In response to the theme of Anxiety I created a short film that is being shown at the 57th Venice Biennale in a satellite project devised and curated by Vanya Balogh. The resulting film is “The Pencil Test”. We are so used to the sexualised bodies of celebrities and porn stars that exposing a normal middle-aged body becomes a subversive act. Images of women’s nipples are banned from social media and some countries around the world put legal restrictions on what women can wear. I don’t agree with this: these corroding anxieties help neither men nor women.
#freethenipple #feminist

To view the video on Vimeo use the password: pencil

The Pencil Test from nerys mathias on Vimeo.

Exhibition Runs;

13th May – 26th November 2017

Open daily Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 6pm. You have lots of time to see it!

Press Release EMPIRE II sml
https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/empire-ii-a-british-art-57th-venice-biennale-collateral-show
This is a radio programme from Resonance fm about the exhibition, The News Agents with Jude Cowan Montague and Glenn Fitzy Fitzgerald and Gzillion artist. It gives a good overview of what is it like to go to Venice for the Biennale: