Caroline Smith
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Spanksong [60Kb] |
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Grip [56Kb] |
Artist's Statement
My performances explore female identity and desire through different characters and scenarios. In 'Scenes from the Wishing Room', the author searches for an actress who can play an astronaut but only finds an out-of-work Jackie O look-a-like. In 'Spank', a dominatrix draws on her childhood to reveal the influences that led to her career, not least a fantasy packed lunch and Cilla Black's hit song 'Come Inside Love'. 'Super Model' sees a woman throw herself into the high risk industry of catwalk modelling and photo shoots after attending a 'How To Binge On Your Dreams And Lose Anxiety' self-help class. The characters' journeys are interwoven with autobiographical anecdotes and imagined memories in order to blur the roles of the writer, performer and character.
Biography
Caroline Smith is a writer and performer. She received her Masters in Creative Writing at Middlesex University and is Senior Lecturer in Media Writing at Greenwich University. She is currently Attitude magazine's Arts Editor and has contributed to Creative Camera, Contemporary, Women's Art Magazine and Wasafiri in London as well as Black Book and Photo District News in New York. Her fiction has been published by Cornerhouse and Tank magazine. Her one woman shows have been performed at Greenwich University and Antenna Studios.
Contact Details
Caroline Smith
E: carolinesmith123@yahoo.co.uk