Here
we are, the three of us sitting in Greta's dining room at her type writer,
our art work on the couch in the distance. We were preparing a printed
version of "Art and Daily Life," which Greta Nemiroff, Alanna
Horner and I had presented at Dazibao Photography Gallery in Montreal
in 1982, for the book Women and Men: Interdisciplinary Readings on Gender
(Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1987).
Asked to give a gallery talk during the exhibit of my project Relations,
I approached two of the subjects of my photographs to collaborate with
me on a presentation about the overlaps in our approaches to art work.
In "Art and Daily Life," we interwove discussions about our
differences and connections as artists using different media, with readings
from Greta's fiction and slide projections of my photographs and of
Alanna's paintings and drawings. For all three of us, the substance
of our artwork is rooted in our daily lives and in our continuing friendships.
Working on this project together was very stimulating and helped us
to articulate our ideas about art-making, life and feminism.