In this third episode of Wild Women, listeners are invited into the visceral work of Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi and considered one of the most accomplished 17th century artists. Her painting, "Judith and Her Maidservant" ignites a violent and visceral reaction in the viewer, as Judith saws the neck of the general of the Assyrian army -- in this act she saves her people, the people of Bethulia. As Martha and Coleen finally connect and magically find themselves in Italy, they begin to reckon with the current state of the world, Artemisia's incredible conviction and attention to detail and begin to question whether art can be a form of revenge.

Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault

Concept by Martha Ross and Coleen MacPherson
Written and Performed by Martha Ross and Coleen Shirin MacPherson
Guest Performer Margherita Abozzo
Original Music by Michel Laforge
Theme Music by Mitchell Akiyama
Sound Design / Editing by Michel Laforge

Special thanks to Susan Vreeland who wrote "The Passion of Artemisia" that inspired our work. Thanks to Leah Cherniak, Theresa Graham, Julia Lederer, Juliana Spínola and Alix Sideris for your raw and visceral reactions to the painting. This podcast was made possible by the Digital Now Grant through the Canada Council.

In this second episode of Wild Women, listeners are invited into the magical realism of German-Canadian painter, Christiane Pflug. Her painting, Kitchen Door With Esther ignites childhood memories, taking the listeners from an isolated kitchen to a wilderness within reach. We journey to the Toronto ravines, to the vault of the AGO and find the trees are speaking …

Concept by Martha Ross
Written and Performed by Martha Ross and Coleen Shirin MacPherson
Original Music by Amy Nostbakken
Theme Music by Mitchell Akiyama
Sound Design / Editing by Christopher Ross Ewart
Sound Engineering by John Millard

Special thanks to the AGO and Georgiana Uhlyarik and to countless individuals who helped us along the way. To Vivian Meyer and Elizabeth Martin who co-wrote ‘Female Gazes’ where we first learned about Christiane Pflug; thank you Ann Davis for her relentless work, to Ursula and Esther Pflug.. This podcast was made possible by the Digital Now Grant through the Canada Council.

A surreal audio-drama

In this first episode, two theatre makers find themselves grappling with their obsession with Leonora Carrington, the English-Mexican painter and writer whose incredible life and work has influenced many. Their obsession transforms as they chat with writer Heidi Sopinka, and begin to fall into Carrington’s paintings, a world that is strange, animalistic, mythological and absurd.

A sonic experience that is humorous and touching; wild and alive.

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Created by Coleen Shirin MacPherson, Martha Ross, performances by Yearime Castel Barragan
Sound Design by Christopher Ross-Ewart
Original Music Composition by Mitchell Akiyama

Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Originals Grant and Digital Now Grant and to everyone who have helped shaped this work!