What started out as a little project of empowering her female friends turned into The Weird Girls Project phenomenon
Following a move from the UK to Iceland in 2006, Kitty developed a visual art series designed specifically to push the women taking part outside of their everyday self-imposed restrictions. This was the beginning of The Weird Girls Project, Kitty’s main visual arts series to date. In 2011, the Icelandic branch of UN Women chose The Weird Girls Project as a way to visually announce the name change from UNIFEM. In 2012 as well as work at home in Iceland Kitty produced multiple pieces in China, as Converse’s sponsored artist, bringing the relatively new idea of pushing boundaries to everyday Chinese women, followed by a 3 month residency at The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai where she focused on developing installation, performance and painting.2013 has seen Kitty invited to produce an episode of The Weird Girls Project in Germany as the opening work of Nordischer Klang Nordic arts festival also holding a solo exhibition as well as giving an artists talk at the established Krupp Kolleg in Greifswald.Kitty’s recent major work was a public light installation inspired by bioluminescence shown in the light festival of Reykjavi?k – Iceland, and is due to travel to To?rshavn – Faroe Islands and Manchester – UK.
An independent feature length documentary film has been made on Kitty as a concept artist and her performance art series ‘The Weird Girls Project’. The documentary film is currently in post production and has already garnered International attention with pre-sales to TVP Poland and RUV Iceland and interest pending in Sweden, France and Germany. The film is set to be released at International Film Festivals from July 2014 followed by an International theatrical, broadcast, DVD and Online Release.
Kitty Von Sometime
- Iceland vs. UK
- The Weird Girls Project
- Male friends in UK while Female friends in Iceland
- Body Consciousness
- Photo shoot with a video among friends started it all
- Help from fellow artists and friends
- Blue Lagoon asked her to shoot her videos there
- Her daughter has been on set since she was a baby
- Documentary about her
BIGGEST CHALLENGE: Money
WISH SHE KNEW
Lighting and Lenses make all the difference in the world
BEST ADVICE
Don´t Stop
Be the Hero of your own life
“You have no power over me” Labyrinth
MUST READ
Grow Your Own magazine
SONG OF THE SHOW
“Curtain Call” by Steed Lord
IDOL
Billy Connolly
CONTACT
Kitty Von Sometime
The Weird Girls Project
http://www.theweirdgirlsproject.com/
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