In 2011 we hosted a digital media competition for artists working on the themes of motherhood, care and labour. The winner was: ‘Underbelly’, by Christine Wilks. This is a moving and complex work of digital fiction, about a woman sculptor who is carving in stone on the site of a former colliery in the north of England. As she carves, she is disturbed by a medley of voices, including her own internal dialogue, an articulation of her innermost fears and desires. As she chips away at the stone, other voices begin to emerge, telling the stories of women who worked underground in the pits, hauling rock in squalid, harsh conditions. Runners up were Marie-Josiane Agossou & Esther Jones for The Order of Things, Hester Jones for Keep Still and Look Left Look Right, Hollie McNish for Night-Time Walkers Day-Time Workers & WOW, and Marina Velez for Mother: ing and Strowis Motherhood.
All work can be viewed at: here.