal (P3025).

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Artist/Author: Elena Marchevska | Reference: D2222 | Type: DVD

An in-depth research on the theme of borders and motherhood.

Part of Live Art and Motherhood: A Study Room Guide on Live Art and the Maternal (P3025).

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Patience
Artist/Author: Emily Underwood-Lee | Reference: P3032 | Type: DVD

Explores the experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant. Performace text.

Part of Live Art and Motherhood: A Study Room Guide on Live Art and the Maternal (P3025).

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A Slice of Life
Editor: Bonnie Marranca | Reference: P2978 | ISBN: 978-0715632680 | Type: Publication

A collection of contemporary food writing by a star cast of authors, including Nigella Lawson, Anthony Bourdain, Jane Grigson, Umberto Eco, Alice Walker, and Isabel Allende.

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Marina Abramovic: The Kitchen
Editor: La Fabrica | Reference: P2968 | ISBN: 978-8415303374 | Type: Publication

An illustrated volume exploring the set of portrait photographs and video images shot in the abandoned space of a kitchen where Carthusian nuns had once fed more than 8,000 orphans.

The Kitchen was produced in 2009 by the Teatro de la Laboral in Gijon (Asturias). In English and Spanish.

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Adrienne’s Dirty Laundry Experience / Adrienne’s Room Service
Artist/Author: Adrian Howells | Digital Reference: EF5202 | Type: Digital File

Adrienne’s Dirty Laundry Service – Arches New Work Commission (2003), 22:16

Adrienne’s Room Service at The Great Eastern Hotel (2005), 8:50

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