Dream Baby (I am my own sunshine 1995-2002)

Dream Baby (I am my own sunshine 1995-2002)

Diaristic

The book is a collection of my work made over the span of about 5 years. The title comes from a reimagining and reauthorising of memory and childhood. I had realised I had lost a chunk of memory due to childhood trauma and wanted to reassert it via my work and had also realised the themes which had ran throughout my practice all along. It is rooted in collective joy as resistance and our ability to shape our narratives against forces in control. From politics to family abuse, this book subverts the sadness into a fantasy of costume, rave and working class narratives. Class is rooted in the book as I explore what it means to make authentically working class imagery in an industry that is obsessed with the visuals yet condemns our actual existence.

Stephanie Francis-Shanahan

Stephanie Francis-Shanahan

2020

spiral bound, 170gsm gloss, digital print

14.8x21x2cm

128

126

44

London

Geri Dempsey/Jessica Gianelli/Stephanie Francis-Shanahan

Geri Dempsey/Jessica Gianelli/Stephanie Francis-Shanahan

Inky little fingers

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https://stephaniefrancisshanahan.com

https://stephaniefrancisshanahan.com/DREAM-BABY-I-AM-MY-OWN-SUNSHINE-1995-2002

https://stephaniefrancisshanahan.com/DREAM-BABY

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