"WORTH UK

This project celebrates women and non-binary people who work in male dominated fields / campaign for gender equality.
 

The series of portraits is inspired, by Caroline Criado-Perez's campaign to have more women represented on Bank of England issue notes. At the time of her campaign I was horrified by the abuse (including death and rape threats) Criado-Perez received.

The hand cut, paper portraits are made by cutting love heart shapes from genuine Bank of England issue £50 notes (or high value notes from other currencies- as close to the value of £50 as the exchange rate will allow), each one depicts a person who I feel needs celebrating. Some subjects are very well known some are not. 

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Works from the series have been exhibited, sold and published around the world, including at the Saatchi Gallery (London), "Cash Is King" (published by Rebel Not Taken), and international public & private collections. (including Durham University Western Art Collection).

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I am always delighted to find new subjects, I regularly ask for nominations via social media, but don't wait for one of those- if you know an amazing person who needs celebrating please get in touch!

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For an in depth critical analysis of the series by created by Grace Hogan, Commissioned by Durham University, please click: HERE

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"... how this particular piece corresponds with the relationship between Kitt as a crafter and a social practice artist. On an incredibly basic level, it could be said that the process of ’89 Ways You Are Worth More To Me Like
This’ corresponds more with crafting while its theme corresponds more with society and its functioning. But I believe that it is more useful to take the two together, as it is so hard and even potentially reductive to separate the two in Kitt’s work. Indeed, how can we separate the thematic element from the process when we consider the dialogue that the Worth series has with crafting women at home- the domestic history of paper cutting? And this is how we arrive at the gentle interrogation of both the world around us, and specifically the art world."

Grace Hogan, Summer In The City Festival podcast, Durham University, 2020

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Our Common WORTH- a few thoughts about the impact of the project by Lady Kitt

; making, connecting, sharing and galvanizing.

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Through making and sharing this project I want to give myself, and others, opportunities to imagine what society can gain from celebrating a wide variety of; people, achievements, stories. I believe the individuals we choose to celebrate can have a profound impact on our shared culture(s), on our ability to negotiate our own place within those and on the resilience of these cultures / communities. This is why many of the subjects are chosen by inviting nominations via social media- these are not just people who I admire, the choice of subjects are a reflection of my local and global community, an attempt to document, rejoice in and develop our common identity. The project is a series of intimate acts of making and public / collaborative acts of negotiating and sharing. The time, resources, thought and love that goes into each work is a testament to my admiration for the subjects and also dedication to the relationship I have with my community. The process of creating the individual works strengthens my admiration, my resolve, my sense of what I'm doing and why. By retaining the "cut outs" and exhibiting them alongside the portraits, I hope to expose a trace of these labor intensive and emotionally rich making, thinking and connecting processes."

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Lady Kitt, 2018

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