The Ink Well
2010
Performance (Duration: 3 hours); installation of performance residue in place for the duration of the show.
Materials: electronic breast pump, ink, antique typewriter, rocking chair (in which the artist was nursed as a child), paper
Venue: Jane Addams Hull House Museum
The Act:
a. Pumped 6 times per day for four months
b. Failed to induce lactation
c. Sat before the portrait of Jane Addams
d. Connected breasts to electrical pump
e. Wrote a letter of apology
This work addresses Jane Adams’ use of a traditionally male forms of agency, public speaking and publication, to achieve an agenda associated with female interests of the time: poverty, civil and cultural liberties, education and childcare. During the performance, the artist writes an improvised letter to Jane, trying to connect to the reality of her commitments, her sacrifices, and her determination in an effort to introduce the same level of investment and resolve in her own life.
Performance (Duration: 3 hours); installation of performance residue in place for the duration of the show.
Materials: electronic breast pump, ink, antique typewriter, rocking chair (in which the artist was nursed as a child), paper
Venue: Jane Addams Hull House Museum
The Act:
a. Pumped 6 times per day for four months
b. Failed to induce lactation
c. Sat before the portrait of Jane Addams
d. Connected breasts to electrical pump
e. Wrote a letter of apology
This work addresses Jane Adams’ use of a traditionally male forms of agency, public speaking and publication, to achieve an agenda associated with female interests of the time: poverty, civil and cultural liberties, education and childcare. During the performance, the artist writes an improvised letter to Jane, trying to connect to the reality of her commitments, her sacrifices, and her determination in an effort to introduce the same level of investment and resolve in her own life.
