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Physical description:
256 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 28 cm
Type:
Books
Art
Date:
2022
Notes:
Edition of 1,000
This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition A Brand New End: Survival and Its Pictures by Carmen Winant, presented at The Print Center April - July 2022
Contents:
Women's survival manual, part I -- Delusions of persecution / Paige L. Sweet -- WIT goals are to be a resource for [women gender symbol] -- Landscapes for living / Drew Sawyer -- Hotline / Catherine Opie -- Hollywood wife-beaters and cheaters -- Being there / Donna Ferrato -- If you are abused -- More than one picture / Ksenia Nouril -- Blue lights / Sangi Ravichandran -- Don't die for love -- Buttons for action / Ruth M. Glenn -- Repeats the same job again and again -- Job puzze / Carmen Winant -- I survived yesterday -- Healing arts / Suzanne Lacy -- Sewing through trama / Laia Abril -- Survivors' T-shirts / Irene L. Brantley -- Women's survival manual, part II -- Intimate-partner violence is a housing problem / Elias Rodrigues
Summary:
"A Brand New End illuminates the often invisible experiences of women, as well as feminist strategies for survival, revolt and self-determination. It highlights the power of print to depict how women view themselves, and how photography can serve as a tool in the struggle for individual autonomy and self-representation. Through its expansive consideration of image making, domestic violence and the larger feminist movement, A Brand New End critically examines the problems and possibilities of visualizing domestic violence and survival"--Publisher's description
