Donna Ferrato
Living With The Enemy
October 14–November 13, 1994

This show was accompanied by a panel discussion on the night of the opening and a series of off-site events throughout the month of the exhibition. The activities within and beyond the walls of Artcite were intended to encourage dialogue around art-making and its relationship to an important social issue. Other organizations (Hiatus House; the Well Come Centre; Windsor Women Working With Immigrant Women) participated in this month long project and activities included a symposium (with the artist); Love Taps, a theatrical production by the Windsor Feminist Theatre; a community resource day at the YMCA and screenings of pertinent films and videos, curated by ‘The House of Toast’, Windsor’s Film & Video collective (free admission).

“Twelve years ago, while working on a story about a couple in love, I saw a man hit his wife. Until then I’d thought the greatest threat of danger to women came from strangers, those nameless men prowling for prey in darkened alleys. Suddenly my eyes were opened to the dark of family life. No longer was I protected by the dream that the home was a refuge.”