All the work in the Mum Tapes series begins with the audio-taped stories Arlene's 80-year-old mother told on her last visit in 1995. Modern Mother is the first work to include segments of the original audio tapes in which Mary Smith's highly expressive speaking voice adds an important dimension to her stories.
The Modern Mother website represents the third work in Arlene Stamp's Mum Tapes project and was developed in collaboration with Shelley Ouellet for vanitygallery.com. This site is a component in the exhibition, Ordinatrices/Computers, January 9 - February 21 1999 at La Centrale in Montréal.