Quiet Girls
Quiet Girls was first developed through R&D in 2021.
In 2024 we re-visited the project in Eastleigh, and I worked with a group of local women and a professional creative team to begin to explore how women and girl's voices have not been heard historically, and how we express ourselves.
Over four months, the group met to research and discuss our experiences. Working with a movement director, a singer-songwriter and a sound designer, participants used craetive practice to explore how we take up space and use our voices. We held a sharing in summer 2024 to share our ideas with an audience of friends and family.
This short film by videographer Jess Hunt shows some of our explorations in the project and the experiences of participants.
Images © Ellie Smith 2024
Lead artist: Gemma Kerr
Movement director : Fiona Rae
Singer-songwriter: Lucy Kitchen
Sound designer: Fari Bradley
Videography: Jess Hunt
Access consultant: Kate Fox
Participants:
Vera Chiu
Julie DeBono
Natalie Keigher
Emma Mansfield
Kirsty Williamson
You can watch a film of the 2021 work-in-progress sharing here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9yoi03Q4pU&t=1s
If you'd be interested in keeping in touch with the development of the show, or if you'd like to be part of a future participant group, please do contact me through the website.
