MIG DANN: JUST BREATHE
Co-curated by Josephine Mead and Zoë Bastin
South Magdalen Laundry, The Abbotsford Convent, June 11-12, 2022.
Possible through support from Yarra City Arts through City of Yarra and the Centre for Projection Art.
Co-curated by Josephine Mead and Zoë Bastin
South Magdalen Laundry, The Abbotsford Convent, June 11-12, 2022.
Possible through support from Yarra City Arts through City of Yarra and the Centre for Projection Art.
‘Just Breathe’ is a film conceived and directed by artist Mig Dann and shot in the Old Melbourne Gaol in 2021. The film references nineteenth-century women prisoners who were masked to prevent communication. This experience mirrors the ways in which women have been silenced throughout history and echoes our current mid-pandemic situation, where we must breathe under a protective mask. Dann created a series of reimagined silence masks to bring to life the stories of these women. As Dann states, "through reimagining the silence masks, I am drawing attention to the patriarchal strictures that were placed on women throughout nineteenth-century society, and to a lesser degree, today.
'Mig Dann: Just Breathe' was an exhibition of the film and accompanying sculptures in the South Magdalen Laundry at the Abbotsford Convent in June 2022.
'Mig Dann: Just Breathe' was an exhibition of the film and accompanying sculptures in the South Magdalen Laundry at the Abbotsford Convent in June 2022.
Images: Installation view: 'Mig Dann: Just Breathe', exhibition at The Abbotsford Convent, June 2022. Documentation courtesy of Josephine Mead.
