Visible Girls: Revisited at Trinity Centre on Thursday 6th September 2018

Visible Girls: Revisited at Trinity Centre on Thursday 6th September 2018

Posted on: 28 Aug 2018

A powerful exhibition combining two eras of women's lives juxtaposed against a background of societal change and turmoil will be on show at Trinity Centre in Bristol for Visible Girls: Revisited on Thursday 6th September 2018.


It all began back in 1981 with photographer Anita Corbin capturing key moments in the lives of 56 young women - members of various subcultural groups including Mods, Skins, Punk and Rockabillies and New Romantics - to create an incredible collection of 'coming of age' portraits that reflected unity, friendship, believe and kinship set against the turbulent backdrop of 80s Britain, rife with cultural, social and political change.

Visible Girls: Revisited photograph

36 years later, Corbin re-photographed the majority of the original female group and, using the most cutting-edge digital technology, has curated a new collection of images to sit alongside the influential, groundbreaking originals, as well as incorporating original tape recordings made with some of the girls way back in 1981.


This touring exhibition - supported by Arts Council England - amalgamates two distinct time periods of women's lives alongside potent, undeniable societal changes, the effects of women's rights and the question of personal identity.
You can find out more about the exhibition here


Trinity Centre is located at Trinity Road, Bristol, BS2 0NW.  Tel. 0117 935 1200. 
 


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Jamie Caddick

Jamie is a writer, blogger, journalist, critic, film fan, soundtrack nerd and all-round Bristolian good egg.  He loves the music of Philip Glass, the art of Salvador Dali, the writings of Charles Bukowksi and Hunter S Thompson, the irreverence of Harry Hill, and the timeless, straw-chomping exuberance of The Wurzels.  You can sometimes find him railing against a surging tide of passing cyclists, or gorging himself senseless on the Oriental delights of a Cosmos all-you-can-eat buffet.