About this Event
Artist Ailie Rutherford is currently undertaking an R&D Associate Artist role in response to Domestic Bliss at GoMA. As part of this research she has been spending time with historical objects from the museum: iron collars known as jougs, and head restraints referred to as witches’ branks or scold’s bridles. These are deeply charged artefacts - objects used mostly on women - designed to silence, control, publicly shame and maintain patriarchal order - used in the Scottish witch trials to hold down the accused witches' tongues.
This research sits within Ailie’s wider artistic practice over the past decade, focused on feminist economics, in particular the intersections of labour, care and health - tracing whose work and lives are made visible or invisible. Her research applies a queer lens to work of Silvia Federici, who framed the witch trials as part of a longer economic and political project tied to the advent of capitalism which saw the destruction of autonomous women’s collectives, dismantling women-led systems of care and resource-sharing.
The invitation to join her in the GoMA exhibition Domestic Bliss invites women and marginalised genders to participate in disrupting and breaking silence.
This workshop and recording will be open on to those participating and will be documented as part of the artist’s research.
Notes:
The workshop will be documented but there will be an option to opt-out of photography
This workshop is the 2nd in a series of 3 workshops:
Hold Your Tongue
Scream in Domestic Bliss
Counterfeiting the office of husband
You are welcome to book into one of the workshops or to attend all three
Images: courtesy of Ailie Rutherford
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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