Tracey Emin; Women and Nightclubs; Young Children and Mental Health
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Tracey Emin was one of the leading figures of the Young British Artists movement of the 1990s. Hers is a uniquely provocative, confessional style which confronts issues such as trauma of abortion, rape, alcoholism and sexual history. Her famous artworks include: Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 and she came to greater prominence in 1999 with a Turner Prize nomination for her famous piece My Bed. One of her most powerful works is a hand-crafted quilt called Psycho Slut, with texts that recall her childhood abuse and personal trauma. She has recently undergone radical surgery for bladder cancer. Tracey joins Emma to discuss her latest exhibition - The Loneliness of the Soul – for which she has selected masterpieces by Edvard Munch to show alongside her most recent paintings.
Last weekend the first nightclub event in the UK for over a year took place in Liverpool - with no social distancing or face coverings required. This was part of a trial to provide key scientific data on how clubbing events could safely reopen as part of the government's roadmap, which aims for all restrictions lifted by June 21. But could this be a fresh start and a chance to re-imagine how nightlife could be reopened in a way that makes women feel safer? Although clubs can be places where women have a lot of fun and let their hair down, we also know they can be intimidating spaces. Bryony Beynon is the Managing Director of the Good Night Out Campaign, Alice Fuller is the manager and co-ordinator of Corsica studios at Elephant and Castle in London and Jess Flaherty is a reporter for the Liverpool Echo who actually went clubbing last weekend.
How can you better communicate with your child, whatever their age, to help ensure they have good future mental health? The broadcaster and author of 'There’s no such thing as Naughty’ Kate Silverton, and Dr Sheila Redfern from the Anna Freud Centre discuss.
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| 0:55.2 | While it's been extremely difficult on many levels for the last year, we've also missed |
| 1:00.3 | out on so many of those things that give us some buzz, take the edge off, make life feel |
| 1:05.4 | alive. Those things have been closed or restricted, but it is coming back and today I want |
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| 1:22.0 | My first guest today, Tracy Eman, is here to talk about her |
| 1:25.0 | new show which was only open for nine days before closing due to COVID restrictions, her |
| 1:29.6 | shortest show yet, but it is coming back and I'm sure she'll have plenty to say about releases and how she |
| 1:34.8 | kicks back and lets it all out. Also talking to a nightclub manager and to someone who attended the UK's first |
| 1:57.8 | club night at the weekend. The Liverpool Experiment which saw more than 6,000 |
| 2:01.4 | people come together without social distancing having taken a COVID test, |
| 2:05.8 | simply to feel the beat, dance and let themselves go. |
| 2:09.6 | Take me there now, I say, dancing, that is a release, one one I adore but sadly it has been kitchen |
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