"In coming to Light Music (1975) I was motivated in part by the scant attention being paid to women composers in the European musical tradition."– Lis Rhodes
This exhibition marks the first three years of the Freelands Award and draws attention to the fourth iteration of our research report into opportunities for female artists in the UK.
It includes works by the first three recipients of the award – Jacqueline Donachie (2016, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh), Lis Rhodes (2017, Nottingham Contemporary) and Veronica Ryan (2018, Spike Island, Bristol). The exhibition features Donachie’s An Era of Small Pleasures, a major sculptural installation; Rhodes’s Notes from Light Music, a seminal film from 1975–77 made in response to the absence of female composers from the classical canon, and Veronica Ryan’s Salvage.
The publication includes 3 postcards and texts featuring Jacqueline Donachie in conversation with Phyllida Barlow, a transcribed talk by Lis Rhodes, and Veronica Ryan in conversation with Henry Ward (Creative Director, Freelands Foundation).
Published in 2019, 15 pages, designed by UTILE
