In Conversation with Gail Hornstein: ‘Whose Story Counts? Madness from the Inside Out’
Tuesday 14 February (with the Institute for Cultural Practices) 6pm, The Whitworth Art Gallery Lecture Theatre
Bobby Baker is a woman, and an artist. She lives in London, England. In her career of 35 odd years she has, amongst other things, danced with meringue ladies; made a life size edible and tasty cake version of her family to be eaten by visitors; opened her kitchen to the public and subsequently many kitchens around the world; driven around the streets of London strapped to the back of a truck screaming at passers by through a megaphone to ‘Pull Yourselves Together’ and cured thousands of her pea patients with their many ‘unreasonable’ psychological and behavioural problems with her Therapy Empire How To Live. Her company is called Daily Life Ltd and is based at Artsadmin, East London.
- Hornstein review of Baker's Diary Drawings (PDF Document, 2,974 KB)
Related Events:
Postgraduate Masterclass Wednesday 15th February Mansfield Cooper 2.02
Bobby Baker and Gail Hornstein with Simon Parry (Institute for Cultural Practices) and Maggie Gale (Drama)
CIDRA & ICP Research Seminar and Screening of Bobby Baker's Work
Tues 7th February 5-7pm, Room 4.10 Mansfield Cooper Building
Dr Helen Iball (University of Leeds) and Dr Simon Parry (University of Manchester) will introduce clips of Bobby Baker’s performance practice (including How to Live and Box Story) and discuss a range of aspects of her performance and broader artistic work.
Free and open to all.