Ghosts, Mother’s Milk, and Other Stories by Corinne Botz

On Friday, October 17, at 6pm, Hudson Hall presents a special film screening and artist talk featuring Botz’s award-winning short films Milk Factory (2021, 10 min) and Bedside Manner (2016, 18 min), followed by a Q&A moderated by cultural producer and educator Lesly Deschler Canossi. The evening will also include a book signing of Botz’s newly released Milk Factory (2025, Saint Lucy Books). The event is free; reservations are encouraged.

Described by The New York Times as “photographic work that reads like a DSM of contemporary American life and the dark side of domesticity,” Botz has created enigmatic images of haunted houses, miniature crime scenes used to train detectives, medical training simulations, surreal imagery from real estate, and most recently, lactation rooms hidden inside traditionally male bastions of power. Her sustained focus on space, gender, and the body—particularly relating to women’s experiences—has been noted by Time magazine as revealing “a dark obsession with domestic space and what lies behind closed doors.”

The exhibition features highlights from The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death (2004), Haunted Houses (2010), Bedside Manner (2016), Dollhouse View (ongoing), and her newest project, Milk Factory (2025).

Film screening tickets are free and can be reserved at hudsonhall.org/corinne-botz