Why I Never Became a Dancer by Tracy Emin

~ JezzieG

Why I Never Became a Dancer
1995
Video Art
Super 8 film
Collection of the Tate, United Kingdom

Featuring scenes from Emin’s hometown of Margate ‘Why I Never Became a Dancer’ features the beach, the ‘golden mile’,’ and the games arcade with Emin narrating a story from her early teens.

Tracy Emin 1963-

Tracy Emin
Young British Artists, Photographer, Painter, and Conceptual Artist
Born: 3 July 1963, London, UK
Nationality: British

Emin is an artist particularly known for her autobiographical and confessional work. She uses a variety of media including drawing, sculpture, painting, photography, film, neon text, and needlecraft. Emin was regarded as the ‘enfant terrible’ of the Young British Artists during the 1980s but is now a Royal Academician

Published by JezzieG

I am a freelance writer and poet and started writing after raising my two boys as a way of discovering just who Jez is. That is still very much an ongoing project but the journey so far has introduced me to many wonderful friends and fellow writers through an ever-growing love of poetry.

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