Tear Jerkers presents: FRONT TEARS
Posted by Megabooboo on 04.09.07
A CD project and installation exploring the diversity and power of crying, featuring:Hatice Abdullah, Saeeda Bano, Sakina Begun, Afsana Begun, Aftabun Bibi`, Monwara Choudhury, Sultana Chaudhury, Lucia Cipriano, Mabel Encinas, Afsana Hossain, Syed Adil Hossain, Sabia Khatun, Nazma Kahn, Husna Matin, Newouran Nessa and S. Nessa.
Installation and CD Launch
Preview: Wednesday 5 September, 1 – 3pm (women only)
Venue: Jagonari Women’s Educational Resource Centre
Address: 183-185 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1DN
Dates: Thursday 6 September to Friday 5 October 2007
Opening hours: 10am – 4pm Mon to Fri (everyone welcome)
Contacts: Tel 020 7357 0520,
Also at the Chisenhale Biennale
Dates: Friday 14, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September 2007.
Opening Hours: 6.30 – 8.30pm (Fri), 1 – 6pm (Sat & Sun).
Venue: Chisenhale Art Place
Address: 64-84 Chisenhale Road, London E3 5QZ.
Contacts: Tel 020 8981 1916, www.chisenhale.co.uk
Visitors can pick up a free copy of the CD during the exhibition at the Jagonari Centre or during the Chisenhale Biennale. The CD will also be distributed to libraries within Tower Hamlets.
Tear Jerkers explores the potential and power of ‘crying’ through text, sound art, performance and the visual arts.
Artists Lucia Cipriano and Mabel Encinas worked with Asian women at the Jagonari Women’s Educational Resource Centre to examine assumptions associated with crying. The participants were encouraged to create individual crying biographies by creatively questioning notions of crying as ‘taboo’ or as a gendered response. These ‘sob stories’ were captured on CD to be distributed to participants, interested groups and cultural organisations.
Tears made by the artists and participants during the project are displayed alongside the CD that reveals experiences and stories of women exploring the diversity of the language of 'tears' and the power of crying.
The Tear Jerkers Club is an art project initiated by Lucia Cipriano and Mabel Encinas and is supported by the Chisenhale Art Place, The Jagonari Women’s Educational Resource Centre, Vision in Art and Awards for All.
