Fleshmapping: vancouver markets pacific women, 2008
Flesh Mapping: vancouver markets pacific women
November 25 – December 10th, 2008
Our project consisted of four elements:
Gallery Gachet - 88 East Cordova St.
Live Media Installation
Nov 25 – Dec 10th 2008
12-5pm
View the Gallery Gachet: Catalogue of bed sheets and Coordinator Artistic Statement
In a new genre public art praxis, guided by four local artists: Haruko Okano, Bettina Matzkuhn, Suzanne Rutchinski and Krista Tupper and collective members from Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter. Hosted by the collective at Gallery Gachet sixty women exhibited their view of Vancouver particulars about prostitution.
The Vancouver Art Gallery
An Artful Conversation between Pacific Rim women
Nov 25-Dec 10 2008
2pm-4pm
View the Vancouver Art Gallery program for: Fleshmapping: a Feminist Conversation.
Hosted by Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, 15 feminists organizers from around the Pacific Rim will gathered daily for two hours in artful discussion of the conditions of women, the marketing of women, the nature of pacific trade and the connections between prostitution in Vancouver and international trafficking in girls and women. This Pacific Rim information was linked by two-way live feed to the Vancouver installation at Gallery Gachet displayed on screens at both sites.
Vancouver Public Library
Dec 6, 2008
10am- 6pm
View the brochure for that particular year's December 6th Event to mark the Montréal Massacre.
A Feminist Dinner Party
by invitation
The fourth element was a feminist dinner party uniting participants with other women of influence. In the spirit of Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution women celebrated the achievements of artists and other activists and connect the current feminist initiative to end all forms of violence including prostitution and trafficking.
