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Artist Parent Index
Person
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Website
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<a href="http://www.jenniferlong.ca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.jenniferlong.ca</a>
Topic
memory
pregnancy
domesticity
girlhood
childhood
motherhood
mothering body
image
feminism
vulnerability
transformation
parenting
touch
intergenerational family
play
daily life
domestic labour
invisible labour
caretaking
mundane
Artist Residency in Motherhood
gesture
maternal body
mother/daughter relationship
Medium
photography
lens-based
Artist Statement
My practice is propelled by an interest in the varied experiences of girls and women, and the limited ways in which they are represented within image making. Through a Feminist lens, I work with constructed narratives that are inspired by the quiet moments in girls and women’s lives where seemingly nothing (and everything) occurs. I am especially interested in the complex emotions that underlie these mundane points in time. Themes of vulnerability, transformation, and discovery are explored in my image making through the use of touch, gesture, and the gaze as I observe conscious and unconscious modes of communication. Over the past decade, my art practice has focused on the early stages of motherhood and pregnancy as I navigated this new terrain in my personal life. My current series, ‘Caesura’, developed out of my observations of the struggle my daughters grapple with as they find a balance between their dependence on me and their growing independence. This series re-constructs and intertwines various remembrances, making visual the experience of seeing myself reflected in my daughters’ gestures and actions. At the forefront of this project is the need to make space for my ever-changing outlook of being a mother and an artist.
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Toronto
Canada
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Jennifer Long
Title
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Jennifer Long
artist residency in motherhood
caretaking
childhood
daily life
domestic labour
domesticity
feminism
gesture
girlhood
image
intergenerational family
invisible labour
lens-based
maternal body
memory
mother/daughter relationship
motherhood
mothering body
mundane
parenting
photography
play
pregnancy
touch
transformation
vulnerability