Major Barbara — kym mcdaniel

Photography "Major Barbara" Performance

Projections on 4 walls above the boxing style theatrical set.

Found Footage from "Major Barbara" Projections

A black and white photograph - a light-skinned woman yelling into a megaphone. She is surrounded by protesters.

Found Footage from "Major Barbara" Projections

Found footage of a woman walking on tightrope with an umbrella over her head. She looks to be in a large urban city.

Found Footage from "Major Barbara" Projections

A photograph of an old newspaper from 1929. The headline reads, “Privy Council Rules Women Are ‘Persons’”.

Major Barbara

4 Channel Video, 8 min, 2017

Direction: Rebecca Holderness

Video Creation & Edit: Kym McDaniel

Performance: Theater Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Funded by the Department of Theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, I created projections using found and current footage of American women's marches, protests, and suffrage events throughout 19th, 20th, and 21st century. Found and current footage collage into one another, bending and distorting time. American society and the treatment of women in the past and present becomes one disturbing timeline. Projections were displayed on 4 walls above the boxing style theatrical set, furthering themes of conflict and power. A single channel projection of combined projections was on loop in theatre lobby.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Theatre

December 6 - 10 2017

Arts Center Gallery

Milwaukee WI