Bernadette Hopkins Artist
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Bound for your Pleasure
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In my solo performance ‘Bound for your Pleasure’ I bring focus to the ancient practice of ‘Foot Binding’ which exsisted from the 10th Century  into the 20th Century. It was an ancient tradition of forced deformity of women entailing breaking the toes and instep of the feet starting as young as 4 years of age. It’s aim was to change the female's feet to conform to male ideals of beauty and marriageability.

The performance was part of 
the International artistic programme of 2020 of Bbeyond.
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 ‘On the Way’, Concepts of Freedom and Identity are explored and expended in a deep ecology of performative actions. The role of artists is seen as a catalyst of creativity and contemporary thinking, moving the agenda from ego to eco – echoing issues around politics, geopolitics, social identities and personal identities.

Artists who took part 
Nieves Correa (ES)
Sandra Corrigan Breathnach (IRL)
Eleni Kolliopoulou (GR/NI)
Bernadette Hopkins (IRL)
Zara Lyness (NI)
Elaine McGinn (NI)
Karin Meiner (DE)
Boris Nieslony (DE)
Mari Norddahl (NOR)
Anette Friedrich Johannessen (NOR)​


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bernadettehopkins@icloud.com
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  • Home
  • Performance Art
    • Wild Swans Performance Art
    • Forgotten Places
    • Our Bodies Their Borders
    • Dust of Destruction: Breathe
    • Margaritifera margaritifera
    • Gothenburg performance
    • Fem 20 Performance
    • The Politics of Water
    • Bound for your Pleasure
    • Fem 2019 Girona, Spain
    • Tainted Cyan
    • 'Voicing the Bridge' Clady Border
    • Three People in a Room at a Table
    • We are all I know is there
    • Please Open the Door Behind You
    • Buried Deeds
    • The Invisible Red Line
    • The Broken Column
    • Administration of Occupation
  • Participatory Art
    • Rights of Nature
    • Breaking Borders 2022
    • Radical ReThink
    • Roots of Disarmament
    • Call for the Wild
    • Night of the Utopian Bonfire
    • Toxic Blush
    • Cyan SOS The Occupation
    • Drawn From Borders
    • Culture Crossroads
    • Utopia Ducks
    • Art of Resistance
    • Social Practice Art Collaborations
    • Bread and Roses Theatre
  • About
    • Artist Statement
    • CV
    • Biography
    • Recent Events
    • Publication Donegal Intercultural Framework Document
    • Contact
    • Misc.
    • Media