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*UNITED MOTHERNIST ARTISTS MANIFEST ILLUMINISMS*

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At the intersection of feminism, science fiction and disco “Mothernism” aims to locate the mother-shaped hole in contemporary art and discourse, therefore:

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MOTHERNISM IS NOT SOLELY AN ETHICAL OR POLITICAL,
BUT ALSO AN AESTHETIC POSITION

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MOTHERNISM AIMS TO MAKE MOTHERS AND MOTHERING VISIBLE, AUDIBLE AND PALPABLE, OUTSIDE BUT PARTICULARLY INSIDE OF THE VISUAL ARTS

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MOTHERNISM AIMS TO EXAMINE AND CHALLENGE THE PERCEIVED SCHISM BETWEEN THE MATERNAL AND THE ARTISTIC

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MOTHERNISTS STRIVE FOR THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF EXCELLENCY, BEARING IN MIND THE PARAMETERS OF ‘QUALITY’ ARE NOT UNIVERSAL, BUT LOCAL

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MOTHERNISM IS CO-LABORING WITH THE FORCES

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MOTHERNISM IS AN ORGY OF ORGANISATION

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MOTHERNISM IS RE-STUDIO, RE-MODERN,

RE-CONSTRUCTIVIST

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MOTHERNISTS PLAY IN THE EXPANDED FIELD BETWEEEN

CRITICALITY AND GENEROSITY

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MOTHERNISM BEGINS TO BREATH WHILE BEING DRAWN OUT

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ALL MOTHERS BEING EQUAL, NOT ALL MOTHERS ARE ALIKE,

NOR ARE ALL MOTHERNISTS ALIKE

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MOTHERNISTS GET THEIR DAILY FOOD GROUPS COVERED:

EYE CANDY, SOUL FOOD, UMAMI

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