Wild Women

A spirited audio-fiction series focusing on the stories of subversive and obscure female artists from around the world and their art. Performed by Coleen MacPherson and Martha Ross, with special guest artists in each episode. The first episode focuses on Mexican-English painter, Leonora Carrington. Sound Design / Editing by Christopher Ross-Ewart. Music Score by Mitchell Akiyama. This podcast was made possible by Canada Council for the Arts / CBC Digital Originals Grant 2020.

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Wild Women

Through the Window

January 20, 2022 • Open Heart Surgery Theatre

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.