Green Gate Conversations – Spirituality

Meet the Great Cosmic Mother at Green Gate.

Monica Sjöö was fascinated by ancient matriarchal cultures, as were many of the women at Green Gate, part of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. In this short recording, Rebecca Mordan (of Scary Little Girls and Greenham Women Everywhere) describes the spiritual symbols whith which the women surrounded themselves, and the lasting impact of their spirituality on her own life.

Green Gate Spirituality Image Credits:

1. Blockade, July 1983. Photo by Janet Smith

2. Photograph from Monica Sjöö’s personal archive, Courtesy Monica Sjöö Estate © Monica Sjöö Estate

3. Photograph from Monica Sjöö’s personal archive, Courtesy Monica Sjöö Estate © Monica Sjöö Estate

4. Monica Sjöö, St. Non’s Well, 1996. ourtesy Monica Sjöö Estate and Alison Jacques, London © Monica Sjöö Estate. Photo: Albin Dahlström / Moderna Museet

5. Photograph from Monica Sjöö’s personal archive, Courtesy Monica Sjöö Estate © Monica Sjöö Estate

6. Photograph from Monica Sjöö’s personal archive, Courtesy Monica Sjöö Estate © Monica Sjöö Estate

7. Photograph from Monica Sjöö’s personal archive, Courtesy Monica Sjöö Estate © Monica Sjöö Estate

8. Monica Sjöö sitting in front of God Giving Birth in the exhibition Womanmagic, Copenhagen, 1982. Photograph from Monica Sjöö’s personal archive, Courtesy Monica Sjöö Estate © Monica Sjöö Estate

This audio was released by Modern Art Oxford to coincide with the exhibition Monica Sjöö: The Great Cosmic Mother (18 November 2023 – 25 February 2024). Modern Art Oxford is grateful to Rebecca Mordan, Scary Little Girls and Greenham Women Everywhere for their help in producing this recording.

Collected at  Modern Art Oxford