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THE CHILD SHE DIDN'T WANT,BUT THE STATE DID

LEANN HERLIHY

The Gallery | 24/05/2017

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Léann Herlihy is a performance artist based in Dublin. Her practice attends to the intersection of invisible power structures; addressing the position of the female body as a focal point of repressed histories and political desires.


Taking place on the eve of the Irish Referendum to legalise abortion 'the child She didn't want, but the State did' is a performance that can be considered as a ‘swan song’ of support towards persons attempting to navigate State repression against the female body, particularly in relation to reproductive rights.

1 Sofer, Andrew, The Stage Life of Props, 2003
2 Black Box, White Cube, Gray Zone: Dance Exhibitions and Audience Attention. Bishop, Claire, 2018
3 Austin, J.L., “How to do things with Words”, 1962
4 Kososky Sedgewick, Eve, “Touching Feeling”, 2003

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