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The La Leche League, of the United States and prior to the feminist movement of the 1960s and ‘70s, called for an end to institutionalized childbirth and child care, and validated motherhood as a career worthy of respect.
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I go looking for you in places I know
Madeleine Mullett
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My piece consists of three short photo-films. These films together are an exploration of the intangibility of memory, the fragility of personal memories and the difficulty of archiving them into the corporeal matter of film. Each film is the focus of one woman; my mother and both my grandmothers, all of whom are dead, and therefore became homage to each of them and the influence they had and continue to have on my own existence.

The piece is relevant to the visualization I have of these women, and their associated memories. The elements used to create an emotional reproduction of memory are still photographs of environmental spaces that the specific memories originated from, as well as film footage of these spaces as I explore the seemingly normal locations that have a nostalgic impact on me. I also used archive footage that I made with the actual women present. Each film represents a different culture, time and place.

My mother came from Czechoslovakia, my father from England and I grew up mostly in Los Angeles, California, USA. So my memories of my mother’s mother are in the Czech Republic, my memories of my father’s mother are in the United Kingdom, and my memories of my mother are in Los Angeles. Together this collection of material recreates an image of a time lost to me, regardless of whether or not it was recorded during the subject’s lifetime, emphasizing the blurred boundaries between memories and ordinary moments.

 

 

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My mother a priceless jewel money can not buy.She is the first and only Angel i have met and lived with.She gives all she has expecting nothing in return.Though my father took advantage of her simplicity,honesty and purity she still...
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