She became my teacher and mentor: uncovering the legacy of women video pioneers in art schools and academies in Europe. [Essay]

Leuzzi, Laura

Abstract

In the 1970s when the portable video recorder was relatively new, several women artists experimented with a medium that was easier to operate than film and free from the heavy male-dominated imprint of traditional artist practices. In several countries, the UK among them, many women video pioneers were students in Fine Art and Sculpture Departments that were marked by a strong male culture and where most of the teachers were still men. At the time, most artists taught themselves how to use video and considered peer-to-peer feedback and knowledge-sharing essential.

Citation

LEUZZI, L. 2021. She became my teacher and mentor: uncovering the legacy of women video pioneers in art schools and academies in Europe. [Essay]. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2440866

• Working Paper Type: Working Paper
• Deposit Date: Aug 23, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 23, 2024
• Keywords: Women artists; Video art; Media art; Feminist collectives; Art teaching; Art education; Art students
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2440866
• Related Public URLs: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2043756 (Book Chapter); https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1369331 (Presentation)
• Additional Information: This essay is a revised version of a paper that was originally presented at the 2020 Archives of Women Artists Research and Exhibitions (AWARE) symposium on transmission and gender: women artists as teachers in the 20th century, 3-4 December 2020, [virtual event]. It was submitted to a competition run by the Advance HE Connect forum, "Feminist Art in an International Curriculum", and it was selected as one of three prize-winning submissions ( https://nparadoxa.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/winners-of-the-essay-competition-feminist-art-in-an-international-curriculum/ ).