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Recorded over the course of a year by a camera positioned above her bed, Tabitha Soren 'Motherload' is a series of self-portraits of the artist as a nursing mother. 💛 💻 Join our free Online Talk: MOTHERLOAD, A Contemporary Perspective of Madonna and Child with Tabitha Soren. All welcome, join from anywhere with an internet connection. Tue 14 Jan 6.30-7.30pm (GMT) / 1.30pm (EST) / 10.30am (PST). ✨Soren is joining us online from the US to give insights into the process and consequences of making photographs of the sleep deprivation, emotional turbulence, isolation and physically draining rollercoaster that is a mother’s unconditional love, and to answer your questions. 🎫 Book free tickets here: https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/online-talk-motherload-a-contemporary-perspective-of-madonna-and-child/ 👀 Don't forget you can see this artwork in Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood is a Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition curated by Hettie Judah at the Millennium Gallery until 19 Jan. Entry to the exhibition is free – if you’re able, please donate £5 and help keep your museums free and open for everyone to enjoy. Guidance for visitors: Artworks in this exhibition address important issues surrounding women’s health and wellbeing, including nudity, childbirth, (in)fertility, miscarriage, abortion, loss, domestic abuse, adoption, sterilisation and obstetric violence. 📸 Tabitha Soren, Motherload: My Great American Novel, All 400 Photographs, 2006-2007 / 2021 Postpartum Blues Begin, 2006-2007 2022 The Night the Baby Only Woke Up Twice, 2007 2022 Plan your visit here: https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/acts-of-creation-on-art-and-motherhood/