Feed

Photograph of a woman with long brown hair sitting in a large chair with a baby on her lap. The baby and woman are both dressed in white and looking at an iPad attached to the chair. The chair has a wooden frame and is decorated with drawings.
Photograph of two seated women. One has a baby on her lap and another is breastfeeding a baby.
Photo of woman dressed in black with blond hair, standing in a town square with earphones in and holding a watermelon in front of her stomach.
Photo of two women standing in a green room. One is holding a microphone and a brown paper flag with the words 'Human Milk is Normal' written on it in white.
Corner of pink poster on a wooden cupboard, with the words 'Do not tell me to be quiet or be a 'good girl', or a 'good mother'. I am tired and angry, and I will take up space, and not shut up.
White woman sitting cross-legged on a brightly coloured rug.
Photo of a woman, with a butterfly tattoo on her hand, sitting at a table and writing the words ' My chest, my choice, my boobs, my power' onto a brown paper flag.
Photo of a woman sitting in a large wooden framed chair, with a baby on her knee and two small children next to her.
Two adults and two toddlers sitting on a colourful rug, colouring a sheet of paper with pictures of people bresatfeeding on it.

Feed is an collaborative project which promotes inclusive, sustainable approaches to infant feeding and public space. Working with cultural venues, public health teams, artists and communities, we want to create opportunities for people to share their experiences and to expand understandings of human milk and mothering.

Launched in summer 2022, the project has included a public event at Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, and the creation of a multimedia feeding chair, which between November 2023 and January 2026,  we will tour to: The Tetley (Leeds), Leeds Art Gallery, Ikon (Birmingham), Arnolfini (Bristol), Woodend Gallery (Scarborough), Chapter Arts (Cardiff), Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library (Preston) and Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow).

At each venue, the chair will be accompanied by a programme of creative activities and events, exploring issues of public space, gender and human milk.

The tour will also include:

— 7 creative and critical writing commissions published by Corridor8.
— An artist-in-residence project at Ikon.
— 3 new contemporary art commissions.

We have also produced two limited edition publications, which include artworks and essays about public space, gender and human milk and are available to purchase here.

Visit the Feed minisite

 

Contributors: Jade Montserrat, Nicola Singh, Magda Stawarska, Krissi Musiol, Sally Sutherland, Joanna Wolfarth, Louise Oliver, Diversity in Infant Feeding, Amy Halliday, Lara Eggleton, Prof Gill Thomson
Year: 2022 - ongoing
Partners: Textbook Studio, Corridor8
Funders: Arts Council England, Birmingham CIty Council, Glasgow Life

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