Men’s Work is an online screening of material that has informed the development of Jamie Crewe’s Ashley (2020). Rooted in the traditions of British rural horror, the screening will feature TV episodes and radio excerpts, dating from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, that base themselves in newly bought or renovated rural cottages. In these cottages, and outside them, women encounter terrors particular to them, and are obliged to face the threat of the wild, the poor, the dead, and the transitory. Between these episodes will be recorded readings of texts that inspired Jamie in the writing and conception of Ashley: something about transness, something about stigma, something about trauma, and something else. The screening page will include a chatroom, which Jamie will be active in throughout, and conversation will be encouraged!
This event will broadcast live at cytu.be/r/menswork on Thu 17 December, 6pm
Jamie Crewe’s solo exhibition Ashley runs 3 Dec 2020 – 30 Jan 2021 at LUX. Book your visit here
