She Works Hard for the Money | A Listening Party

Drawing on Ruth Ewan’s ongoing music archive, A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World, Ruth and Debbie Armour present a live evening of lyrical story telling and song. The event will explore the category 'Work' from Ewan’s jukebox project, connecting into Dundee’s labour history and one time reputation as a ’She Town’, where the majority of the workforce were said to be women. This event will take place within the exhibition Harun Farocki: Consider Labour. 

Booking

The listening party is free to attend. Book a ticket via Eventbrite. 

Biographies

Ruth Ewan is an artist whose research-led and critically engaged practice has drawn attention within contemporary art and socio-political history. Her work addresses ideas of power and questions representations of time, rebellion and repression. Her work grows from context-specific research resulting in a wide variety of forms including events, public works, performance, writing, large scale installations and print. Often working collaboratively she has created music projects, walks, radio programmes, design projects, workshops and books.

Ewan’s work is recognised internationally and she has shown at venues including; Tate Liverpool (2022); Collective, Edinburgh (2022); Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle (2022); Project Arts Centre, Dublin (2021); The Cooper Gallery, Dundee (2021); Edinburgh Art Festival (2018 & 2020); Pitzhanger Gallery (2020); Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2019); CAPC, Bordeux (2019); Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris (2019); Victoria and Albert Museum (2018); 32nd São Paulo Biennial (2016); Camden Arts Centre, London (2015); Tate Britain (2009 & 2014). She has realised projects for The High Line, New York (2019); Glasgow Women’s Library (2018); Create, London (2012); Art on the Underground (2011); Frieze Projects (2009) and Artangel (2007 & 2013). In 2016 she was awarded the Arts Foundation Yoma Sasburg Award for Art in Urban Space. 

Her work is in the collection of Tate London, McManus Galleries Dundee, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, FRAC Champagne Ardenne, The Scottish Parliament, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh University and CAAC Seville.

Ruth Ewan

Debbie Armour is a singer and musician, working primarily with traditional song. Broadly, her work is motivated by ideas of persistence, resonance and deep cultural roots. In her primary project, Burd Ellen, she uses British and international traditional song as a foundation to build conceptual works and explore tradition in a contemporary setting. Her last two albums have been included in The Guardian's Top Ten Folk Albums of the Year (2020 & 2022). She is a mother of four, and lives in Nottingham where she runs her record label, Mavis Recordings.

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