It’s amazing how many connections I have made since R.D. Laing 50. I feel so inspired and driven to do more events and work with more amazing people.
I connected with Carolee Schneemann via the filmmaker Peter Davis, both of whom I have just met in the last week. I am inspired to do an event based on the Dialectics of Liberation conference which was organised by Dr Joseph Berke.
As a seminal feminist artist, Carolee does not need much of an introduction. I recently read her essay about her experience at the Dialectics of Liberation conference in her book, More Than Meat Joy. She performed a happening at the end of the two week conference and there was also the UK premier of her film, Fuses.
Carolee was one of the few female voices at the conference, the other being IKON’s editor, Susan Sherman. I am intrigued by the lack of female visibility at the Dialectics of Liberation. It was an occasion where race was given a platform (with the inclusion of Stokely Carmichael) however women remained on the fringes. My research will hopefully uncover more…
Dee Sada 