{"id":851,"date":"2022-08-18T11:24:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T10:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/?post_type=exhibit2&#038;p=851"},"modified":"2022-09-14T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T18:15:09","slug":"battledress","status":"publish","type":"exhibit2","link":"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/event-central\/battledress\/","title":{"rendered":"Battledress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Professor David Forrest, School of English, has collaborated with writer Rachel Genn, \u00a0Debbie Ballin and Human to create Battledress. This immersive gallery piece explores working class women\u2019s fashion and the rituals of getting ready and going out. It encourages participants to reflect on their own coming of age experiences through music, fashion and rebellion and asks \u2018what outfit makes you feel most powerful?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In 1980\u2019s Sheffield, we dressed in jockey silks, danced like we meant it and fought because we had to\u2026<\/p><cite>R Genn, 2021<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Battledress is a new two screen immersive using archive and oral history material by Genn, Ballin and Human, commissioned by Festival of the Mind, that explores working class women\u2019s histories of fashion, fighting and allegiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>You could get into Turn Ups nightclub in 1980s Sheffield if you were 15, but only if the bouncers fancied you. If they did, you could be wearing whatever you liked: jodhpurs, Prince of Wales check suits; you could even be carrying a walking cane. We weren\u2019t fully out of the shadow of <em>A Clockwork Orange<\/em>, and so found ourselves getting away with a tasteless mix of aristo and militaria. It would be nearly ten years until Bikini Kill released \u2018Rebel Girl\u2019 but we already lived by the lines, \u201cThat girl thinks she\u2019s the queen of the neighbourhood, I got news for you, she is!&#8221;<\/p><cite>R Genn, 2021<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to take part?<\/strong><br>Share your Battledress.\u00a0Tell us what outfit made you feel invincible.\u00a0Did you ever have a fight? What for?<br>@Battledress80s<br>#Battledress80s<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"credits-block \">\n    <h2 class=\"title\">Credits<\/h2>\n    \n\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/english\/people\/academic-staff\/david-forrest\"> Professor David Forrest<\/a>, School of English<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Collaborators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jen Hodgson<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andotherstories.org\/authors\/rachel-genn\/\">Rachel Genn<\/a>, Writer<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk\/staff\/debbie-ballin\/\">Debbie Ballin<\/a>, Senior Lecturer, Filmmaking &amp; Documentary, SODA at Manchester Metropolitan University<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/humanstudio.com\/\">Human Studio<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.uk\/north-west-film-archive\">North West Film Archive<\/a> at Manchester Metropolitan University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With Support From<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Festival of the Mind, University of Sheffield<\/li><li>Arts Council England<\/li><li>SODA at Manchester Metropolitan University<\/li><li>Manchester School of Art Research Centre<\/li><li>Manchester Writing School (CELL)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Copyright<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Made with the assistance of North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University &amp; University of Salford<\/li><li>BBC Copyright Content Reproduced from courtesy of the British Broadcasting Corporation all rights reserved&nbsp;<\/li><li>Granada Studios<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Archive Materials Provided by&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Beth Hewitt&nbsp;<\/li><li>John McManus<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Still Images Provided by<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Picture Sheffield&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Sheffield Star<\/li><li>Ron Clayton<\/li><li>V&amp;A<\/li><li>Connor Matheson<\/li><li>Rachel Genn&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Thanks to<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pat Dallman&nbsp;<\/li><li>Will McTaggart&nbsp;<\/li><li>Martin Jones<\/li><li>Jennifer Booth<\/li><li>Ingrid McKinney\/Esther McKinney<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"related-content\" style=\"--background-image-tablet-var: url(https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Compressed_Titles-\u2013-2-768x513.png); --background-image-desktop-var: url(https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Compressed_Titles-\u2013-2-1024x683.png); --background-image-wide-var: url(https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Compressed_Titles-\u2013-2.png)\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <h2>Accompanying talks &#038; activities<\/h2>\n        <div class=\"content-carousel swiper-container\">\n            <ul class=\"content-carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n                                    <li class=\"content-carousel__item swiper-slide\">\n                        \n<a href=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/spiegeltent\/battledress\/\" class=\"grid-list__item\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/post-card-front-copy-e1660818163516-610x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Collage of photographs of women from the 80s with the text &#039;Battledress&#039; in pink neon below\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/post-card-front-copy-e1660818163516-610x340.jpg 610w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/post-card-front-copy-e1660818163516-800x446.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>    <div class=\"grid-list__content\">\n                <div class=\"date\">20th Sep 5:00pm<\/div>        <h3>Battledress<\/h3>        In this talk Professor David Forrest, School of English, will take you on a journey into the world of working class women&#8217;s fashion.    <\/div>\n<\/a>                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n            <div class=\"swiper-nav\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":856,"template":"","events_category":[11],"class_list":["post-851","exhibit2","type-exhibit2","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","events_category-exhibit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - 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