I Bare Seasons is based on a song from a series of improvised chants created daily. It stands as an audio visual prayer to the wisdom imparted by our cyclical nature.
I Bare Seasons (2021)
Taïs Bean
Animation (1:23min)
Irina Clavel (2020)
Charlotte J Ward
Photography
Portrait of a young girl in her first menstruating years. She has passed the threshold of menarche.
Circles and Lines (2015)
Dasa Hink
Video (excerpt: 1:13 min / original 5:34 min)
Circles and Lines is a video and sound piece, playing with light and shadow as the perpetual cycle of hiding and revealing oneself, for self discovery.
The Jolly Reaper (2020)
Taïs Bean
Drawing, ink, 30x42cm
The Jolly Reaper holds both the deaths and gifts of life. He is the fear but also the wisdom of our wounds. He waters new stems with fresh blood. He eats life for life, with both violence and graceful reverence. He is whole and holy.
Reflections on Seasons (2021)
Kelly and Tita Diepenbrock
Video and Sound Collage (9:18 min)
'Reflections on Seasons' was inspired by and made specifically for the Menstruation Project, weaving together snippets of a Zoom conversation between grandmother and grandaughter on the seasons and cycles of a woman's life.
The Price of Choice (2017 - 2021)
Kasia Strek
Documentary Photography
Around the world more than 160 lives are lost daily to unsafe and illegal abortions. While 90% occur in developing countries, Eastern Europe or the USA account for the missing 10%. In this work Kasia Strek focuses on the reasons behind such high death counts.