How men and women occupy public space in different ways
Walking In the Way: Pauline Cummins and Frances Mezzetti.
Negotiating public spaces as a woman can be an experience fraught with challenges, judgments, or unwanted approaches. It is a topic explored by artists Pauline Cummins and Frances Mezzetti in a fascinating series of performances that they began over a decade ago, titled Walking in the Way.
The artists explore the different ways in which men and women occupy space by appearing as men in a variety of cities including Dublin, Edinburgh, Madrid and Istanbul. They have revisited the performances in a retrospective currently showing at the South Tipperary Arts Centre in Clonmel, which will later tour to other venues. According to Cummins, the themes of their collaboration are more timely than ever.
