OPEN CALL: m OTHER 2024
"m OTHER: The Misunderstood Other Mother" Documentary has been accepted for the 25th anniversary of the Through Women's Eyes Film Festival. Don't miss the virtual screening premiere, March 10th 2024.
Through Women's Eyes Film Festival Virtual Screening
Umbra, Blakelee Pieroni 2023
Curated by Blakelee Pieroni, the group exhibition m OTHER is a provocative and contemplative showcase of artwork that explores the infrequently discussed topic of stepmotherhood. Through a range of live performance art, mixed media installations, workshops, and various visual mediums, m OTHER presents a powerful narrative that challenges the societal norms surrounding the misunderstood role stepmothers play within a familial unit. The core of the exhibition reveals the isolation and loss of personhood one must endure when entering the role. The exhibit shines a light on the overlooked efforts that stepmothers face, while various artists produce real-time, creative research and data in a safe space removed from traditional family cohabitation.
Pieroni encourages visitors to question nuclear family norms and societal pressures that keep this undervalued group silent. m OTHER is a vital showcase that analyzes the complexities of stepmotherhood and invites visitors to engage with the issues surrounding modern-day family dynamics. The exhibition serves as a compelling reminder that subject-object dualism remains a burden on human behavior. Breaking free from commonplace stigmas, statistics, and stereotypes, m OTHER advocates for a collective unraveling of the definition of family, through detachment of conventional patterns and territorial principles.
