WOMEN: HOOD IV

About this event

ABOUT THE PROJECT: “Women: Hood (WH),” a community-engaged art project, explores complex experiences of femininity through interviews, responsive artworks, and performances. For the past eight years, the collective has interviewed women who have lived, worked, or studied in Iowa. These women’s stories, along with the art they inspired, are the heart of this project. The project plans to release the fourth phase in Iowa City and eastern Iowa with our new body of artwork, performances, a video screening event, and a participatory move. Project organizer and collective member Satomi Kawai grew up in Japan, where a woman’s virtue is modesty, obedience, and harmonizing with her family and society. When she moved to Iowa City, she found new opportunities to examine and explore the qualities of womanhood, including physical, mental, emotional, and psychological layers, as well as muscular appearance. Changes in the external environment, over time, added flexibility to her conception of femininity. Her experiences sparked curiosity: did others have similar transformations after moving to Iowa? Women: Hood is the culmination of years of research and interviews with inspiring women from around the world who share a connection to Iowa. Women: Hood Collective: Satomi Kawai, Douglas Baker, Dani Sigler, Vero Rose Smith, and Anita Jung. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Lina-Maria Murillo

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