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The Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore weekend - a celebration of love, art and resistance

A four-day festival celebrating the lives, work and artful resistance of surrealists artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, from 3 to 6 April.

Since their ‘rediscovery’ in the 1990s, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore have gained an international cult following amongst the LGBTQ+ community, artists and historians. Their incredible story covers prolific creativity, the challenging of gender stereotypes, and dangerous resistance activity during the German Occupation of Jersey.
During this four-day celebration, you can enjoy free expert talks, guided walks, film screenings, artist-led workshops and  an exclusive viewing of the Cahun and Moore collection, cared for by Jersey Heritage.
Venues for the Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore Weekend include Jersey Museum, the Maritime Museum, Jersey Archive and St Brelade’s Bay.

Talk

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Queer resistance and persistence

Join Kaye Nicholson, CEO of the diversity and equality charity, Liberate Jersey, as she explores why surrealist artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore are important figures in our Island history.

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Talk

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Exploring Cahun’s Self-Portraits – a journey through art and identity

Join Louise Downie, Jersey Heritage’s Director of Curation and Experience and previously Curator of Art, as she explores Claude Cahun’s life and art.

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Film

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Screening of 'Orlando'

Take a seat for a special screening of the well-regarded 1992 film adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel, ‘Orlando’, directed by Sally Potter.

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Artwork

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Meet the Collections

A rare and exciting opportunity to view works from Jersey Heritage’s Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore collection, which is ordinarily closed to the public for preservation.

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Workshops

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Love Letters to the Land – letter writing workshops

Join Karl Murphy, a multi-disciplinary artist and Learning Officer at Saatchi Gallery, at a free letter writing workshop and embrace a romantic relationship with the land, seeing it not as a resource or commodity but as something alive and worthy of care and love.

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Walk

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On the Trail of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore – a remarkable story of romance, creativity and bravery

Join Deputy Montford Tadier, a passionate Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore enthusiast, as he guides you through St Brelade Parish Churchyard, where Cahun and Moore are laid to rest, and the surrounding area, where the surrealist artists once lived

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Talk

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Love Letters to the Land – talk by Karl Murphy

In addition to his ‘Love Letters to the Land’ workshops, Karl will give a talk about his personal creative practice, and how he has been influenced by the lives and work of surrealist artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.

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Talk

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In Conversation with Claire Follain: Uncovering Cahun and Moore – the discovery of an incredible story

Join Claire Follain as she recounts her personal journey to uncover the story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore from an untranslated archive of diaries, address books, scraps of paper and photographic negatives

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Workshop

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Collage, Sound, and Motion – a surrealism-themed workshop

Join Esther Rose Parkes Heinrichs, a singer, songwriter, music artist and medicine singer, and Karen Le Roy Harris, a multi-disciplinary artist working with installation, sculpture and performance, for a creative workshop to explore surrealism through sound and visuals.

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