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Melissa MacPherson<br />
melissa.vipavadee@gmail.com | 07572 340152 | www.melissavipavadee.com<br />
The oppressed woman conforming to be accepted socially. The primal<br />
woman who is ready to scream about it.<br />
I am concerned with alternative ways of documenting the female<br />
experience and the female body. My cross disciplinary practice mirrors<br />
that of the multifaceted feminist movement to which I am strongly<br />
aligned. I have attempted through my work to celebrate universal<br />
female identity by holding workshops and creating safe environments<br />
in which other women can talk openly without fear of patriarchy.<br />
Bringing individuals together and opening a dialogue has allowed me<br />
to help other women to reconnect themselves with their bodies, as I<br />
have st<strong>art</strong>ed to do myself through experiments, performance, and<br />
working with other <strong>art</strong>ists. Around these charged conversations of<br />
female gender politics I have introduced the male voice into my work<br />
as a way to exert tension and inject comedic representation. Alongside<br />
this I have adopted traditional female craft techniques to produce<br />
awkward sculptural works, stitching and stuffing female underwear into<br />
bulging, warped objects.<br />
‘Untitled’, 2015 (underwear stitched onto red<br />
satin sheet 127 x 90 cm)<br />
‘Studio Fun Time’, 2015 (<strong>art</strong>ist working in studio)<br />
‘Dear Cunt’, 2015 (installation, video and audio displayed on 10” Ikegami broadcasting monitor)<br />
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