A World of One’s Own with Tai Snaith

With a nod to Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘A Room of One’s Own’ from 1929, artist Tai Snaith has conducted a series of conversations with mid-career and emerging women and non-binary artists whom she admires. These relaxed, colloquial exchanges explore shifts and similarities that artists face in their lives and artistic practices. Together, they attempt to break down the how and why of making art. They look at physical processes and how they relate, not only to outcomes, but also connect to the unconscious or non-visual parallels and needs in our lives. Notions such as self-doubt, control, meaning, shame, risk, parenthood and radicalism are some of the rich topics covered. This project is supported by The Australia Council for the Arts.

As part of the exhibition of A World Of One’s Own at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery in May 2021, this talk was held as a live event with an audience in the gallery. Host of the podcast Tai Snaith (seated left) and Art Historian and writer Janine Burke (right) discuss the project and why it is important that public collections continue to focus on collecting work by female-identifying artists.

Audio production and editing by Martin Kay.

Programmed and invited by MPRG curator and director Danny Lacy (left with microphone).

Artwork featured in photo by Sally Smart.