ELSIE (AND MINNIE)

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DIRECTOR : ZANNY BEGG

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 52min, single-channel video, Zanny Begg, 2025.

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Named after the two homes occupied by the first Australian refuge to offer 24-hour shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence, Elsie (and Minnie) reflects upon the origins of the women’s refuge movement in Australia and the state of gendered violence today.

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The exhibition features two new works by Zanny Begg: the film Elsie (and Minnie) and a three-channel video installation, The Yellow Wallpaper. A concurrent display at UTS Library tracks a chronology of key moments in the establishment of Elsie and showcases important archival material related to the Australian Women’s Liberation Movement.

 

The term domestic violence had only been first used to describe intimate partner violence six months earlier, prior to this women trying to escape domestic violence had nowhere to go, and no way to describe what they were experiencing.

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For more info and trailer, please see link

https://zannybegg.com/elsie-and-minnie/

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