Visualising Menstruation

Professor Camilla Mørk Røstvik is a Professor in History at the University of Agder, Norway and President of the Society or Menstrual Cycle Research. Until Summer 2022, she was a Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Art History at the University of Aberdeen, UK. She previously held research fellowships in History and Art History at the University of St Andrews; and at the University of Leeds. Her...

What counts as women’s work? And how does menstruation and menstrual art represent and respond to experiences of gendered, aesthetic and reproductive labour? In Episode 5 of the Visualising Menstruation podcast, we explore these questions through contemporary art, featuring work by Carina Úbeda Chacana, Eleanor Antin, Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Phoebe Ching Yin Man, Lutz Bacher, Lee Bul, Helena Walsh,...

Visualising Menstruation is written, hosted, edited and produced by Dr Bee Hughes. In this episode (a brief departure from our promised schedule) Bee shares project updates, reflects on their experience as Artist in Residence at St Andrews during Covid, talks through some of the menstrual art historical touchstones of their work, and reveals how an iconic academic gown was transformed into menstru...

Visualising Menstruation is written, hosted, edited and produced by Dr Bee Hughes. In today's episode (part 1 of a 2-part special) join Bee to explore how artists have shaped the aesthetics of menstrual blood, from the language of disgust and stigma to imagery that celebrates blood’s beauty, power, and symbolism, and work that uses menstrual blood as a metaphor for social and political violence. W...

Visualising Menstruation is written, hosted, edited and produced by Dr Bee Hughes. In this episode we’re going to get into the thorny issues of the naked body in art. Why has femininity historically been labelled as the object, and masculinity as the subject? Is it possible to wrest control of representing bodies away from the regime of the male gaze? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): http...

In the first full episode Bee talks about why they think it's important to paint the airwaves red with menstrual talk, they discuss some of the ways menstruation has been theorised by art historians and other academics, and discuss examples of art projects by Jen Lewis and Vanessa Tiegs. Full show notes here . Visualising Menstruation is written, hosted, edited and produced by Dr Bee Hughes. Music...

In this episode get to know Bee, find out how you can get involved & discover Bee's thoughts on menstrual liminality. Full shownotes: https://linktr.ee/visualisingmenstruation   Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):  https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/flow-state License code: KL36RERAGRJTA1OS