EXHIBITION DETAILS

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'Triangle Meeting', Around the Block on Tenterhooks, 2012, Emma Chalmers


 SUMMARY 

A two-week long travelling exhibition and publication to commemorate the 125th anniversary of suffrage in New Zealand. This project will examine the story of suffrage in Dunedin and track the subsequent history of feminism in this city from 1893 to today.

We will be considering this history through an intersectional feminist framework, taking into account how issues of class, race, disability and sexuality intersect with feminism and how this has been recognised in Dunedin, or not. The project will identify intersectional feminism as the avant-garde of feminism today and the most progressive descendent of suffrage, as it includes and recognises a diverse array of perspectives and experiences which feminism has previously failed to take into account. It will also honour the work of activist women and men who have paved the way for greater equality in Dunedin and identify the issues we are still faced with today. 

ARTISTS 
  • Julia Young and Megan Brady (of Studio 2 and the Margaret Freeman Gallery)
  • Marewa Severne 
  • Emma Chalmers
  • Swaroopa Unni
  • Sophie Black 
  • Matthew Wightman
  • Sarah Baird 
  • Janet De Wagt
PUBLICATION 
  • Dr Dorothy Page (formerly of Otago University, on the story of suffrage in Dunedin)
  • Rachael Francis of the Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Association (established in the 1930s)
  • Jocelyn Harris of the Dunedin Collective for Women (active 1970s-1980s)
  • Dr Cindy Hall, Angelo Libeau and Leehe Vardi of Rape Crisis
  • Wenda Parata-Muir of Te Whare Pounamu Dunedin Women's Refuge
  • Local Maori wahine Donna Matahaere-Atariki (feminist scholar working in Maori health and development) and Vicki Lenihan (Dunedin's Matariki Co-ordinator)
  • Niha Jalota and Valerie Tan who will speak to their experiences as immigrant women in Dunedin
  • Alana Kelly who will speak to rural women’s issues
  • Dr Ambika Kohli of Shakti Community Council
VENUES 

14 – 21 September: Exhibition at Geoffs (Allbell Chambers, 127 Lower Stuart St, 2nd floor) from 10am – 4pm, Tuesday - Sunday

23 – 28 September: Exhibition at Studio2 and the Margaret Freeman Gallery (125 King Edward St, South Dunedin) from 10am – 4pm, Tuesday - Sunday 

EVENTS

14 September – 5.30pm - 8pm: Opening at Geoff’s (Allbell Chambers, 127 Lower Stuart St, 2nd floor)

21 September – 5.30pm – 7pm: Joint Pecha Kucha event with Otago Polytechnic at Geoff’s (Allbell Chambers, 127 Lower Stuart St, 2nd floor) featuring Bridie Lonie, Michele Beevors, Sarah Baird and Hana Cadzow. 

28 September – 5.30pm – 8pm: Storytelling evening with artists Julia Young, Janet De Wagt, Swaroopa Unni, poet Eliana Gray and more at Studio2 and the Margaret Freeman Gallery (125 King Edward St, South Dunedin)

CONTACT 

If you are interested in getting in touch with us regarding this project please contact us at kari.petroschmidt@gmail.com and/or lydiemia@hotmail.co.nz.

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