Carrying the motherload: A walking artist looks back on a decade of pram-pushing

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Qualmann, C. 2024. Carrying the motherload: A walking artist looks back on a decade of pram-pushing. The Sociological Review Magazine. https://doi.org/10.51428/tsr.pvrh3063
AuthorsQualmann, C.
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I recently emerged from more than a decade of pram use, a time in which I pushed three small children from babyhood to independent mobility and made a series of artworks exploring that experience called Perambulator (2012-2023), which ended with a poem. Becoming a parent changed my approach to art, and my experiences of walking with a pram inspired the project 'perambulator'.

Keywordswalking; walking art; motherhood; pram; perambulator
JournalThe Sociological Review Magazine
Year2024
PublisherSociological Review Foundation Limited
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Deposited13 Nov 2024
Copyright holder© 2024 Clare Qualmann.
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