CBC ARTS: ART HURTS
CBC Arts is part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and it’s home
to the most surprising, relevant and provocative stories featuring artists
from diverse communities across Canada. In light of this, producer Lise Hosein,
recently launched a digital series on their feed called Art
Hurts. The series features some of the
most innovative tattoo artists in Canada, who are also all
female-identifying or gender non-binary.
In many cultures,
tattooing was traditionally done by women and worn by women, and Art Hurts wants
to show how these tradition has survived in an often male-heavy
industry. The eight artists chosen for the video series, include; Hilary Jane, Liz Kim, Ilona Fiddy, Tee Fergus, Marigold Santos, Jessica Coffey, Amy Malbeufand Nomi Chi.
Producer
Lise Hosein explains the inspiration behind the series:
This series came
about mainly because I’m fascinated by tattoos and wanted to focus on some who
had a compelling and really recognisable aesthetic, to really shine a light on
the art and design that goes into tattoos. And along the way, I happily realised
that there’s a growing community of female and non binary artists who are
changing the landscape. So we decided to focus exlusively on them! And I hope
we’ll get to do more.
These tattoo artists
had been chosen because they have written meaning and symbology in their
tattoos that is created in a way that it resonates with the people who get
them, they are also doing new things with the craft, helping to bring it into a
new era of tattooing.
(Source: Things&Ink.)
