Forbidden Heroines questions the politics of identity in relation to women and institutions of power. Originally devised as a performance with Alanna O’Kelly, this video consists of a re-enactment of Tallentire’s performance later performed for camera, to exist as a stand-alone video performance work. Originally performed at the The London Film Makers Co-op for Channel 6, curated by Tina Keane.
Forbidden Heroines
1987
Video performance VHS, 17 minutes
- The London Film Maker's Co-op, London, 1987
- Forbidden Heroines, Pentonville Gallery, London, 1987
- Forbidden Heroines, Ave Experimental Arts Festival, Arnhem, Holland, 1987
- Forbidden Heroines & The Gap of Two Birds, Video Art 90, Cork Film Festival, Triskal Arts Centre, Cork, 1990
- Women in Revolt! Art & Activism in the UK 1970-1990, Tate Britain, 2023 (touring: National Galleries of Scotland, Modern, Edinburgh, 2024),