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‘if we can’t all dance, I don’t wanna be a part of ur world :))))’: Stephanie Francis-Shanahan – Online with Open Eye Gallery

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‘if we can't all dance, I don't wanna be a part of ur world :))))’: Stephanie Francis-Shanahan

27 August 2020

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‘if we can't all dance, I don't wanna be a part of ur world :))))’: Stephanie Francis-Shanahan – Online with Open Eye Gallery
Stephanie Francis-Shanahan, "if we can't all dance, I don't wanna be a part of ur world :))))", 2020
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Stephanie Francis-Shanahan is interested in joy, and how we can use it as a form of resistance. To coincide with Open Eye Gallery‘s current exhibition, The Time We Call Our Own, she’s inviting you to submit a 30-second video of you in your own home, which she’ll mix into a new work, ‘if we can’t all dance, I don’t wanna be a part of ur world :))))’, to be broadcast on 27th August.

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