BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3190@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180305 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180327 DTSTAMP:20180306T163101Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/5-bold-place-female-suspension/ SUMMARY:: 5 Bold Place: The Female Suspension DESCRIPTION:The Female Suspension\n\nThe Female suspension is an installati on which addresses a world of sexual violence. The lower bodies and limbs of numerous women who have been raped are suspended by chained\, hooks pen etrating their groins. Meat like\, a waste product\, violated then dispose d of like an animal carcass meat still to be stripped from the bones.\n\nT his will be the fourth installation to take over at 5 Bold place as part o f the art in windows project. Art in Windows is a small organisation that works with landlords and artists to commission and curate temporary and pe rmanent artworks for display in empty windows in and around Liverpool. Win dows have varied from those in empty shops in the city centre and on local high streets\, to empty units in shopping centres and even in houses on r esidential streets. Art in Windows’ displays range from a single install ation for two weeks\, to a series of different installations across many m onths.\n\nThe form is a female abdomen and legs extending down to the feet . Each represents a rape victim\, The World Health Organization (WHO) esti mate:\n\nGlobal estimates published by WHO indicate that about 1 in 3 (35% ) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.\n\n(WHO \, media centre\, Violence against women\, fact sheet\, updated November 2 016)\n\nThe charity Rape Crisis England and Wales respond to an average of 3\,000 calls per month from women who have been raped. In April 2017 ther e were 422 recorded violent and sex offences recorded in Liverpool alone. It is estimated that only one in every ten incidents of rape are reported to the Police: the actual figure is projected to be much higher.\n\nPolyth ene and shredded paper are used to create each of the sculptural works\, r ed toned papers are used around the groin area to reflect the pain suffere d from the attack. Wire wool is used to represent the pubic hair\, this de monstrates resistance from the violation. The lack of upper body and stone s in the feet show a woman who was unable to oppose the onslaught. The hoo k is driven through the groin area\, this enables us to reflect upon the e xtreme violence used in sex attacks. We view to forms suspended in a wareh ouse environment\, infinite in number and we are given the impression that more will simply be added to the collection.\n\nAlison Little\, the artis t behind the Female Suspension\, she has been North -West based for the la st decade and worked on commissions from the Superlambanana trail to the P enguins. Her most recent conceptual works are SV: Sex by Violence\, a seri es of four animated sculptures which show the different stages of a sex at tack. They were exhibited in a solo show at zauhause gallery\, Gostins Han over Street (Liverpool City Centre) in July of 2017. In the months prior t o this\, she curated a group show 'Shatter the Silence\, Violence against women' held at the Quaker Meeting House\, School Lane (Liverpool City Cent re). 'Life from the Waist Down' is the fourth of the series\, representing the recovery process it was exhibited at Unit 51\, Baltic Triangle (Liver pool) for 2016 Mental Health week. On the previous year she showed Brainsc ape as similar human head form and in 2014 Bipolar B was created for the c elebrations at the Williamson Gallery in Birkenhead. In 2016 she worked on a commission for the race equality centre in Derby where a polyethene fig ure and a broken wheelchair were created to draw attention to race hate cr ime. Her first work relating the sexual violence was in 2014 for the Speak ing Out exhibition at Embrace Arts\, University of Leicester. The work was exhibited and Alison attended the Speaking Out conference where she addre ssed the delegates on the thought processes behind her work. Prior to that \, she ran a successful funding bid and project managed the prospering 'Ra gs Boutique' as part of the 'Shops up Front' scheme from Liverpool City Co uncil. This was an exhibition space and workshop venue was the use of foun d object was utilised to maximum effect.  Alison helps Organise the  Rec laim the Night March held in spring in Liverpool annually. The intentions behind the exhibition as a means of activism against sexual violence and t o play its role in her campaign work.\n\nThe Female Suspension which will shock\, inform\, evoke debate and lead to social reform in direct regards to Rape crime.\n\nExhibition runs from the 5th of March\, 5 Bold Place\, L iverpool\, L1 9DN\n\nFree view from street location.\n\nArtist talk to be held on International Women's Day\, Thursday the 8th of March from 6.30-7p m. Talk starting at Bold Place then either being held inside or to be move d to another location possible to be provided by John Moores Uni. Details to be confirmed\, to book:\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-talk-t he-female-suspension-tickets-43477186435\n\ninfo@littlere-makes.com\n\n078 91 545144 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/03/Bold-Place-013.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180325T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR