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Jennifer Louise Martin
My Story
The premiere of artist Jennifer's first short film screening 'Hear My Cry' is also a fundraiser for PANDAS charity. When Jennifer was suffering with PND she found it very difficult to find the right support and when she did it was a lifeline and she felt very supported talking to other women about her feelings in a safe space, with other women who understood. She hopes that the money raised can contribute towards raising awareness about PND and provide those women who need the help to receive it.
Artist Jennifer Louise Martin’s recent short film 'Hear My Cry', is about the artist’s personal experience in becoming a mother and postpartum depression. This is Jennifer’s first film and while she has more recently explored the narrative in her paintings, this is the first time she is manifesting her story and its psychological dimensions on film. Jennifer’s paintings were used as both backdrops and inspiration for the set décor that she helped design and create. The women in the paintings represent self-portraits in various emotional mind states. The ambience of the location house, that remains in its original state since the 1950s’, provides a perfect reminiscence. The miniature dolls house decorated by the artist herself replicating the filmset décor, represents the attempt to control her thoughts but only to be confronted with the chaos of her sub-conscious mind. The camera frequently moves between the real house and the miniature set creating a dynamic interplay and warped sense of scale, referring to her surrealist inner world.
Starring Jennifer as herself and model Marlen Fjelstad playing her alter ego, the film was directed by multi-disciplinary artist Aaron Bevan-Bailey and Red Thread journal editor and stylist Beth Buxton. Their mixture of talents combine a strong artistic vision through directing, photography & creative direction. This dynamic team collaborated with Jennifer to realise her experience of becoming a mother, resulting in a short film that has distinct style, sumptuous surrealism, high fashion sensibility with a sinister undertone. It tells the story of the woman in the painting based on the artists’ own personal memoirs, emotions, intrusive thoughts and recurrent dreams that she encountered during her suffering with postnatal depression (PND).
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Target
£800
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Raised so far
£1,533
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Number of donors
21
My Story
The premiere of artist Jennifer's first short film screening 'Hear My Cry' is also a fundraiser for PANDAS charity. When Jennifer was suffering with PND she found it very difficult to find the right support and when she did it was a lifeline and she felt very supported talking to other women about her feelings in a safe space, with other women who understood. She hopes that the money raised can contribute towards raising awareness about PND and provide those women who need the help to receive it.
Artist Jennifer Louise Martin’s recent short film 'Hear My Cry', is about the artist’s personal experience in becoming a mother and postpartum depression. This is Jennifer’s first film and while she has more recently explored the narrative in her paintings, this is the first time she is manifesting her story and its psychological dimensions on film. Jennifer’s paintings were used as both backdrops and inspiration for the set décor that she helped design and create. The women in the paintings represent self-portraits in various emotional mind states. The ambience of the location house, that remains in its original state since the 1950s’, provides a perfect reminiscence. The miniature dolls house decorated by the artist herself replicating the filmset décor, represents the attempt to control her thoughts but only to be confronted with the chaos of her sub-conscious mind. The camera frequently moves between the real house and the miniature set creating a dynamic interplay and warped sense of scale, referring to her surrealist inner world.
Starring Jennifer as herself and model Marlen Fjelstad playing her alter ego, the film was directed by multi-disciplinary artist Aaron Bevan-Bailey and Red Thread journal editor and stylist Beth Buxton. Their mixture of talents combine a strong artistic vision through directing, photography & creative direction. This dynamic team collaborated with Jennifer to realise her experience of becoming a mother, resulting in a short film that has distinct style, sumptuous surrealism, high fashion sensibility with a sinister undertone. It tells the story of the woman in the painting based on the artists’ own personal memoirs, emotions, intrusive thoughts and recurrent dreams that she encountered during her suffering with postnatal depression (PND).
