aprons of power and the artists' campaign to repeal the eighth amendment
Raising the Apron of Power 1
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper.
Raising the Apron of Power 2 - To Ensure Hope is Our Role
Digital prints on Hahnemühle paper.
These photos were taken on a Sunday morning in Bray, with my back to the Irish Sea, the same sea so many women would have had to cross to maintain their bodily autonomy. This piece was made before the Referendum.
To Ensure Hope is our Role; Despondere Spem Munus Nostrum; Motto of the Italian Penitentiary Police - Polizia Penitenziaria
The Aprons of Power performance - ACREA - Repeal!
Aprons of Power as part of The Artists’ Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, Repeal! Procession at EVA International Biennale, Limerick, 2018
Episode 1: Who’s Laughing Now? - Fancy Dress in Protest
https://player.fm/series/dress-fancy/ep-01-whos-laughing-now-fancy-dress-in-protest
Image credit; Alison Laredo
Performers; Emma Finucane, Kim Gleeson, Lynn-Marie Dennehy, Nicole Flanagan, Nuala Clarke, Eleanor Phillips.
Aprons of Power performance - ACREA - Repeal!
Aprons of Power as part of The Artists’ Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, Repeal! Procession at EVA International Biennale, Limerick, 2018
1. Aprons of Power – performance shot – Artists’ campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment Procession – EVA International, Limerick, 2018;
linen, silk, felt, fabric paint, cord, dimensions variable, each apron 85cm x 60cm approx. with hanging cord -
Set of Six Aprons
a) Grace Under Pressure –derived from Hemmingway’s definition of having ‘Guts’ - American Armed Forces.
b) Fortitude Overcomes All Difficulties - Omnia Vincit Animus; Italian Coast Guards - Guardia Costiera
c) To Ensure Hope is our Role; Despondere Spem Munus Nostrum; Italian Penitentiary Police - Polizia Penitenziaria
d) Under the Law Freedom; Sub Lege Libertas; Italian State Police - Polizia di Stato
e) I Remember - Je Me Souviens, Canada, Royal 22nd Regiment – motto changed from Trust Women Repeal after the passing of the Referendum.
f) To Us Nothing Is Impossible - Nos Nihil Efficere Non Possumus, Sweden - Norrland Engineer Company
Image credit; Darren Ryan
The Aprons of Power are held in the Collection of the Arts Council of Ireland.
Aprons of Power - ACREA - Repeal!
Aprons of Power as part of The Artists’ Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, Repeal! Procession at EVA International Biennale, Limerick, 2018
A link to the film of the procession by Mia Mullarkey
Artists Campaign Repeal 8th Procession
Artists' Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment
The Artists’ Campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment at the 6th Annual March for Choice organised by ARC, Dublin 2018.
Banners by Alice Maher, Breda Mayock, Sarah Cullen, Aine Phillips and Rachel Fallon
image credit; Christian Kerskens
The Artists’ Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment was founded by artists Cecily Brennan, Eithne Jordan, Alice Maher and poet Paula Meehan in 2015. it called for a repeal of Article 40.3.3 of the Irish Constitution which equated the life of a pregnant person with that of the foetus which effectively banned abortion. it was repealed in 2018 following a referendum.