In this episode Bee revisits their experience as Artist in Residence on the project Blood Lines: Exploring the History of Menstruation at the University of St Andrews (Hughes, Røstvik & Spencer, 2021).
They talk about the project, a collaboration between Bee, Dr Camilla Mork Rostvik and Dr Catherine Spencer and reflect on the intersections of menstruation, artistic practice, institutional history, and the unforeseen conditions of the COVID‑19 pandemic.
Read MoreIn Episode 3 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.
Read MoreIn 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?
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