The time is right for ... [Exhibition]

Abstract

Artists began to work with video from the late 1960s as a more accessible alternative to film. Although many of these artists are well known today, there are several women artists who experimented with video in the early years who have since been forgotten or marginalised. As a result, many women artists' fundamental and pioneering experiments remain under-researched and very little critical writing about them has been published. This exhibition, the title of which is taken from one of the exhibited works, featured video art from the 1970s and 1980s by a variety of European women artists. The works engage with the concept of the artist as a promotor of dialogue, openness, cultural exchange and peace. The exhibition was curated by Laura Leuzzi and Adam Lockhart as part of the research activity of the EWVA: European Women's Video Art project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The exhibition presented a selection of the early works that had been investigated during the project. Works included: "The time is right for ..." (Marikki Hakola, 1984); "Women soldiers" (Elaine Shemilt, 1984); "Appendice per una supplica" (Ketty la Rocca, 1972); and "Giovanni Arnolfini and his young wife" (Giny Vos, 1984).

Citation

The time is right for ... [Exhibition]. Exhibited 2 August - 24 September 2017, Summerhall, Edinburgh.

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Start Date: Aug 2, 2017
• End Date: Sep 24, 2017
• Deposit Date: Aug 18, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 29, 2021
• Keywords: Video art; Women artists; Art and feminism; Feminism; Europe
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1374948