Scarlet!

Ladies are you feeling brave?? Recently I have been looking at feminism, Freud and taboo, and the politics of menstruation. What fascinates me is that menstruating is still such a taboo subject in today's society. Nobody wants to talk about it and certainly not look at it. After the feminist movements of the 1960's and 70's with striking figures such as Germaine Greer and Judy Chicago, have we really come that far?? This got me thinking...

I took a photograph of my blood-stained 'period knickers' on the bathroom floor. At first I felt mildly ashamed, as though I was breaking some kind of unspoken law, but this shame quickly turned to exhilaration! I WAS breaking some kind of unspoken law and it felt great! A wonderful artist and feminist friend of mine suggested that I should encourage other women to do the same and send me their photographs. I thought this was a brilliant idea! A photograph of my blood-stained knickers on the wall is mildly provocative but a hundred photographs of OUR blood-stained knickers is a bold and powerful statement!

Ladies I would be honoured and deeply grateful if you would take part in this project. It will be on-going so there is no deadline for sending your photographs. Absolute anonymity and discretion is guaranteed. I cannot stress that enough! Please feel free to invite female friends and spread the word.

You can send your photographs to my email: alisaky0@gmail.com (that's a zero after the y!)

I, Ali Kirby am studying Sculpture and Combined Media in Limerick School of Art and Design. Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or feedback relating to this project.


THANK YOU!

Domesticity

Although these objects have their roots in the domestic, they are unfamiliar and ambiguous. Sculptures hang from the wall while the floor is painted. An empty lampshade is duplicated becoming doubly useless. These objects belong nowhere thus creating a sense of a domestic scene gone awry...

Undertow Exhibition

My work was chosen for the group exhibition 'Undertow' curated by Aideen Barry and Alice Maher which took place in Ormston Gallery in Limerick from Dec 2011 to Jan 2012. The show has been invited to the LAB in Dublin which will open at 6pm on Feb 2nd 2012 and run until the 3rd of March.

Variations on a tree...

Objects

    
                      I want to create objects that come from everywhere but belong nowhere...

The beginning of 2nd Year Sculpture...

I am interested in found objects and how they carry within them their own associations, histories and gender. This piece was assembled with old bed springs and a rolling pin. The stacked piece evokes nightmarish dayglow cupcakes. Domestic references are clear with sexual tension at the core...

A brief flirtation with graffiti...