Tuesday, 3 April 2012
topo copy's shelf library
Photos taken from the Topo Copy facebook page, featuring Shape & Situate zine at Topo Copy - The Shelf library @ DOK! in Gent, Belgium. It looks like a really neat little space. http://www.topocopy.org/
ante-art in may
Plans are brewing over at Ante-art for their May Day extravaganza (5 and 6 May 2012) at the Kirkgate Centre, Shipley (BD18 3HE)
Shape & Situate is going to be there with zines and a mini version of the exhibition. Keep your eyes peeled on the ante website for more news of the events and the ante-Art factory: http://www.ante-art.co.uk/
Ante takes the idea of art and scrapes off the dogma, the commercialism and the elitism. Ante explores and celebrates the use of art and print as an expression of free will and a megaphone for those whose collective voices struggle to be heard.
Ante is Shipley's May Day celebration, taking place at the Kirkgate Centre on the 5-6th May. Saturday starts with a small press, zine and print fair followed by a benefit gig. Sunday is an ante-Art factory - dress for mess and produce your own £25million masterpiece. Ante-exhibition all weekend. Ante is a grant free, staff-free event.
In many respects, Ante is a reflection of all those Bradford May Days that have gone before – an unfunded demonstration of collective effort. It’s a familiar format: a bookfair, some anti-art, a gig and hands on workshops. But in truth Ante (from the Latin ‘before’) is more than that. It’s about the person we were until we became buried by work (or increasingly, ‘no work’), by shopping, debts, television and the all the worries and stresses and strains of modern life. So, if like us, you keep promising yourself that you’ll make time to rediscover that lost self, to be more creative, spend more time with friends, meet more people, experience life more fully, but can never quite make it happen, Ante is for you. Ante – or more to the point May Day – is when we collectively say to hell with shopping, with work, with debt, with worrying and with tv! It’s a day when we remind ourselves that a life always promised for tomorrow is a life robbed of today.
Shape & Situate is going to be there with zines and a mini version of the exhibition. Keep your eyes peeled on the ante website for more news of the events and the ante-Art factory: http://www.ante-art.co.uk/
Ante takes the idea of art and scrapes off the dogma, the commercialism and the elitism. Ante explores and celebrates the use of art and print as an expression of free will and a megaphone for those whose collective voices struggle to be heard.
Ante is Shipley's May Day celebration, taking place at the Kirkgate Centre on the 5-6th May. Saturday starts with a small press, zine and print fair followed by a benefit gig. Sunday is an ante-Art factory - dress for mess and produce your own £25million masterpiece. Ante-exhibition all weekend. Ante is a grant free, staff-free event.
In many respects, Ante is a reflection of all those Bradford May Days that have gone before – an unfunded demonstration of collective effort. It’s a familiar format: a bookfair, some anti-art, a gig and hands on workshops. But in truth Ante (from the Latin ‘before’) is more than that. It’s about the person we were until we became buried by work (or increasingly, ‘no work’), by shopping, debts, television and the all the worries and stresses and strains of modern life. So, if like us, you keep promising yourself that you’ll make time to rediscover that lost self, to be more creative, spend more time with friends, meet more people, experience life more fully, but can never quite make it happen, Ante is for you. Ante – or more to the point May Day – is when we collectively say to hell with shopping, with work, with debt, with worrying and with tv! It’s a day when we remind ourselves that a life always promised for tomorrow is a life robbed of today.
donate to salford zine library
From my inbox...
Salford Zine Library is looking to move into a new home to give wider access to the 1500+ international zines in their collection.
Craig of Salford Zine Library is currently trying to raise funds for its new home using Sponsume. You can view the pitch here:
http://www.sponsume.com/project/salford-zine-library
Since the exhibition came to a close at Salford Museum and Art Gallery the library has been homeless. I have been desperately seeking a new place for it to reside. Looking for a pleasant and safe environment where people can comfortably read and peruse the archive at their own leisure. After much toing and froing looking for the right spaceI have been offered a permanent room at the Nexus Art Café in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
In its new home the archive will be accessible seven days a week from mid May but as you can see the space needs work. With your help and the skills of master craftsman Andy Yates – a man who says he can drill through anything - we can transform the space into the ideal new home we have long since dreamed of.
Our aim is to raise one thousand pounds by the end of April 2012.
The money raised will go towards the building of shelves, comfy seats to sit down and read, lighting and giving the walls a nice lick of paint.
When the space is clean and safe we can deliver workshops as part of our educational programme and you can read you favourite zines in calm creative comfort.
Salford Zine Library is looking to move into a new home to give wider access to the 1500+ international zines in their collection.
Craig of Salford Zine Library is currently trying to raise funds for its new home using Sponsume. You can view the pitch here:
http://www.sponsume.com/project/salford-zine-library
Since the exhibition came to a close at Salford Museum and Art Gallery the library has been homeless. I have been desperately seeking a new place for it to reside. Looking for a pleasant and safe environment where people can comfortably read and peruse the archive at their own leisure. After much toing and froing looking for the right spaceI have been offered a permanent room at the Nexus Art Café in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
In its new home the archive will be accessible seven days a week from mid May but as you can see the space needs work. With your help and the skills of master craftsman Andy Yates – a man who says he can drill through anything - we can transform the space into the ideal new home we have long since dreamed of.
Our aim is to raise one thousand pounds by the end of April 2012.
The money raised will go towards the building of shelves, comfy seats to sit down and read, lighting and giving the walls a nice lick of paint.
When the space is clean and safe we can deliver workshops as part of our educational programme and you can read you favourite zines in calm creative comfort.
Sunday, 1 April 2012
letterpress printing with the print project
On Saturday I took part in a Letterpress workshop run by the wonderful Sarah and Nick of The Print Project located at the 1 in 12 in Bradford.
I decided to print some letterpressed postcards to turn into bunting for forthcoming zine events, and chose the Univers Bold Condensed (48pt) type.
Sarah and Nick were really great, showing us different types of letterpress printers, before letting us loose on their trays of movable type and their Adana machines.
I learned a great deal and was really excited by the processes and the results that could be achieved. The trays of type were really beautiful to dig though, and set out as forme & lock into the chase for printing.
Here's a few pics (including a couple taken by folk at the 1 in 12 on the day)
Sarah's rundown of the day can be read here
I decided to print some letterpressed postcards to turn into bunting for forthcoming zine events, and chose the Univers Bold Condensed (48pt) type.
Sarah and Nick were really great, showing us different types of letterpress printers, before letting us loose on their trays of movable type and their Adana machines.
I learned a great deal and was really excited by the processes and the results that could be achieved. The trays of type were really beautiful to dig though, and set out as forme & lock into the chase for printing.
Here's a few pics (including a couple taken by folk at the 1 in 12 on the day)
Sarah's rundown of the day can be read here
Thursday, 29 March 2012
essential hues
I'm really pleased to say that I was invited to send copies of Shape & Situate zine over the pond to feature in a small zine library as a backdrop to group art show organised by the ever-great Caroline Paquita in Brooklyn.
Caroline has been collecting publications, zines and comics to create a small zine library for the duration of the show and then plans to donate the whole thing to one of the many more official zine libraries in the New York area afterwards.
The show looks so awesome that I could weep. What I wouldn't give to be there in person. If you ever want to bring it to the UK guys...
More details on the show:
Essential Hues
A collaborative group show featuring Adee Roberson, Anna Luisa, Caitlin Sweet, Caroline Paquita and Sam Lopes.
We live in a world surrounded by color. We lead colorful lives. We make colorful work.
As artists who identify as queers, feminists, people of color, spell-casters and radicals, our work is saturated with the chroma of the vibrant lives and communities we have created and shared over the past decade and across geographic divides. Our histories are entwined, and color embodies the bright hues of the threads of collectivity, sexuality, gender, family, history and magic that bind us together.
Featuring paintings, works on paper, sculpture, textile art, video, and more, Essential Hues is a collaborative installation that will be up from April 13th- May 13th, 2012 at Wayfarer's Studio in Brooklyn, NY.
Full details here: http://carolinepaquita.blogspot.co.uk/p/essential-hues.html
Facebook details here
There may still be time to contribute other zines too, but get your skates on:
Caroline has been collecting publications, zines and comics to create a small zine library for the duration of the show and then plans to donate the whole thing to one of the many more official zine libraries in the New York area afterwards.
The show looks so awesome that I could weep. What I wouldn't give to be there in person. If you ever want to bring it to the UK guys...
More details on the show:
Essential Hues
A collaborative group show featuring Adee Roberson, Anna Luisa, Caitlin Sweet, Caroline Paquita and Sam Lopes.
We live in a world surrounded by color. We lead colorful lives. We make colorful work.
As artists who identify as queers, feminists, people of color, spell-casters and radicals, our work is saturated with the chroma of the vibrant lives and communities we have created and shared over the past decade and across geographic divides. Our histories are entwined, and color embodies the bright hues of the threads of collectivity, sexuality, gender, family, history and magic that bind us together.
Featuring paintings, works on paper, sculpture, textile art, video, and more, Essential Hues is a collaborative installation that will be up from April 13th- May 13th, 2012 at Wayfarer's Studio in Brooklyn, NY.
Full details here: http://carolinepaquita.blogspot.co.uk/p/essential-hues.html
Facebook details here
There may still be time to contribute other zines too, but get your skates on:
Thursday, 22 March 2012
victoria baths
I've been in touch with Natalie over at Victoria Baths Zine Convention 2012 for a little while, organising Shape & Situate's participation at the event in May. And, it's all now confirmed and on the website: http://theshriekingviolets.blogspot.co.uk/p/victoria-baths-fanzine-convention-2012.html
I'll be exhibiting posters from all 3 issues of the zine for the first time, in the wonderfully apt (plus really stunning) location of the balcony around the former women's pool. Plus I'm tabling at the event too. Woo!
I'll be exhibiting posters from all 3 issues of the zine for the first time, in the wonderfully apt (plus really stunning) location of the balcony around the former women's pool. Plus I'm tabling at the event too. Woo!
researching diy cultures (workshop)
From my inbox from Julia Downes...
Researching DIY Cultures: Towards a situated ethical practice
11am-1pm, Saturday 8 September 2012
Northumbria University (part of Gender & Subcultures symposium - see attached for more info on this)
Facilitated by Dr. Julia Downes (Durham University)
This is a one-off workshop that focuses on the ethics and dilemmas of doing research in radical DIY cultures. Academic research on DIY feminist cultural activism has increased over the past 20 years. Fanzines (Piano 2002; Schilt & Zobl 2008), music cultures (Taylor 2008; Keenan 2008; Giffort 2011; Downes 2012), films (Kearney 2006), grassroots sports (Finlay 2010), civic spaces (Enke 2007), cyberspace (Mazzarella 2005), and culture jamming (Stasko 2008) have all become popular arenas in which to theorise the construction of feminisms, genders, sexualities, race, ethnicity and class in culture and society. However relatively little methodological and ethical guidance has been published to help researchers at all levels (including undergraduate, postgraduate, early career and established academics) to negotiate the difficulties and dilemmas that confront those doing critical research within these cultures.
This workshop is for activists, academics and activist-academics to discuss their experiences of being involved in research on DIY cultures that they do and do not see as a place of personal belonging. Discussion of set readings, case studies and personal experiences will lead to the collaborative development of a series of practical and constructive recommendations for future practice.
Topics to be discussed include:
· Using established friendships and close-knit networks
· Rethinking insider/outsider dilemmas
· Problems in accessing, working with and representing radical DIY cultures
· Challenges in being critical about DIY cultures
· Dealing with moments of personal and political crisis throughout the research process
Provisional reading list
Jodie Taylor (2011) The Intimate Insider: Negotiating the ethics of friendship when doing insider research. Qualitative Research, 11(3): 3-22
Kath Browne (2003) Negotiations and Fieldworkings: Friendship and Feminist Research. Acme: An International E-journal for Critical Geographies, 2(2): 132-46
Jo Freeman (1972) The Tyranny of Structurelessness. Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 17: 151-65
Keith Halfacree (2004) ‘I Could Only Do Wrong’: Academic Research and DiY Culture (Chapter 6) Duncan Fuller & Rob Kitchin. Radical Theory/Critical Praxis: Making a difference. Pg 68 – 78
How to book a place
There is a maximum of 25 participants
Please email with a brief description of your experience of doing/being involved in a research project on DIY cultures and what you will need to attend julia.downes@durham.ac.uk
Deadline 1 April 2012
Researching DIY Cultures: Towards a situated ethical practice
11am-1pm, Saturday 8 September 2012
Northumbria University (part of Gender & Subcultures symposium - see attached for more info on this)
Facilitated by Dr. Julia Downes (Durham University)
This is a one-off workshop that focuses on the ethics and dilemmas of doing research in radical DIY cultures. Academic research on DIY feminist cultural activism has increased over the past 20 years. Fanzines (Piano 2002; Schilt & Zobl 2008), music cultures (Taylor 2008; Keenan 2008; Giffort 2011; Downes 2012), films (Kearney 2006), grassroots sports (Finlay 2010), civic spaces (Enke 2007), cyberspace (Mazzarella 2005), and culture jamming (Stasko 2008) have all become popular arenas in which to theorise the construction of feminisms, genders, sexualities, race, ethnicity and class in culture and society. However relatively little methodological and ethical guidance has been published to help researchers at all levels (including undergraduate, postgraduate, early career and established academics) to negotiate the difficulties and dilemmas that confront those doing critical research within these cultures.
This workshop is for activists, academics and activist-academics to discuss their experiences of being involved in research on DIY cultures that they do and do not see as a place of personal belonging. Discussion of set readings, case studies and personal experiences will lead to the collaborative development of a series of practical and constructive recommendations for future practice.
Topics to be discussed include:
· Using established friendships and close-knit networks
· Rethinking insider/outsider dilemmas
· Problems in accessing, working with and representing radical DIY cultures
· Challenges in being critical about DIY cultures
· Dealing with moments of personal and political crisis throughout the research process
Provisional reading list
Jodie Taylor (2011) The Intimate Insider: Negotiating the ethics of friendship when doing insider research. Qualitative Research, 11(3): 3-22
Kath Browne (2003) Negotiations and Fieldworkings: Friendship and Feminist Research. Acme: An International E-journal for Critical Geographies, 2(2): 132-46
Jo Freeman (1972) The Tyranny of Structurelessness. Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 17: 151-65
Keith Halfacree (2004) ‘I Could Only Do Wrong’: Academic Research and DiY Culture (Chapter 6) Duncan Fuller & Rob Kitchin. Radical Theory/Critical Praxis: Making a difference. Pg 68 – 78
How to book a place
There is a maximum of 25 participants
Please email with a brief description of your experience of doing/being involved in a research project on DIY cultures and what you will need to attend julia.downes@durham.ac.uk
Deadline 1 April 2012
hudson valley brawl video
So much ♥ for Jacinta!
From my inbox...
Dear Arm Wrassling Enthusiasts of the World,
What? You had no idea that Jacinta (aka Magenta Delecta) could brutishly slice a watermelon down the middle with her killer rhymes? You had not a clue that muscular ladies could synchronize dance? You all knew what a talented song-writer Michael Truckpile (aka The Ref) was already, right? We consider ourselves lucky he wrote us into this one. Move over, Kool Moe Dee & Backstreet Boys. There’s a new ticket in town.
The talented & strong ladies of Hudson Valley BRAWL (Broads' Regional Arm Wrestling League) filmed this video at the etsy building in Hudson, NY under the directorial guidance of Rachael Saltzman & Julie Novak.
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNZ6YDVaKQk
"Forget the W.W.E. and get ready to BRAWL! Everything you ever wanted to know about the world of ladies arm wrestling is in this wonderfully demented video!" --Jon Wurster, Superchunk
Yours for World Domination,
The BRAWL Collective
(Mariah Bishop, Brandy Walters, Shannon Springer, Michelle Tommasi, Tricia Mazzocca, Amie Worley, Julie Novak, Jacinta Bunnell, Michael Truckpile)
www.hudsonvalleybrawl.com
www.facebook.com/hudsonvalleybrawl
From my inbox...
Dear Arm Wrassling Enthusiasts of the World,
What? You had no idea that Jacinta (aka Magenta Delecta) could brutishly slice a watermelon down the middle with her killer rhymes? You had not a clue that muscular ladies could synchronize dance? You all knew what a talented song-writer Michael Truckpile (aka The Ref) was already, right? We consider ourselves lucky he wrote us into this one. Move over, Kool Moe Dee & Backstreet Boys. There’s a new ticket in town.
The talented & strong ladies of Hudson Valley BRAWL (Broads' Regional Arm Wrestling League) filmed this video at the etsy building in Hudson, NY under the directorial guidance of Rachael Saltzman & Julie Novak.
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNZ6YDVaKQk
"Forget the W.W.E. and get ready to BRAWL! Everything you ever wanted to know about the world of ladies arm wrestling is in this wonderfully demented video!" --Jon Wurster, Superchunk
Yours for World Domination,
The BRAWL Collective
(Mariah Bishop, Brandy Walters, Shannon Springer, Michelle Tommasi, Tricia Mazzocca, Amie Worley, Julie Novak, Jacinta Bunnell, Michael Truckpile)
www.hudsonvalleybrawl.com
www.facebook.com/hudsonvalleybrawl
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
getbusy
My real good buddy Ms Em Ledger works damn hard at running her webstore, Getbusy. She does it solo and has built it up from the ground herself. Selling and stocking urban streetware for ladies, women and girls that are often not catered for in this male-dominated field of fashion, Getbusy aims to 'stock a range of awesome brands making forward thinking, sharp and flattering clothing and accessories for women of all shapes and sizes, identities and looks'.
Getbusy's motto is, 'We're passionate about women getting active, getting out there and making shit happen!', how could you not want to go and see what's in stock?! Plus you'll be supporting young women in business too.
http://www.getbusystore.com
Getbusy's motto is, 'We're passionate about women getting active, getting out there and making shit happen!', how could you not want to go and see what's in stock?! Plus you'll be supporting young women in business too.
http://www.getbusystore.com
manchester's modernist heroines
Natalie Bradbury's zine, 'the Shrieking Violet' has recently linked up with two local organisations, Manchester Modernist Society and the Loiterers Resistance Movement, to do a project celebrating ten overlooked North West women from the twentieth and twenty first centuries. The zine spans the fields of invention, aviation, media, science, geography, design and architecture throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty first.
You can find out more about it here, (with pdf and downloadable versions of the zine available too):
http://theshriekingviolets.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/manchesters-modernist-heroines.html
This is the start of an ongoing project; please tell the zine makers about your heroines by adding them directly to a special Modernist Heroines page on the Modernist Society website.
You can find out more about it here, (with pdf and downloadable versions of the zine available too):
http://theshriekingviolets.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/manchesters-modernist-heroines.html
This is the start of an ongoing project; please tell the zine makers about your heroines by adding them directly to a special Modernist Heroines page on the Modernist Society website.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
this is an emergency - print portfolio
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461094566/this-is-an-emergency
Merdeith Stern (of Justseeds) is at the helm of this new print project, seeking funding via Kickstarter, it's a print portfolio project which focuses on reproductive rights and gender justice.
In part, Meredith writes:
In response to all the bullying, the legislative measures, and the horrifying statements filling the media, I feel that we need a collection of voices commenting on this situation through visual art. This project will bring together over a dozen voices from people most affected by these issues- women, queer identified, and transgendered artists.
Once the portfolios are completed, over a dozen of the portfolios will be donated to organizations working on these issues. These organizations will be able to utilize these portfolios in several ways. They can reproduce the images for use in their campaigns, display them at their events or in their office, use the images on their website, newsletters or other written materials, or to sell the posters as a fundraiser for their organization.
I am seeking funding for this project in order to pay for the cost of creating these portfolios. $2000 will pay for the printing of the covers, the written materials, and the postage to ship the portfolios to the organizations. All funds above that will be split between the artists and the organizations. There will be 125 portfolios created. This is your opportunity to get a limited edition, one of a kind print collection from over a dozen amazing artists while helping to fund reproductive and gender justice issues.
Watch Meredith's video and read more about the project at:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461094566/this-is-an-emergency
Merdeith Stern (of Justseeds) is at the helm of this new print project, seeking funding via Kickstarter, it's a print portfolio project which focuses on reproductive rights and gender justice.
In part, Meredith writes:
In response to all the bullying, the legislative measures, and the horrifying statements filling the media, I feel that we need a collection of voices commenting on this situation through visual art. This project will bring together over a dozen voices from people most affected by these issues- women, queer identified, and transgendered artists.
Once the portfolios are completed, over a dozen of the portfolios will be donated to organizations working on these issues. These organizations will be able to utilize these portfolios in several ways. They can reproduce the images for use in their campaigns, display them at their events or in their office, use the images on their website, newsletters or other written materials, or to sell the posters as a fundraiser for their organization.
I am seeking funding for this project in order to pay for the cost of creating these portfolios. $2000 will pay for the printing of the covers, the written materials, and the postage to ship the portfolios to the organizations. All funds above that will be split between the artists and the organizations. There will be 125 portfolios created. This is your opportunity to get a limited edition, one of a kind print collection from over a dozen amazing artists while helping to fund reproductive and gender justice issues.
Watch Meredith's video and read more about the project at:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461094566/this-is-an-emergency
Monday, 19 March 2012
womens library facing closure
The Women's Library in London holds a special part in my heart. I've been given the opportunity, their support, and the space to host a couple of exhibitions there over the years, they home & archive the UK womens comix zine collection that I donated a few years ago, they have a wonderfully unique space for great events and discussion, and not to mention, above all else, all the important resources they house, archive and preserve. It's such an important centre for women's history (in all its forms and shapes) in the UK. It's therefore with extreme sadness that I read the below this week.
From my inbox...
UNISON statement on the Library’s Special Collections
It is with profound regret that UNISON learned yesterday of the University’s Board of Governors’ decision to seek new homes for The Women’s Library and Trades Union Congress Library Collections.
Social justice, the strides towards equality and the campaigns fought by those unwilling to accept injustice lie at the heart of these collections and they have given our students a real opportunity to engage with these movements and personal histories. These special collections truly emphasized the now seemingly lost intention of London Met Uni’s original aims to widen participation and to promote social justice by offering our students these truly unique resources.
The dedicated staff at both Libraries – who were not involved in these decisions in any way, despite seeking input into the reviews that lead to this decision – will now look to the future. We still believe in the value of the stories documented and want to thank everyone who has supported us so far.
http://www.londonmetunison.org.uk/2012/03/special-collections/
Save the Women’s Library Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/370426752989975/
(not an official group but started but fellow librarians – I think)
Petiton - Save the Women's Library at London Metropolitan University
Target: Secretary of State for Education
Sponsored by: Rudi's Save Our Libraries Campaign
Ugly rumours are circulating that the magnificent, purpose-built, Women's Library at London Metropolitan University may have its opening hours and facilities drastically curtailed, or even be closed altogether. This Library is one of the most magificent specialist libraries in the world, having started life as the Fawcett Library in a poky, cramped, dark basement at Old Castle Street. With money from the Lottery it has become something that previously women - and men - could only have dreamed of. Women have visited from all over not just Britain, but the world. It is a national asset. Whatever the University's problems - which we hope will be resolved - under no circumstances should the Women's Library suffer in any way. Please join, and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE pass this onto your friends.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/925/128/986/save-the-womens-library-at-london-metropolitan-university/
There isn’t any information on the Women’s Library web site as yet although they did close unexpectedly for part of Thursday and all day Friday – but that may be a coincidence.
From my inbox...
UNISON statement on the Library’s Special Collections
It is with profound regret that UNISON learned yesterday of the University’s Board of Governors’ decision to seek new homes for The Women’s Library and Trades Union Congress Library Collections.
Social justice, the strides towards equality and the campaigns fought by those unwilling to accept injustice lie at the heart of these collections and they have given our students a real opportunity to engage with these movements and personal histories. These special collections truly emphasized the now seemingly lost intention of London Met Uni’s original aims to widen participation and to promote social justice by offering our students these truly unique resources.
The dedicated staff at both Libraries – who were not involved in these decisions in any way, despite seeking input into the reviews that lead to this decision – will now look to the future. We still believe in the value of the stories documented and want to thank everyone who has supported us so far.
http://www.londonmetunison.org.uk/2012/03/special-collections/
Save the Women’s Library Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/370426752989975/
(not an official group but started but fellow librarians – I think)
Petiton - Save the Women's Library at London Metropolitan University
Target: Secretary of State for Education
Sponsored by: Rudi's Save Our Libraries Campaign
Ugly rumours are circulating that the magnificent, purpose-built, Women's Library at London Metropolitan University may have its opening hours and facilities drastically curtailed, or even be closed altogether. This Library is one of the most magificent specialist libraries in the world, having started life as the Fawcett Library in a poky, cramped, dark basement at Old Castle Street. With money from the Lottery it has become something that previously women - and men - could only have dreamed of. Women have visited from all over not just Britain, but the world. It is a national asset. Whatever the University's problems - which we hope will be resolved - under no circumstances should the Women's Library suffer in any way. Please join, and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE pass this onto your friends.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/925/128/986/save-the-womens-library-at-london-metropolitan-university/
There isn’t any information on the Women’s Library web site as yet although they did close unexpectedly for part of Thursday and all day Friday – but that may be a coincidence.
una buena barba - call out for submissions
The quite wonderful Una Buena Barba magazine based in Spain (who interviewed me about my zines last year) have just put out this neat sounding call-out:
http://unabuenabarba.com/submission.html
It reads:
Buscamos ilustraciones para formar un fanzine sobre ídolos e iconos queer que presentaremos a finales de abril en un evento literario, y más adelante en librerías. Puede ser de la academia o la calle, la copla o la cultura pop, un personaje histórico o ficticio. Lo importante es que sea alguien que haya influido cómo ves la cultura queer o feminista.
Queremos que sea una especie de álbum familiar que represente una gran
variedad de géneros, sexualidades, razas, y profesiones.
ESPECIFICACIONES
- La ilustración ha de ser en blanco y negro.
- No importa la técnica, pero ha de enviarse en formato digital.
- Ha de estar a una resolución de 300ppp
- El tamaño ha de ser como mucho, un A5
Fecha límite: El 8 de Abril de 2012.
¿Y A MÍ QUÉ ME DAS A CAMBIO?
Por desgracia no podemos permitirnos pagar a nadie for sus ilustraciones.
Lo que saquemos de las ventas lo utilizaremos para cubrir los costes de impresión.
Lo que sí os daremos:
-Una copia del fanzine, que enviaremos a vuestro hogar, vuestra oficina, vuestra mazmorra, o donde nos
digáis.
-Una maravillosa chapa de Una Buena Barba.
-La promoción de vuestro trabajo, blog, o página web en nuestras redes sociales, web, y por supuesto en el fanzine.
-La adoración de miles de queers buenorrxs, posiblemente millones, por lo menos cuatro.
Envíanos tu propuesta o pregunta aquí.
Roughly translated, in English:
We seek to form a fanzine illustrations on queer idols and icons that present in late April at a literary event, and later in bookstores. It may be from academia or the street, the song or pop culture, a historical or fictional. The important thing is to be someone who has influenced how you see queer or feminist culture.
We want to make a sort of family album that represents a great variety of genres, sexualities, races and professions.
SPECIFICATIONS
- The picture must be in black and white.
- No matter the technique, but must be sent in digital format.
- It must be a resolution of 300dpi
- The size must be at most a A5
Deadline: On April 8, 2012.
And WHY ME GIVE ME A CHANGE?
Unfortunately we can not afford to pay anyone for their artwork.
What we get out of sales will use it to cover printing costs.
What I would give:
-A copy of the fanzine, we will send to your home, your office, your dungeon, or where we tell.
-A wonderful plate of a Good Beard.
-The promotion of your work, blog, or website on our social networks, web, and of course in the fanzine.
-Worship thousands of queers buenorrxs, possibly millions, at least four.
Send your proposal or question here: arte@unabuenabarba.com
I'm a sucker for a project like this! It's like a queer Shape & Situate :) Yay!
http://unabuenabarba.com/submission.html
It reads:
Buscamos ilustraciones para formar un fanzine sobre ídolos e iconos queer que presentaremos a finales de abril en un evento literario, y más adelante en librerías. Puede ser de la academia o la calle, la copla o la cultura pop, un personaje histórico o ficticio. Lo importante es que sea alguien que haya influido cómo ves la cultura queer o feminista.
Queremos que sea una especie de álbum familiar que represente una gran
variedad de géneros, sexualidades, razas, y profesiones.
ESPECIFICACIONES
- La ilustración ha de ser en blanco y negro.
- No importa la técnica, pero ha de enviarse en formato digital.
- Ha de estar a una resolución de 300ppp
- El tamaño ha de ser como mucho, un A5
Fecha límite: El 8 de Abril de 2012.
¿Y A MÍ QUÉ ME DAS A CAMBIO?
Por desgracia no podemos permitirnos pagar a nadie for sus ilustraciones.
Lo que saquemos de las ventas lo utilizaremos para cubrir los costes de impresión.
Lo que sí os daremos:
-Una copia del fanzine, que enviaremos a vuestro hogar, vuestra oficina, vuestra mazmorra, o donde nos
digáis.
-Una maravillosa chapa de Una Buena Barba.
-La promoción de vuestro trabajo, blog, o página web en nuestras redes sociales, web, y por supuesto en el fanzine.
-La adoración de miles de queers buenorrxs, posiblemente millones, por lo menos cuatro.
Envíanos tu propuesta o pregunta aquí.
Roughly translated, in English:
We seek to form a fanzine illustrations on queer idols and icons that present in late April at a literary event, and later in bookstores. It may be from academia or the street, the song or pop culture, a historical or fictional. The important thing is to be someone who has influenced how you see queer or feminist culture.
We want to make a sort of family album that represents a great variety of genres, sexualities, races and professions.
SPECIFICATIONS
- The picture must be in black and white.
- No matter the technique, but must be sent in digital format.
- It must be a resolution of 300dpi
- The size must be at most a A5
Deadline: On April 8, 2012.
And WHY ME GIVE ME A CHANGE?
Unfortunately we can not afford to pay anyone for their artwork.
What we get out of sales will use it to cover printing costs.
What I would give:
-A copy of the fanzine, we will send to your home, your office, your dungeon, or where we tell.
-A wonderful plate of a Good Beard.
-The promotion of your work, blog, or website on our social networks, web, and of course in the fanzine.
-Worship thousands of queers buenorrxs, possibly millions, at least four.
Send your proposal or question here: arte@unabuenabarba.com
I'm a sucker for a project like this! It's like a queer Shape & Situate :) Yay!
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
poland
From my inbox, from Asia...
http://zinowearchiwum.wordpress.com : A blog about feminist/queer/comix zines and events from poland
www.psiamac.noblogs.org : A zine/graphic/diy festival in Warsaw in May 2012, feel invited, take part!
and if you visit warsaw, please check out the queer/feminist social center
UFA, ul. nowolipki 20 (www.u-f-a.pl) and check our zine archive!
http://zinowearchiwum.wordpress.com : A blog about feminist/queer/comix zines and events from poland
www.psiamac.noblogs.org : A zine/graphic/diy festival in Warsaw in May 2012, feel invited, take part!
and if you visit warsaw, please check out the queer/feminist social center
UFA, ul. nowolipki 20 (www.u-f-a.pl) and check our zine archive!
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
MOMA in a rush for the plane home
I've just got back from a whistlestop trip to New York where I had to go for solely for a 12 hour meeting - grim! Before my flight home I got up extra early and ran to MOMA to check out the Cindy Sherman exhibition currently being held there. Aside from Cindy's work, I saw some other real gems, such as the Sanja Ivekovic exhibition, 'Sweet Violence' which kind of blew me away (in a way that, strangely, Cindy Sherman's exhibition didn't).
A real treat for me too was seeing the work (in the flesh) of so many amazing female artists under one roof, the work of Barbara Kruger, Kara Walker, Lisa Yuskavage, Ellen Gallagher, Diane Arbus, Nan Goldin, Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Lucas, Ana Medieta, Jenny Holzer, Lucy McKenzie, Paulina Olowska, Cady Noland, Diana Balton, Doris Salcedo, and Andrea Zittel.
Here's some crappy, blurry photos of some of that...
^Louise Bourgeois
^Sarah Lucas
^Ellen Gallagher
^Jenny Holzer
^Barbara Kruger
A real treat for me too was seeing the work (in the flesh) of so many amazing female artists under one roof, the work of Barbara Kruger, Kara Walker, Lisa Yuskavage, Ellen Gallagher, Diane Arbus, Nan Goldin, Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Lucas, Ana Medieta, Jenny Holzer, Lucy McKenzie, Paulina Olowska, Cady Noland, Diana Balton, Doris Salcedo, and Andrea Zittel.
Here's some crappy, blurry photos of some of that...
^Louise Bourgeois
^Sarah Lucas
^Ellen Gallagher
^Jenny Holzer
^Barbara Kruger
Shape & Situate: Posters Of Inspirational European Women. Issue 3
Shape & Situate: Posters Of Inspirational European Women Issue #3 is OUT NOW!!
I'll be adding places to the list on the right hand side of this blog of where folks can get hold of a copy, but right now I'm starting with my etsy shop. More to follow.
Shape & Situate is a zine of posters made by artists and DIY creative folk from within Europe, each poster highlighting the (often hidden) history and lives of radical inspirational women and collectives from Europe, as a way of connecting us with the past and the present through a dynamic cultural (re-)articulation of these women’s lives.
The zine aims to activate feminist cultural memory, to inspire in the present, and to visually bring women’s social and political history to life and into view.
Featuring posters of:
Grace Darling, Margaret McMillan, Lucy Whitman, Gloria Fuertes, Zorras, Anneke Van Baalen, Elizabeth Fry, Annie Londonderry, Tove Jansson, Artemisia Gentileschi, The Raincoats, Ada Lovelace, Tessa Boffin, Hedy Lamarr, Jane Drew, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Monique Wittig, Madge Gill, Catherine Of Aragon, Bryant & May Matchwomen, Amy Johnson, Marie Duval, Beryl Cook, Virginia Woolf, Beverley Skeggs.
Contributing artists:
Dimitri Antorka-Pieri (aka jimi gherkin), Amy Wright, Rachael House, Zoraida de Torres Burgos, Marylou Anderson, Nina Nijsten, James Clayton , A-K Pirata, Gladys Badhands, Jen Chung, Matthew Evans, Claira Turvey, Red and Nu, Chella Quint, Jo Harrison, Soya Le Gato, Julia Downes, Seleena Laverne Daye, Verity Hall, Bill Savage, John Bishop, Benjamin L. Cooney, Kathryn Taylor, Leah Mathos, Charlotte Cooper.
2012
A5 size zine.
34 pages (25 posters)
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Printed on recycled 100gsm paper. Covers printed on 170gsm card.
I'll be adding places to the list on the right hand side of this blog of where folks can get hold of a copy, but right now I'm starting with my etsy shop. More to follow.
Shape & Situate is a zine of posters made by artists and DIY creative folk from within Europe, each poster highlighting the (often hidden) history and lives of radical inspirational women and collectives from Europe, as a way of connecting us with the past and the present through a dynamic cultural (re-)articulation of these women’s lives.
The zine aims to activate feminist cultural memory, to inspire in the present, and to visually bring women’s social and political history to life and into view.
Featuring posters of:
Grace Darling, Margaret McMillan, Lucy Whitman, Gloria Fuertes, Zorras, Anneke Van Baalen, Elizabeth Fry, Annie Londonderry, Tove Jansson, Artemisia Gentileschi, The Raincoats, Ada Lovelace, Tessa Boffin, Hedy Lamarr, Jane Drew, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Monique Wittig, Madge Gill, Catherine Of Aragon, Bryant & May Matchwomen, Amy Johnson, Marie Duval, Beryl Cook, Virginia Woolf, Beverley Skeggs.
Contributing artists:
Dimitri Antorka-Pieri (aka jimi gherkin), Amy Wright, Rachael House, Zoraida de Torres Burgos, Marylou Anderson, Nina Nijsten, James Clayton , A-K Pirata, Gladys Badhands, Jen Chung, Matthew Evans, Claira Turvey, Red and Nu, Chella Quint, Jo Harrison, Soya Le Gato, Julia Downes, Seleena Laverne Daye, Verity Hall, Bill Savage, John Bishop, Benjamin L. Cooney, Kathryn Taylor, Leah Mathos, Charlotte Cooper.
2012
A5 size zine.
34 pages (25 posters)
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Printed on recycled 100gsm paper. Covers printed on 170gsm card.
Monday, 5 March 2012
scottish comix event
From my inbox...
Hysterical Women & Graphic Grrrlz, illustrated talk
Start: 12th March, 2012 6:00 pm
End: 12th March, 2012 7:00 pm
Cost: Free
Address: The Wellgate, Dundee, United Kingdom
An illustrated talk with Heather Middleton.
6pm to 7pm, Monday 12th March, Conference Room, Central Library, The Wellgate, Dundee.
To complement the Hysterical Women and Graphic Grrrlz exhibition, Glasgow based illustrator and zine-maker Heather Middleton will give an illustrated talk on the history of graphic novels and zines by women authors.
More info here: http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/hysterical-women-graphic-grrrlz-illustrated-talk/
Hysterical Women & Graphic Grrrlz, illustrated talk
Start: 12th March, 2012 6:00 pm
End: 12th March, 2012 7:00 pm
Cost: Free
Address: The Wellgate, Dundee, United Kingdom
An illustrated talk with Heather Middleton.
6pm to 7pm, Monday 12th March, Conference Room, Central Library, The Wellgate, Dundee.
To complement the Hysterical Women and Graphic Grrrlz exhibition, Glasgow based illustrator and zine-maker Heather Middleton will give an illustrated talk on the history of graphic novels and zines by women authors.
More info here: http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/hysterical-women-graphic-grrrlz-illustrated-talk/
tabling
Shape & Situate zine will be at a couple of zine events in the coming months...
Loosely Bound Zine Extravaganza, in Bradford: http://looselybound.org/
An event run in collaboration with Fabric in their brand new city centre arts space, "Handmade in Bradford" at
1 Tyrell St BD1 1RU
Saturday 24th March 2012
10am-4pm
and
Victoria Baths zine convention, in Manchester. More info on all the rad stuff that's already planned to happen at this can be found here: http://theshriekingviolets.blogspot.com/p/victoria-baths-fanzine-convention-2012.html
Saturday 19th May 2012.
I'll be hosting an exhibition of the Shape & Situate posters at this event.
Loosely Bound Zine Extravaganza, in Bradford: http://looselybound.org/
An event run in collaboration with Fabric in their brand new city centre arts space, "Handmade in Bradford" at
1 Tyrell St BD1 1RU
Saturday 24th March 2012
10am-4pm
and
Victoria Baths zine convention, in Manchester. More info on all the rad stuff that's already planned to happen at this can be found here: http://theshriekingviolets.blogspot.com/p/victoria-baths-fanzine-convention-2012.html
Saturday 19th May 2012.
I'll be hosting an exhibition of the Shape & Situate posters at this event.
Monday, 13 February 2012
gb jones exhibition, chicago
From my inbox, from GB Jones...
Hi Melanie,
I hope you are well!
I just want to let you know about this show:
http://lexzine.com/blog/lexander-g-b-jones-at-the-museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago
Just in case you can go!
XO
GB
///
I'm far too far away from Chicago, but for those who are nearer, I hope you can go! Hop to it, it opened on Saturday. GB is too good to miss ♥
Hi Melanie,
I hope you are well!
I just want to let you know about this show:
http://lexzine.com/blog/lexander-g-b-jones-at-the-museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago
Just in case you can go!
XO
GB
///
I'm far too far away from Chicago, but for those who are nearer, I hope you can go! Hop to it, it opened on Saturday. GB is too good to miss ♥
Friday, 10 February 2012
women and girls are strong
Women and Girls are Strong – People's History Museum, Manchester
An exhibition by Feminist Webs
8 March 2012 — 20 May 2012
Women and Girls are Strong – People's History Museum : Manchester Museums
This interactive Community Gallery exhibition has something for all ages, backgrounds and genders to enjoy. Visit the ’Histree’ and add your own leaf, enjoy the wall of masks and even visit the women’s igloo!
Women's Igloo??!! :)
An exhibition by Feminist Webs
8 March 2012 — 20 May 2012
Women and Girls are Strong – People's History Museum : Manchester Museums
This interactive Community Gallery exhibition has something for all ages, backgrounds and genders to enjoy. Visit the ’Histree’ and add your own leaf, enjoy the wall of masks and even visit the women’s igloo!
Women's Igloo??!! :)
Monday, 6 February 2012
tooting zine fair
From my inbox...
Hello zine/illustration friends
I hope you're well. Im helping to organize Tooting Zine Fair in the Construciton Gallery, very exciting, it would be great if you could come with your zines and artwork. We're allocating half tables and wall space.
25 feb
Construction gallery
74 – 80 Upper Tooting Road
London SW17 7PB
12pm-6pm
website: tootingzines.tumblr.com
If you're interested in a stall you'd better let me know, we want to get them all booked up sharpish!!
Also if you know anyone else who might be interested in a stall/zines could you give them my email or direct them to the website.
hope you can make it!
sofia
walrus zines
Hello zine/illustration friends
I hope you're well. Im helping to organize Tooting Zine Fair in the Construciton Gallery, very exciting, it would be great if you could come with your zines and artwork. We're allocating half tables and wall space.
25 feb
Construction gallery
74 – 80 Upper Tooting Road
London SW17 7PB
12pm-6pm
website: tootingzines.tumblr.com
If you're interested in a stall you'd better let me know, we want to get them all booked up sharpish!!
Also if you know anyone else who might be interested in a stall/zines could you give them my email or direct them to the website.
hope you can make it!
sofia
walrus zines
Friday, 3 February 2012
sins invalid
Woah, now this is what I call a kick-ass interview! Hats off to my fine friends at Aorta Magazine for this interview with Patty Berne & Leroy Franklin Moore Jr of Sins Invalid:
http://www.aortamagazine.com/blog/sins-invalid/
http://www.aortamagazine.com/blog/sins-invalid/
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
things i wish i could attend...
The San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center & Queer Cultural Center present: "Queer Ancestors," Prints by Queer Young Artists
Reception Thursday, January 26th, 7 to 9 pm
LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street
Prints on exhibition January 18th to February 16th
-For more information: katie@katiegilmartin.com
Exhibition generously supported by the San Francisco Arts COmmission, Queer Cultural Center, SOMArts, Chrysalis Studio, THe LGBT Community Center, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
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Thurs Jan 26th,
Mortreal, Quebec
Join us for a community discussion on building bridges between art and social activism organized by the Howl! arts collective. The event will feature presentations by accomplished grassroots artists that are working to explore links between their artistic practice and str...uggles for social justice, followed by an open discussion. Howl! is presenting this event within the context of a Conservative majority government that is enacting economic austerity policies that undercut support for the arts and threaten the social fabric of our communities.
a panel discussion moderated by Kevin Lo
http://www.lokidesign.net/
presentations by
* Coco Riot. visual artist / community activist.
An artist and a queer and migrant activist, Coco Riot loves exploring the multiple possibilities of drawing through installations, graphic novels, animation films etc. Coco is the outreach coordinator of the artist-run center articule (Montreal) and the graphic designer of the social graphic design studio The Public in Toronto. http://www.cocoriot.com/
* Freda Guttman. visual artist / community activist.
Freda is a native of Montreal, has been a practising artist for over 45 years. In the 1980's she quit teaching art in order to situate her work into the realm of the political beyond art galleries for a participatory and broad range of viewers. She created two very large installations which toured Canada extensively for several years, in artist-run centres: “Guatemala: The Road of War” and“The Global Menu”. She has also created several small installations about the Palestinian struggle. In 2003, she co-curated an exhibition, “Artists Against the Occupation”, with Rawi Hage in Montreal and has shown her work in numerous “Artists Against the Occupation” exhibits all over the world. She recently completed a continuum of five installations globally entitled, “Notes From the 20th" which was a ten year project.
* Malcolm Guy. filmmaker / activist / Productions Multi-Monde.
Malcolm Guy is an anti-imperialist activist and filmmaker. He is General Secretary of the International League of People's Struggle, an anti-imperialist formation representing more than 350 grass root organizations from 40 countries. He is a founding member of the Centre for Philippine Concerns and the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal. On the film front, Malcolm is President of Productions Multi-Monde, a production company he co-founded in 1987. Malcolm contributed to establishing the international film fest Rencontres International du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) and the Observatoire du Documentaire. He also helped organize the first-ever International Conference of Progressive Culture, held in the Philippines in July 2011 under the theme: People's Art - shaping the society of the future. http://www.pmm.qc.ca/english/spip.php?article37
* Vincent Tinguely. poet / writer / CKUT radio host
Vincent Tinguely is a Montreal writer and poet. His work has appeared in Four Minutes to Midnight no. 10, Canadian Poetry no. 64, and the Poetry-Quebec website. He is the co-author of Impure — Reinventing the word, a book about the Montreal spoken word scene. He’s currently the managing editor of litlive.ca, a webzine devoted to performance poetry, spoken word, dub poetry and beyond. http://vintin.wordpress.com/
Howl! arts collective
http://www.twitter.com/howlarts
http:///www.facebook.com/howlarts
http://www.howlarts.net/
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Newcastle, UK
(29th Feb onwards)
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/season/121
LOUDER NOW! is a monthly screening of films of a feminist nature at The Star and Shadow Cinema, presented by The Gender Research Group at Newcastle University. It is intended that these films will enlighten, provoke and spar...k discussion, build networks, and perhaps inspire action. Each film will showcase a different aspect of feminist thought and politics, be introduced by a specialist and post-film discussion will be encouraged. LOUDER NOW! promotes an open atmosphere where every opinion, thought and feeling will be respected.
Dates for your diary: 29th February, 26th April, 24th May, 28th June, 04th October, 01st November, 06th December
LOUDER NOW! is brought to the Star and Shadow with support from The Gender Research Group at Newcastle University.
All LOUDER NOW! events are free to attend (although £1 membership to the Star and Shadow is required).
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FILMS...
Wed 29th February, 7pm
LOUDER NOW! LAUNCH EVENT
Summer School
Guest Speakers: Marcie MacLellan (Summer School's director/producer), Dr Carolyn Pedwell (GRG, Newcastle University), Dr Kate Chedgzoy (GRG, Newcastle University).
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/923
Thur 26th April, 7.30pm
don’t need you: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
Guest Speaker: Dr Julia Downes (Durham University)
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/916
Thur 24th May, 7.30pm
Eat the Kimono
Guest speaker: Dr Nobuko Anan (Northumbria University)
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/918
Thur 28th June, 7.30pm
Privilege
Guest speaker: TBC
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/917
Thur 04th October, 7.30pm
Blind Spot
Guest speaker Prof Marie Cross
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/919
Thur 01st November, 7.30pm
Greenham Granny
Guest speaker: Prof Sasha Roseneil (Birkbeck University)
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/921
Thur 06th December, 7.30pm
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Guest speaker: TBC
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/922
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Reception Thursday, January 26th, 7 to 9 pm
LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street
Prints on exhibition January 18th to February 16th
-For more information: katie@katiegilmartin.com
Exhibition generously supported by the San Francisco Arts COmmission, Queer Cultural Center, SOMArts, Chrysalis Studio, THe LGBT Community Center, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
/////
Thurs Jan 26th,
Mortreal, Quebec
Join us for a community discussion on building bridges between art and social activism organized by the Howl! arts collective. The event will feature presentations by accomplished grassroots artists that are working to explore links between their artistic practice and str...uggles for social justice, followed by an open discussion. Howl! is presenting this event within the context of a Conservative majority government that is enacting economic austerity policies that undercut support for the arts and threaten the social fabric of our communities.
a panel discussion moderated by Kevin Lo
http://www.lokidesign.net/
presentations by
* Coco Riot. visual artist / community activist.
An artist and a queer and migrant activist, Coco Riot loves exploring the multiple possibilities of drawing through installations, graphic novels, animation films etc. Coco is the outreach coordinator of the artist-run center articule (Montreal) and the graphic designer of the social graphic design studio The Public in Toronto. http://www.cocoriot.com/
* Freda Guttman. visual artist / community activist.
Freda is a native of Montreal, has been a practising artist for over 45 years. In the 1980's she quit teaching art in order to situate her work into the realm of the political beyond art galleries for a participatory and broad range of viewers. She created two very large installations which toured Canada extensively for several years, in artist-run centres: “Guatemala: The Road of War” and“The Global Menu”. She has also created several small installations about the Palestinian struggle. In 2003, she co-curated an exhibition, “Artists Against the Occupation”, with Rawi Hage in Montreal and has shown her work in numerous “Artists Against the Occupation” exhibits all over the world. She recently completed a continuum of five installations globally entitled, “Notes From the 20th" which was a ten year project.
* Malcolm Guy. filmmaker / activist / Productions Multi-Monde.
Malcolm Guy is an anti-imperialist activist and filmmaker. He is General Secretary of the International League of People's Struggle, an anti-imperialist formation representing more than 350 grass root organizations from 40 countries. He is a founding member of the Centre for Philippine Concerns and the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal. On the film front, Malcolm is President of Productions Multi-Monde, a production company he co-founded in 1987. Malcolm contributed to establishing the international film fest Rencontres International du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) and the Observatoire du Documentaire. He also helped organize the first-ever International Conference of Progressive Culture, held in the Philippines in July 2011 under the theme: People's Art - shaping the society of the future. http://www.pmm.qc.ca/english/spip.php?article37
* Vincent Tinguely. poet / writer / CKUT radio host
Vincent Tinguely is a Montreal writer and poet. His work has appeared in Four Minutes to Midnight no. 10, Canadian Poetry no. 64, and the Poetry-Quebec website. He is the co-author of Impure — Reinventing the word, a book about the Montreal spoken word scene. He’s currently the managing editor of litlive.ca, a webzine devoted to performance poetry, spoken word, dub poetry and beyond. http://vintin.wordpress.com/
Howl! arts collective
http://www.twitter.com/howlarts
http:///www.facebook.com/howlarts
http://www.howlarts.net/
//////
Newcastle, UK
(29th Feb onwards)
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/season/121
LOUDER NOW! is a monthly screening of films of a feminist nature at The Star and Shadow Cinema, presented by The Gender Research Group at Newcastle University. It is intended that these films will enlighten, provoke and spar...k discussion, build networks, and perhaps inspire action. Each film will showcase a different aspect of feminist thought and politics, be introduced by a specialist and post-film discussion will be encouraged. LOUDER NOW! promotes an open atmosphere where every opinion, thought and feeling will be respected.
Dates for your diary: 29th February, 26th April, 24th May, 28th June, 04th October, 01st November, 06th December
LOUDER NOW! is brought to the Star and Shadow with support from The Gender Research Group at Newcastle University.
All LOUDER NOW! events are free to attend (although £1 membership to the Star and Shadow is required).
---
FILMS...
Wed 29th February, 7pm
LOUDER NOW! LAUNCH EVENT
Summer School
Guest Speakers: Marcie MacLellan (Summer School's director/producer), Dr Carolyn Pedwell (GRG, Newcastle University), Dr Kate Chedgzoy (GRG, Newcastle University).
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/923
Thur 26th April, 7.30pm
don’t need you: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl
Guest Speaker: Dr Julia Downes (Durham University)
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/916
Thur 24th May, 7.30pm
Eat the Kimono
Guest speaker: Dr Nobuko Anan (Northumbria University)
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/918
Thur 28th June, 7.30pm
Privilege
Guest speaker: TBC
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/917
Thur 04th October, 7.30pm
Blind Spot
Guest speaker Prof Marie Cross
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/919
Thur 01st November, 7.30pm
Greenham Granny
Guest speaker: Prof Sasha Roseneil (Birkbeck University)
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/921
Thur 06th December, 7.30pm
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Guest speaker: TBC
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/922
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Monday, 23 January 2012
the house that groaned
From my inbox from Karrie Fransman... The House That Groaned is her graphic novel which references issues of bodily anxiety and image from a feminist perspective:
"I wanted to drop you a line as my my new graphic novel 'The House That Groaned' has just been released by Random House's Square Peg. It's off to a flying start with praise from film director Nicolas Roeg, a fantastic review from Paul Gravett and it was voted no.1 book by Foyles just the other week. You can have a play with the book at www.thehousethatgroaned.com and watch an animated trailer here": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiha_y4nCBU.
Quotes: 'KARRIE FRANSMAN breaks all the rules of storytelling; accumulated over the past thousands of years. She creates a confusion at first, that suddenly bursts into the obvious and simplest fact; that all the stories of, and in our lives, are personal and private. Unlinked and unlike anyone else’s…..like our DNA. The only way this wonderful ‘Book’ could have been written is by illustration….not by word…..rather like the hidden stories drawn on the walls of caves.-Nicholas Roeg (director of Don't look Now and Walkabout)
'Oddly macabre and moving at the same time, more absurdist magic realism than gritty kitchen-sink drama, few British debut graphic novels have been as audacious and unsettling as this.' Paul Gravett (journalist, curator and The Man at the Crossroads)
"I wanted to drop you a line as my my new graphic novel 'The House That Groaned' has just been released by Random House's Square Peg. It's off to a flying start with praise from film director Nicolas Roeg, a fantastic review from Paul Gravett and it was voted no.1 book by Foyles just the other week. You can have a play with the book at www.thehousethatgroaned.com and watch an animated trailer here": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiha_y4nCBU.
Quotes: 'KARRIE FRANSMAN breaks all the rules of storytelling; accumulated over the past thousands of years. She creates a confusion at first, that suddenly bursts into the obvious and simplest fact; that all the stories of, and in our lives, are personal and private. Unlinked and unlike anyone else’s…..like our DNA. The only way this wonderful ‘Book’ could have been written is by illustration….not by word…..rather like the hidden stories drawn on the walls of caves.-Nicholas Roeg (director of Don't look Now and Walkabout)
'Oddly macabre and moving at the same time, more absurdist magic realism than gritty kitchen-sink drama, few British debut graphic novels have been as audacious and unsettling as this.' Paul Gravett (journalist, curator and The Man at the Crossroads)
zine fests usa
The workshop component of February's upcoming LA Zine Fest makes me wish I got off my ass more...
Not half as gutting though as realising that I'm gonna fleetingly be in New York missing the Feminist Zinefest NYC by two weeks. Bah. Rubbish timing on my part.
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LA Zine Fest
Panel Discussion: DIY Artspaces
Moderator: Mark Allen of Machine Project
“Los Angeles is a rich environment for creating low cost, grassroots venues of all kinds,” says moderator Mark Allen. Do our six experienced panelists agree with him? Participants will discuss starting your own DIY/alternative art space or venue, and how to keep it going. The panel includes Jim Smith of The Smell, Walt Gorecki and Shaddy Zeineddine of Home Room, Pauline Lay of Pehrspace, Sean Carnage, and Katie Vonderheide of Synchronicity Space.
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Workshop: Zines As Agents Of Social Change
Presented by Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go
A discussion on expanding the scope of zines to provide community support and social change though zine creation. Topics will include: framing zine workshops for different audiences, partnering with community organizations or activist affinity groups, acquiring grant monies and other support options, the importance of collaboration, and, of course, why zine makers are needed as culture workers.
Margarat Nee & Kim Schwenk of Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go have been teaching zine workshops for nearly a decade and will facilitate the discussion using the GZAGG Manifesto as a starting point.
About Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go: “Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go is an all-women workshop group based in Southern California. Since 2002 we have been facilitating workshops in community venues and college campuses in our region. We focus on the empowerment of young women through the production of fanzines and self published works.”
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Workshop: Making And Selling Your Minicomic!
Presented by Jim Higgins of Meltdown University
Comics editor Jim Higgins will discuss the basics of writing and drawing a minicomic and how to sell it to stores, distributors, and your soon-to-be adoring fans. He’ll talk about the creative process, finding and working with collaborators, production and printing, and the best ways to market and sell your independently produced comic book.
About Jim Higgins: Jim has been a writer and editor in the comics business for 18 years. He was an editor and assistant editor at DC Comics in the Paradox Press division (The Big Book of Grimm, Hoaxes, and The ’70s, plus the graphic novels Road to Perdition, and Stuck Rubber Baby) and is the editor and publisher of New Thing, an international anthology of comics. He taught comic book storytelling for eight years at The School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and cinema studies at The City University of New York for four and a half. He is presently teaching Graphic Novel Development at CalArts and various comics classes at Otis College of Art and Design. He is also the Program Director for the Meltdown University classes at Meltdown Comics.
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Not half as gutting though as realising that I'm gonna fleetingly be in New York missing the Feminist Zinefest NYC by two weeks. Bah. Rubbish timing on my part.
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LA Zine Fest
Panel Discussion: DIY Artspaces
Moderator: Mark Allen of Machine Project
“Los Angeles is a rich environment for creating low cost, grassroots venues of all kinds,” says moderator Mark Allen. Do our six experienced panelists agree with him? Participants will discuss starting your own DIY/alternative art space or venue, and how to keep it going. The panel includes Jim Smith of The Smell, Walt Gorecki and Shaddy Zeineddine of Home Room, Pauline Lay of Pehrspace, Sean Carnage, and Katie Vonderheide of Synchronicity Space.
* * * *
Workshop: Zines As Agents Of Social Change
Presented by Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go
A discussion on expanding the scope of zines to provide community support and social change though zine creation. Topics will include: framing zine workshops for different audiences, partnering with community organizations or activist affinity groups, acquiring grant monies and other support options, the importance of collaboration, and, of course, why zine makers are needed as culture workers.
Margarat Nee & Kim Schwenk of Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go have been teaching zine workshops for nearly a decade and will facilitate the discussion using the GZAGG Manifesto as a starting point.
About Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go: “Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go is an all-women workshop group based in Southern California. Since 2002 we have been facilitating workshops in community venues and college campuses in our region. We focus on the empowerment of young women through the production of fanzines and self published works.”
* * * *
Workshop: Making And Selling Your Minicomic!
Presented by Jim Higgins of Meltdown University
Comics editor Jim Higgins will discuss the basics of writing and drawing a minicomic and how to sell it to stores, distributors, and your soon-to-be adoring fans. He’ll talk about the creative process, finding and working with collaborators, production and printing, and the best ways to market and sell your independently produced comic book.
About Jim Higgins: Jim has been a writer and editor in the comics business for 18 years. He was an editor and assistant editor at DC Comics in the Paradox Press division (The Big Book of Grimm, Hoaxes, and The ’70s, plus the graphic novels Road to Perdition, and Stuck Rubber Baby) and is the editor and publisher of New Thing, an international anthology of comics. He taught comic book storytelling for eight years at The School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and cinema studies at The City University of New York for four and a half. He is presently teaching Graphic Novel Development at CalArts and various comics classes at Otis College of Art and Design. He is also the Program Director for the Meltdown University classes at Meltdown Comics.
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Wednesday, 4 January 2012
justseeds interview now online
An interview I did with a group of some of the women involved with the Justseeds artists co-operative, back in 2010, has just been published online at the (new) Aorta blog.
It can be found here: www.aortamagazine.com/blog/women-of-justseeds
Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative is a decentralized community of artists based in Canada, the US and Mexico who have banded together to collaborate with and support each other and social movements.
I spoke with six women active in the diverse Justseeds artists’ co-op, who are an integral part of the collective: Melanie Cervantes (Oakland, CA), Bec Young (Pittsburgh, PA), Molly Fair (Brooklyn, NY), Meredith Stern (Providence RI) and Thea Gahr (Mexico), alongside Nicole Schulman (Brooklyn, NY) who has created art work for Justseeds. We spoke about political collective creativity, art in social movements, socially engaged printmaking, and art as activism.
Many thanks for the patience of the women involved, I know it's been a while since we wrote this!
Image above by: Melanie Cerantes
Image above by: Nicole Schulman
It can be found here: www.aortamagazine.com/blog/women-of-justseeds
Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative is a decentralized community of artists based in Canada, the US and Mexico who have banded together to collaborate with and support each other and social movements.
I spoke with six women active in the diverse Justseeds artists’ co-op, who are an integral part of the collective: Melanie Cervantes (Oakland, CA), Bec Young (Pittsburgh, PA), Molly Fair (Brooklyn, NY), Meredith Stern (Providence RI) and Thea Gahr (Mexico), alongside Nicole Schulman (Brooklyn, NY) who has created art work for Justseeds. We spoke about political collective creativity, art in social movements, socially engaged printmaking, and art as activism.
Many thanks for the patience of the women involved, I know it's been a while since we wrote this!
Image above by: Melanie Cerantes
Image above by: Nicole Schulman
Saturday, 10 December 2011
community action center video project
From my inbox, from k8 Hardy:
A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner's Community Action Center is a 69-minute sociosexual video incorporating the erotics of a community where the personal is not only political, but sexual. This project is a unique contemporary composition, an archive of an intergenerational community built on collaboration, friendship, sex and art. Burns and Steiner worked with artists and performers who created infinitely complex gender and performance roles that are both real and fantastical, set to a soundtrack of music by Chicks on Speed, Effi Briest, Electrelane, Chateau featuring K8 Hardy, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Light Asylum, MEN, Motherland, NGUZUNGUZU, I.U.D. (Lizzi Bougatsos & Sadie Laska), Kinski and Thee Majesty (Genesis P-Orridge), and featuring original compositions by Justin Bond, Nick Hallett & Sam Greenleaf Miller, Ashland Mines & Wu Tsang, Sergei Tcherepnin and Tri-State Area with AV Linton.
K8 Hardy:
Every gay and queer up and down the U.S. should get a chance to see the video Community Action Center. It will rock their world wide open. The artists behind this radical and pornographic art video want to tour up and down and all across the States and hold screenings and discussions exactly where this kind of imagery is completely unavailable. Just because there is so much pornography online does not mean you can see these kind of sexual representations. This is consent and unabashed pleasure and it's not made by straight men or for straight men. This is radical sexual representation and we need to get it out there! It must be seen outside the art world! Not every gay person can fall in step with what straight people think are acceptable and normal (?) and sadly, shame has far reaching and heart-breaking consequences. This video is explicitly about pleasure and queer bodies and shamelessness and outsiders. I truly believe it can be as important as Our Bodies, Ourselves was in the early 70s and it will educate people and give permission to accept perversities, variations of sexualities, and ... aesthetics!
This is important because not only will people see the video, but A.L Steiner and AK Burns will be there to talk and stand there proudly as living examples of gender queers and unabashed feminists. I write this passionately because I remember what it was like living in Fort Worth and meeting loud ass riot grrrls rolling through town and confronting sexist bullshit and the reality of their presence saved my life. I'm not being dramatic. It's true.
Please donate if you can and forward!
http://www.usaprojects.org/project/community_action_center
If successful, this fundraiser will take the project on a nationwide screening tour to rural LGBTQ community support centers around the U.S. and provide all 50 performers, musicians & crew members with fees for their contributions to the project. If you believe in paying artists & performers for their work, supporting feminist projects and/or bringing artwork to rural GLBTQ communities - PLEASE DONATE!
With the amazing support of our extended communities, A.K. Burns + A.L. Steiner's project, Community Action Cetner, has reached close to 50% of thier funding - $11,000! They have only 13 days left to raise the rest AND we now, matching funds are available so your fully tax-deductible donations - and the reward tiers - are doubled- $5=$10, $25=$50...
This money will go directly to support working artists & performers (myself included!), as well as rural GLBTQ communities. And the best part is that with any donation over $13 today, you are eligible for unique artworks as rewards, in exchange for your donations!
By donating, funders can receive original artwork, private VIP screenings and performances. Burns + Steiner must reach their goal of $25K by Dec. 21st to be granted any of the money- it's either all or nothing.
Because of the project's explicit queer sexual content, many institutions organizations and funding bodies could not/will not financially support this fundraising effort- but USA Projects has generously and courageously taken it on.
THANK YOU EVERYONE AND WE NEED TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING!!! IF YOU CAN, PLEASE DONATE &/OR SHARE WIDELY- IT TAKES A COMMUNITY!!
http://www.usaprojects.org/project/community_action_center
A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner's Community Action Center is a 69-minute sociosexual video incorporating the erotics of a community where the personal is not only political, but sexual. This project is a unique contemporary composition, an archive of an intergenerational community built on collaboration, friendship, sex and art. Burns and Steiner worked with artists and performers who created infinitely complex gender and performance roles that are both real and fantastical, set to a soundtrack of music by Chicks on Speed, Effi Briest, Electrelane, Chateau featuring K8 Hardy, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Light Asylum, MEN, Motherland, NGUZUNGUZU, I.U.D. (Lizzi Bougatsos & Sadie Laska), Kinski and Thee Majesty (Genesis P-Orridge), and featuring original compositions by Justin Bond, Nick Hallett & Sam Greenleaf Miller, Ashland Mines & Wu Tsang, Sergei Tcherepnin and Tri-State Area with AV Linton.
K8 Hardy:
Every gay and queer up and down the U.S. should get a chance to see the video Community Action Center. It will rock their world wide open. The artists behind this radical and pornographic art video want to tour up and down and all across the States and hold screenings and discussions exactly where this kind of imagery is completely unavailable. Just because there is so much pornography online does not mean you can see these kind of sexual representations. This is consent and unabashed pleasure and it's not made by straight men or for straight men. This is radical sexual representation and we need to get it out there! It must be seen outside the art world! Not every gay person can fall in step with what straight people think are acceptable and normal (?) and sadly, shame has far reaching and heart-breaking consequences. This video is explicitly about pleasure and queer bodies and shamelessness and outsiders. I truly believe it can be as important as Our Bodies, Ourselves was in the early 70s and it will educate people and give permission to accept perversities, variations of sexualities, and ... aesthetics!
This is important because not only will people see the video, but A.L Steiner and AK Burns will be there to talk and stand there proudly as living examples of gender queers and unabashed feminists. I write this passionately because I remember what it was like living in Fort Worth and meeting loud ass riot grrrls rolling through town and confronting sexist bullshit and the reality of their presence saved my life. I'm not being dramatic. It's true.
Please donate if you can and forward!
http://www.usaprojects.org/project/community_action_center
If successful, this fundraiser will take the project on a nationwide screening tour to rural LGBTQ community support centers around the U.S. and provide all 50 performers, musicians & crew members with fees for their contributions to the project. If you believe in paying artists & performers for their work, supporting feminist projects and/or bringing artwork to rural GLBTQ communities - PLEASE DONATE!
With the amazing support of our extended communities, A.K. Burns + A.L. Steiner's project, Community Action Cetner, has reached close to 50% of thier funding - $11,000! They have only 13 days left to raise the rest AND we now, matching funds are available so your fully tax-deductible donations - and the reward tiers - are doubled- $5=$10, $25=$50...
This money will go directly to support working artists & performers (myself included!), as well as rural GLBTQ communities. And the best part is that with any donation over $13 today, you are eligible for unique artworks as rewards, in exchange for your donations!
By donating, funders can receive original artwork, private VIP screenings and performances. Burns + Steiner must reach their goal of $25K by Dec. 21st to be granted any of the money- it's either all or nothing.
Because of the project's explicit queer sexual content, many institutions organizations and funding bodies could not/will not financially support this fundraising effort- but USA Projects has generously and courageously taken it on.
THANK YOU EVERYONE AND WE NEED TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING!!! IF YOU CAN, PLEASE DONATE &/OR SHARE WIDELY- IT TAKES A COMMUNITY!!
http://www.usaprojects.org/project/community_action_center
Friday, 9 December 2011
best revenge - san francisco - queer art & discussion festival
My friend Lex Non Scripta, alongside Adrienne Skye Roberts and Caitlin Rose are now officially wrangling for art and ideas for the Queer Cultural Center's National Queer Arts Festival 2012 (San Francisco).
Submissions now welcome.
All the details of the 'Best Revenge' art & discussion series for June 2012, and how to be a part of events, and submit your proposals, can be found here: http://bestrevenge2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/best-revenge-call-for-artists-and-proposals/
BEST REVENGE call for artists and proposals
Throughout queer history and our current political landscape, there are many milestones to celebrate. Certainly, the Defense of Marriage Act and the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” are significant struggles fought with the intention of bringing equality to marginalized LGBTQ people. However, embedded within the concept of milestones is a traditional linear model of success that oftentimes alienates queers whose lives, identities and desires exist outside the dominate narrative of equality and progress.
Attempts to assimilate into this dominant society will continue to distract and dissuade the queer community from celebrating itself as a distinctly different, thriving micro-society with a network of values, relationships and political and social views. What must we surrender if we are expected to measure our achievements by how well we fit into a straight, capitalist, racist, colonialist, and classist society? How do we build a future based on self-determination and mutual aid? How do we create rituals to validate and celebrate our individual and collective accomplishments? How are we already engaged in these processes?
Best Revenge is a collection of queer events including a lecture series, visual art installations and public performances. To acknowledge the queer manifestation of home, Best Revenge will take place in the imperfect and loved environment of queer households and collectives in the Mission District. We are seeking proposals for lectures/skill-shares, performances, films, installations and queer spaces accessible to people of all mobilities.
Submissions now welcome.
All the details of the 'Best Revenge' art & discussion series for June 2012, and how to be a part of events, and submit your proposals, can be found here: http://bestrevenge2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/best-revenge-call-for-artists-and-proposals/
BEST REVENGE call for artists and proposals
Throughout queer history and our current political landscape, there are many milestones to celebrate. Certainly, the Defense of Marriage Act and the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” are significant struggles fought with the intention of bringing equality to marginalized LGBTQ people. However, embedded within the concept of milestones is a traditional linear model of success that oftentimes alienates queers whose lives, identities and desires exist outside the dominate narrative of equality and progress.
Attempts to assimilate into this dominant society will continue to distract and dissuade the queer community from celebrating itself as a distinctly different, thriving micro-society with a network of values, relationships and political and social views. What must we surrender if we are expected to measure our achievements by how well we fit into a straight, capitalist, racist, colonialist, and classist society? How do we build a future based on self-determination and mutual aid? How do we create rituals to validate and celebrate our individual and collective accomplishments? How are we already engaged in these processes?
Best Revenge is a collection of queer events including a lecture series, visual art installations and public performances. To acknowledge the queer manifestation of home, Best Revenge will take place in the imperfect and loved environment of queer households and collectives in the Mission District. We are seeking proposals for lectures/skill-shares, performances, films, installations and queer spaces accessible to people of all mobilities.
Monday, 5 December 2011
S&S reminder. X-posting-a-go-go!
Dear lovely European people who may be thinking of contributing to Shape & Situate: Posters of Inspirational European Women zine #3.
Just a quick note to say there's just over a month and a half left to send your posters to me for inclusion in the zine (the deadline is January 31 2012). I hope this leaves you enough time.
Huge thanks so far to those who have sent posters, suggestions, requests to be involved, and general enthusiasm for the project. There's still plenty of time to get in touch though, and the zine will only be as good as we collectively make it. Thanks in advance to anybody thinking about getting in touch and getting on board!
For a reminder of the blurb, details are at: http://remember-who-u-are.blogspot.com/2011/09/submissions-for-shape-zine-3-are-now.html
And, feel free to drop me a line with any questions to: m_k_maddisonAThotmailDOTcom
Many thanks, and a premature Happy Holidays!
Melanie xox
Just a quick note to say there's just over a month and a half left to send your posters to me for inclusion in the zine (the deadline is January 31 2012). I hope this leaves you enough time.
Huge thanks so far to those who have sent posters, suggestions, requests to be involved, and general enthusiasm for the project. There's still plenty of time to get in touch though, and the zine will only be as good as we collectively make it. Thanks in advance to anybody thinking about getting in touch and getting on board!
For a reminder of the blurb, details are at: http://remember-who-u-are.blogspot.com/2011/09/submissions-for-shape-zine-3-are-now.html
And, feel free to drop me a line with any questions to: m_k_maddisonAThotmailDOTcom
Many thanks, and a premature Happy Holidays!
Melanie xox
Thursday, 1 December 2011
bildwechsel advent
A totally awesome Bildwechsel advent calendar has been put together as an online end-of-the-year collection of drawing, photography and videos. It's been put together with the help of 31 international artists and friends of bildwechsel.
I love the fact it won't let you cheat and skip ahead a day or two, meaning that I'm now going to visit everyday to see the great art work. Wonderful!
You can find the advent calendar here: http://bildwechsel.org/jahresendkalender2011
I love the fact it won't let you cheat and skip ahead a day or two, meaning that I'm now going to visit everyday to see the great art work. Wonderful!
You can find the advent calendar here: http://bildwechsel.org/jahresendkalender2011
Monday, 28 November 2011
consent zine - submission call out
From my inbox from A-K:
Verbal consent has definitely been something that has had a big impact on me and the way I look at relationships, sex and intimacy. Learning good consent has helped me respect my boundaries and the boundaries of my lovers, given me words to discuss things I didn't know how to approach before and tools to continue working with. Such important things!
I feel that there aren't enough zines on consent out there. That's why I'm putting together one, hopefully in time for the Bristol Radical Zine Fest in U.K. in February 2012.
This is a call-out for text and images on consent. Especially your own experiences, but also helpful tips, text you might have seen in other zines, useful resources, good books to read etc.
Please email them to me: princesapirata@wildmail.com
Deadline for submissions: end of January 2012
And please feel free to pass on the info to friends you think might be interested in taking part in the zine!
love and rage,
A-K Pirata
Verbal consent has definitely been something that has had a big impact on me and the way I look at relationships, sex and intimacy. Learning good consent has helped me respect my boundaries and the boundaries of my lovers, given me words to discuss things I didn't know how to approach before and tools to continue working with. Such important things!
I feel that there aren't enough zines on consent out there. That's why I'm putting together one, hopefully in time for the Bristol Radical Zine Fest in U.K. in February 2012.
This is a call-out for text and images on consent. Especially your own experiences, but also helpful tips, text you might have seen in other zines, useful resources, good books to read etc.
Please email them to me: princesapirata@wildmail.com
Deadline for submissions: end of January 2012
And please feel free to pass on the info to friends you think might be interested in taking part in the zine!
love and rage,
A-K Pirata
Saturday, 26 November 2011
women artists and feminism in the 1980s and now
From my inbox, from Rachael House:
Brixton Calling!
Women Artists, Feminism in the 80s and Now Symposium
Saturday 3 December, Goldsmiths University, Ben Pimlott Building, 10am-5pm
Free, no refreshment provided
For more information contact Althea Greenan: a.greenan@gold.ac.uk
Access: see campus map and for additional info: http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/
The symposium is collaboration between The Women’s Art Library and BAG Women (Brixton Art Gallery women artists group) to coincide with Brixton Calling!exhibition at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning (28 October – 21 December 2012).
Women Artists, Feminism in the 80s and Now is a cross generational symposium that examines the legacy of UK 80s women artists and feminists in the light of current feminist practice and thinking.
The symposium aims to recall 80s Feminist practice, thinking, debates and campaigns and discuss their relevance today for a new generation of women artists and feminists.
The symposium is part of a series of events, held during Brixton Calling! including a 3 day 80s Women Lens Based Media Event (10-12 November 2011, Brixton Village). For more information contact: e-mail: info@198.org.uk
Brixton Calling! (2011) is a collaborative and participatory project, connecting contemporary Brixton to its past through the history of 1980s Brixton Art Gallery & Artists Collective and their archives. Based at the Brixton Art Gallery, 2 women artists groups: Women's Work and Black Women In View, initiated and curated ambitious and powerful exhibitions and led courses, conferences and public events; contributing to local and international political campaigns and debates around Feminist art and aesthetics, sexuality, race and gender.
For Brixton Calling! exhibition, artists Françoise Dupré and Rita Keegan have created an Archives Installation, celebrating the contribution Women Artists and Feminism made to the Brixton Art Gallery. For the project, Dupré and Keegan have reactivated Brixton Art Gallery's network of women artists to form Brixton Calling! BAG Women.
Symposium Question and Themes
Debates about 80s feminist art often raise contradictory but relevant questions: 80s feminist art practice has been forgotten, parodied, emptied out of content, re-enacted, has produced paralyzing reverence and ongoing tension between past and present generations.
The symposium’s running question is:
Drawing from 80s Feminist aesthetics, ethics and practice, how can we today develop a critical and relevant feminist art practice?
It will be addressed by ‘young’ and ‘old’ feminists through panel and group discussions and a concluding plenary session.
Two interconnected themes have been identified:
· Body Politics (performativity, identity formation, race, sexuality)
· Public sphere (community engagement, education, places)
Symposium Format
Symposium’s Mistress of Ceremony: Rita Keegan, Brixton Calling! co curator
10am: Registration
10.15: Welcoming introduction by Rita Keegan
10.30am-10.45am: Introduction by Althea Greenan, Women’s Art Library curator
10.45-11.15am Introduo Rebecca Snow, Brixton Calling! volunteer and Françoise Dupré, Brixton Calling! project co-manager/curator
11.15am-12.45pm: Panel discussion
11.15am-12.15pm: Panel presentations (15 minutes each)
Artists Rosy Martin, Roxane Permar, Shanti Thomas, reflect individually upon 80s feminist engagement with Body Politics and the Public Sphere.
Catherine Grant addresses the tension and problematic about re-visiting 80s feminist art practice in the light of today feminism.
12.15pm-12.45pm: Panel discussion, moving debate forward for the afternoon sessions
12.45pm-1.30 Lunch
1.30pm-2.15pm: 3 group discussions responding to morning panel discussions to be lead by a younger generation of feminists including: Oriana Fox, Diana Georgiou, Rachael House, Rebecca Snow + more
Topics for the 3 groups: Body Politics, Education and third one to be identified on the day in response to the morning discussion
2.15-2.30: Break
2.30pm- 3.30pm: Group reports and panel discussion
3.30pm-3.45pm: Break
3.45-4.15pm: Bringing together by Rebecca Fortnum
4.15-5pm: audience response
5pm: end of symposium
Brixton Calling! 28 October-21 December 2011, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, London
Brixton Calling!
Women Artists, Feminism in the 80s and Now Symposium
Saturday 3 December, Goldsmiths University, Ben Pimlott Building, 10am-5pm
Free, no refreshment provided
For more information contact Althea Greenan: a.greenan@gold.ac.uk
Access: see campus map and for additional info: http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/
The symposium is collaboration between The Women’s Art Library and BAG Women (Brixton Art Gallery women artists group) to coincide with Brixton Calling!exhibition at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning (28 October – 21 December 2012).
Women Artists, Feminism in the 80s and Now is a cross generational symposium that examines the legacy of UK 80s women artists and feminists in the light of current feminist practice and thinking.
The symposium aims to recall 80s Feminist practice, thinking, debates and campaigns and discuss their relevance today for a new generation of women artists and feminists.
The symposium is part of a series of events, held during Brixton Calling! including a 3 day 80s Women Lens Based Media Event (10-12 November 2011, Brixton Village). For more information contact: e-mail: info@198.org.uk
Brixton Calling! (2011) is a collaborative and participatory project, connecting contemporary Brixton to its past through the history of 1980s Brixton Art Gallery & Artists Collective and their archives. Based at the Brixton Art Gallery, 2 women artists groups: Women's Work and Black Women In View, initiated and curated ambitious and powerful exhibitions and led courses, conferences and public events; contributing to local and international political campaigns and debates around Feminist art and aesthetics, sexuality, race and gender.
For Brixton Calling! exhibition, artists Françoise Dupré and Rita Keegan have created an Archives Installation, celebrating the contribution Women Artists and Feminism made to the Brixton Art Gallery. For the project, Dupré and Keegan have reactivated Brixton Art Gallery's network of women artists to form Brixton Calling! BAG Women.
Symposium Question and Themes
Debates about 80s feminist art often raise contradictory but relevant questions: 80s feminist art practice has been forgotten, parodied, emptied out of content, re-enacted, has produced paralyzing reverence and ongoing tension between past and present generations.
The symposium’s running question is:
Drawing from 80s Feminist aesthetics, ethics and practice, how can we today develop a critical and relevant feminist art practice?
It will be addressed by ‘young’ and ‘old’ feminists through panel and group discussions and a concluding plenary session.
Two interconnected themes have been identified:
· Body Politics (performativity, identity formation, race, sexuality)
· Public sphere (community engagement, education, places)
Symposium Format
Symposium’s Mistress of Ceremony: Rita Keegan, Brixton Calling! co curator
10am: Registration
10.15: Welcoming introduction by Rita Keegan
10.30am-10.45am: Introduction by Althea Greenan, Women’s Art Library curator
10.45-11.15am Introduo Rebecca Snow, Brixton Calling! volunteer and Françoise Dupré, Brixton Calling! project co-manager/curator
11.15am-12.45pm: Panel discussion
11.15am-12.15pm: Panel presentations (15 minutes each)
Artists Rosy Martin, Roxane Permar, Shanti Thomas, reflect individually upon 80s feminist engagement with Body Politics and the Public Sphere.
Catherine Grant addresses the tension and problematic about re-visiting 80s feminist art practice in the light of today feminism.
12.15pm-12.45pm: Panel discussion, moving debate forward for the afternoon sessions
12.45pm-1.30 Lunch
1.30pm-2.15pm: 3 group discussions responding to morning panel discussions to be lead by a younger generation of feminists including: Oriana Fox, Diana Georgiou, Rachael House, Rebecca Snow + more
Topics for the 3 groups: Body Politics, Education and third one to be identified on the day in response to the morning discussion
2.15-2.30: Break
2.30pm- 3.30pm: Group reports and panel discussion
3.30pm-3.45pm: Break
3.45-4.15pm: Bringing together by Rebecca Fortnum
4.15-5pm: audience response
5pm: end of symposium
Brixton Calling! 28 October-21 December 2011, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, London
where to find a copy of shape & situate #2 zine
I thought it may be worth bumping this information up the blog in case anybody is looking to buy a zine as a winter/christmas gift this year. Feminist history posters make a great stocking filler ;)
Shape & Situate is a self-published zine of posters made by artists and DIY creative folk within Europe, each poster highlighting the (often hidden) history and lives of radical inspirational women and collectives from Europe, as a way of connecting us with the past, the present, and to help us to make sure that there will be a future which contains such creative and pioneering female action and activity. The zine aims to activate feminist cultural memory, to inspire in the present and to visually bring women’s social and political history to life.
Posters include: Selina di Girolamo, Ari Up, Poly Styrene, Durbahn/Bildwechsel, Joana Vasconcelos, Angela Carter, Monica Sjoo, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Bunnies On Strike, Louise Michel, Granuaile, Susan Golombok, Nana Mouskouri, Claire Fontaine, The Women of Bletchley Park, Jayaben Desai, Liz Ely, Olave Baden Powel, BJ, Breyer P Orridge, Sophie Blanchard, Stella Vine, Sheila Rowbotham, Florence Nightingale.
Artists/Contributors: Erica Smith, Rachael House, Melanie Maddison, Michelle Mendonca, Anna Knowles, Verity Hall, Kathryn Taylor, Nina Nijsten, Peter Willis, Emily Aoibheann, Ed Webb-Ingall, Cara Corden, Patrick Staff, R Clout, Kathleen Teadrinker, Marylou Anderson, Flo Brooks, Charlotte Cooper, Cendrine Rovini, Gladys Badhands, James Clayton, and John Davison.
28 pages (23 posters)
A5 size zine.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Printed on recycled 100gsm paper. Covers printed on 200gsm paper.
Available from:
*Folksy: (http://www.folksy.com/shops/COTL)
*Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/COTL?ref=pr_shop)
*Marching Stars (UK) (http://www.marchingstars.co.uk)
*Ricochet! Ricochet! (UK)
*Dead Trees & Dye (UK) (http://www.deadtreesanddye.com)
*Cherry Bomb (New Zealand) (http://www.cherrybombcomics.co.nz)
*Space Station 65 (UK) (http://www.spacestationsixtyfive.com)
*Ms Valerie Park Distro (USA) (http://msvalerieparkdistro.com)
Online listing at: http://msvalerieparkdistro.com/zines/various-melanie-maddison-shape-situate-2-posters-of-inspirational-european-women
*News From Nowhere (Radical & Community Bookshop, Liverpool, UK. http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk)
*lmnop shop (Brighton, UK. http://www.lmnopshop.com)
*Justseeds (USA, http://justseeds.org) Online listings can be found at: http://www.justseeds.org/other_artists/04shapesit02.html and http://www.justseeds.org/other_artists/04shapesit01.html
*Natterjack Press (UK, http://www.natterjackpress.co.uk)
*Vertiline In Love (Sheffield, UK, http://vertilineinlove.com)
*Princesa Pirata distro (UK) (http://princesapiratadistro.wordpress.com)
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The zine can also be found in the following zine libraries: *London College of Communication Zine Library, *Salford Zine Library, *Rotherham Zine Library, *Canny Little Library (Newcastle)
Shape & Situate is a self-published zine of posters made by artists and DIY creative folk within Europe, each poster highlighting the (often hidden) history and lives of radical inspirational women and collectives from Europe, as a way of connecting us with the past, the present, and to help us to make sure that there will be a future which contains such creative and pioneering female action and activity. The zine aims to activate feminist cultural memory, to inspire in the present and to visually bring women’s social and political history to life.
Posters include: Selina di Girolamo, Ari Up, Poly Styrene, Durbahn/Bildwechsel, Joana Vasconcelos, Angela Carter, Monica Sjoo, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Bunnies On Strike, Louise Michel, Granuaile, Susan Golombok, Nana Mouskouri, Claire Fontaine, The Women of Bletchley Park, Jayaben Desai, Liz Ely, Olave Baden Powel, BJ, Breyer P Orridge, Sophie Blanchard, Stella Vine, Sheila Rowbotham, Florence Nightingale.
Artists/Contributors: Erica Smith, Rachael House, Melanie Maddison, Michelle Mendonca, Anna Knowles, Verity Hall, Kathryn Taylor, Nina Nijsten, Peter Willis, Emily Aoibheann, Ed Webb-Ingall, Cara Corden, Patrick Staff, R Clout, Kathleen Teadrinker, Marylou Anderson, Flo Brooks, Charlotte Cooper, Cendrine Rovini, Gladys Badhands, James Clayton, and John Davison.
28 pages (23 posters)
A5 size zine.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Printed on recycled 100gsm paper. Covers printed on 200gsm paper.
Available from:
*Folksy: (http://www.folksy.com/shops/COTL)
*Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/COTL?ref=pr_shop)
*Marching Stars (UK) (http://www.marchingstars.co.uk)
*Ricochet! Ricochet! (UK)
*Dead Trees & Dye (UK) (http://www.deadtreesanddye.com)
*Cherry Bomb (New Zealand) (http://www.cherrybombcomics.co.nz)
*Space Station 65 (UK) (http://www.spacestationsixtyfive.com)
*Ms Valerie Park Distro (USA) (http://msvalerieparkdistro.com)
Online listing at: http://msvalerieparkdistro.com/zines/various-melanie-maddison-shape-situate-2-posters-of-inspirational-european-women
*News From Nowhere (Radical & Community Bookshop, Liverpool, UK. http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk)
*lmnop shop (Brighton, UK. http://www.lmnopshop.com)
*Justseeds (USA, http://justseeds.org) Online listings can be found at: http://www.justseeds.org/other_artists/04shapesit02.html and http://www.justseeds.org/other_artists/04shapesit01.html
*Natterjack Press (UK, http://www.natterjackpress.co.uk)
*Vertiline In Love (Sheffield, UK, http://vertilineinlove.com)
*Princesa Pirata distro (UK) (http://princesapiratadistro.wordpress.com)
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The zine can also be found in the following zine libraries: *London College of Communication Zine Library, *Salford Zine Library, *Rotherham Zine Library, *Canny Little Library (Newcastle)
zine submissions wanted for trans adolescence zine
From my inbox...
Call For Zine Submissions....Trans and Genderqueer Adolescence Stories
Topic: Essays, anecdotes, comix, poetry from Trans and Genderqueer folks telling stories of going through puberty and adolescence. Take that as broadly or specifically as you’d like; literally how your body was changing and how your brain was dealing with it, or going to a dance and how that made you feel, to coming out to your family, teachers, classmates, etc…
Audience: 7-12 grade students.
Specifics: The pieces should be free of cursing and super overt sexual content. Keep in mind that 7th graders are about 13 years old.
Why/Purpose: I taught a piece from the zine, The Next Body, in my 7/8th grade zine writing class, in it the writer is discussing his decision to have top surgery. After class a student approached me asking for an extra copy of the piece to give to her friend who has recently come out as Trans. “She is getting super big breasts and having a hard time dealing with it” my student told me. I gave her an extra copy of the piece and went home to dig through my books and zines to find more I could offer. It’s rough trying to find age appropriate material for a Trans kid. It’s imperative that young people who are Trans and Genderqueer see themselves in print, ideally in the curriculum but at the minimum in readings a queer, liberal, concerned, shit starting teacher passes on to them. I know, I know… all GLBT kids should see themselves in print but it’s extra hard to find Trans material, that’s why I want to start with the T as opposed to GLB.
Puberty and adolescence are hard for everyone but it’s extra alienating and difficult when you feel alone and radically different from everyone else. I want this zine to be an offering to Trans and Genderqueer kids who need to see themselves in print, to know that they are not alone. I want it to offer comfort and hope to some young people who may be struggling. I want it to open the eyes and hearts of non-trans kids so they become allies. I also want it to open up dialogue between students, parents and teachers. It’s my job to teach students reading and writing but the bigger more satisfying and important part of my job is to offer support, care, and guidance to ALL kids in their emotional and personal development. Unfortunately, as a society, we’re forgetting some kids, we’re looking the other way when Trans kids need us to look right at them and say “You are okay, you are in fact, amazing - just the way you are. And you’re not alone either.” I’d like this zine to be a move towards that.
I keep this quote in mind when I’m writing curriculum and deciding what to teach for the year. Perhaps it will inspire you:
"When those who have the power to name and to socially construct reality choose not to see or hear you, whether you are dark-skinned, old, disabled, female, or speak with a different accent or dialect than theirs, when someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes a world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing.” –Adrianne Rich
Send submissions to: Brilliantmistake01@gmail.com
Please send as an attachment in basic word formatting with “Zine Submission” as the subject.
Include; a title for your piece, how you’d like to be credited - the name you’d like to use, and any contact info you want included in the zine. If you’d like a copy of the finished product send me your mailing address.
Deadline: March 1, 2012.
Publication: April, 2012
You can e-mail me with questions, suggestions, complaints, that kinda stuff too.
Thanks!
Carrie
Call For Zine Submissions....Trans and Genderqueer Adolescence Stories
Topic: Essays, anecdotes, comix, poetry from Trans and Genderqueer folks telling stories of going through puberty and adolescence. Take that as broadly or specifically as you’d like; literally how your body was changing and how your brain was dealing with it, or going to a dance and how that made you feel, to coming out to your family, teachers, classmates, etc…
Audience: 7-12 grade students.
Specifics: The pieces should be free of cursing and super overt sexual content. Keep in mind that 7th graders are about 13 years old.
Why/Purpose: I taught a piece from the zine, The Next Body, in my 7/8th grade zine writing class, in it the writer is discussing his decision to have top surgery. After class a student approached me asking for an extra copy of the piece to give to her friend who has recently come out as Trans. “She is getting super big breasts and having a hard time dealing with it” my student told me. I gave her an extra copy of the piece and went home to dig through my books and zines to find more I could offer. It’s rough trying to find age appropriate material for a Trans kid. It’s imperative that young people who are Trans and Genderqueer see themselves in print, ideally in the curriculum but at the minimum in readings a queer, liberal, concerned, shit starting teacher passes on to them. I know, I know… all GLBT kids should see themselves in print but it’s extra hard to find Trans material, that’s why I want to start with the T as opposed to GLB.
Puberty and adolescence are hard for everyone but it’s extra alienating and difficult when you feel alone and radically different from everyone else. I want this zine to be an offering to Trans and Genderqueer kids who need to see themselves in print, to know that they are not alone. I want it to offer comfort and hope to some young people who may be struggling. I want it to open the eyes and hearts of non-trans kids so they become allies. I also want it to open up dialogue between students, parents and teachers. It’s my job to teach students reading and writing but the bigger more satisfying and important part of my job is to offer support, care, and guidance to ALL kids in their emotional and personal development. Unfortunately, as a society, we’re forgetting some kids, we’re looking the other way when Trans kids need us to look right at them and say “You are okay, you are in fact, amazing - just the way you are. And you’re not alone either.” I’d like this zine to be a move towards that.
I keep this quote in mind when I’m writing curriculum and deciding what to teach for the year. Perhaps it will inspire you:
"When those who have the power to name and to socially construct reality choose not to see or hear you, whether you are dark-skinned, old, disabled, female, or speak with a different accent or dialect than theirs, when someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes a world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing.” –Adrianne Rich
Send submissions to: Brilliantmistake01@gmail.com
Please send as an attachment in basic word formatting with “Zine Submission” as the subject.
Include; a title for your piece, how you’d like to be credited - the name you’d like to use, and any contact info you want included in the zine. If you’d like a copy of the finished product send me your mailing address.
Deadline: March 1, 2012.
Publication: April, 2012
You can e-mail me with questions, suggestions, complaints, that kinda stuff too.
Thanks!
Carrie
political poster exhibition, manchester
From my inbox...
Picturing Politics
Come and visit our new Changing Exhibition Picturing Politics - Exploring the Political Poster in Britain. Researched and curated by PhD student Chris Burgess, this exciting new exhibition explores the development of the political poster, examining how political parties ‘speak’ to the people and how this communication has changed. The exhibition showcases the museum’s unique poster collection which is the largest in the UK.
12 November 2011 — 17 June 2012
Exhibition at: People's History Museum, Manchester, UK.
To keep up to date with the ongoing research on political posters, background information on some of the individual posters and the odd sneak preview of material, visit the blog written by Chris Burgess http://picturingpolitics.wordpress.com/.
Picturing Politics
Come and visit our new Changing Exhibition Picturing Politics - Exploring the Political Poster in Britain. Researched and curated by PhD student Chris Burgess, this exciting new exhibition explores the development of the political poster, examining how political parties ‘speak’ to the people and how this communication has changed. The exhibition showcases the museum’s unique poster collection which is the largest in the UK.
12 November 2011 — 17 June 2012
Exhibition at: People's History Museum, Manchester, UK.
To keep up to date with the ongoing research on political posters, background information on some of the individual posters and the odd sneak preview of material, visit the blog written by Chris Burgess http://picturingpolitics.wordpress.com/.
bristol radical zine fest
From my inbox, from A-K:
BRISTOL RADICAL ZINE FEST
Sunday the 12th of February, from noon til 6pm at Kebele Community Co-Op (14 Robertson Road Bristol BS5 6JY, (www.kebelecoop.org)
A day of zines, workshops, tea and vegan cakes. Horay! Followed by yummy Kebele dinner at 6.30pm.
We'd love for you to take part! If you're interested in having a table at the fest, please send us an email to bristolradicalzinefest@gmail.com answering the following questions:
- Who are you and what do you do?
- Where are you based?
- What kind of zines would you have at your table?
- What's your price range? Would you be up for swaps?
- If you have a web page, please share it with us.
Deadlline for applications: 8th of January 2012.
Unfortunately because of limited space we won't be able to fit all the stalls in, these questions will help us make a selection. Spaces will be 1/2 table each and we'll be asking a donation of £1 to £5 from stall holders on the day. We're aiming for the Bristol Radical Zine Fest to be a celebration of grassroots D.I.Y. culture!
Please pass on this email to friends who might be interested. Let us know if you'd like us to send you posters/flyers to distribute.
Love & rage,
Bristol Radical Zine Fest crew x
BRISTOL RADICAL ZINE FEST
Sunday the 12th of February, from noon til 6pm at Kebele Community Co-Op (14 Robertson Road Bristol BS5 6JY, (www.kebelecoop.org)
A day of zines, workshops, tea and vegan cakes. Horay! Followed by yummy Kebele dinner at 6.30pm.
We'd love for you to take part! If you're interested in having a table at the fest, please send us an email to bristolradicalzinefest@gmail.com answering the following questions:
- Who are you and what do you do?
- Where are you based?
- What kind of zines would you have at your table?
- What's your price range? Would you be up for swaps?
- If you have a web page, please share it with us.
Deadlline for applications: 8th of January 2012.
Unfortunately because of limited space we won't be able to fit all the stalls in, these questions will help us make a selection. Spaces will be 1/2 table each and we'll be asking a donation of £1 to £5 from stall holders on the day. We're aiming for the Bristol Radical Zine Fest to be a celebration of grassroots D.I.Y. culture!
Please pass on this email to friends who might be interested. Let us know if you'd like us to send you posters/flyers to distribute.
Love & rage,
Bristol Radical Zine Fest crew x
Saturday, 19 November 2011
london exhibitions galore
Well, that just about seals the deal... a trip to London must surely be on the cards come the beginning of 2012. There's the (previously mentioned) Pipilotti Rist exhibition on at the Hayward Gallery until the 8th January, and now I discover the Catherine Opie exhibition on at the Stephen Friedman Gallery (25-28 Old Burlington Street, London W1S 3AN) until 21st January
Oh London, why do you tease me so?!
Oh London, why do you tease me so?!
Friday, 4 November 2011
2012 illustrated calendars
Part #1 of my picks for awesome 2012 illustrated calendars is up on Pikaland today: http://pikaland.com/2011/11/04/2012-illustrated-calendars-part-1
I love each and every one featured. And there's more to come!
I've also started making an etsy treasury featuring the ones available on etsy.
[EDIT 12/11/11]
Part 2 is up now too: http://pikaland.com/2011/11/10/2012-illustrated-calendars-part-2
(N.B - Amy W, if you're reading this please do not follow any of the links unless you want to ruin your Christmas surprises! I'm serious!)
I love each and every one featured. And there's more to come!
I've also started making an etsy treasury featuring the ones available on etsy.
[EDIT 12/11/11]
Part 2 is up now too: http://pikaland.com/2011/11/10/2012-illustrated-calendars-part-2
(N.B - Amy W, if you're reading this please do not follow any of the links unless you want to ruin your Christmas surprises! I'm serious!)
marci washington exhibiting in Leeds
Last night I went to the private view of Marci Washington's new exhibition in Leeds.
I got to hang out with Marci and hear about how she created the work - which is outstanding. A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Marci (from Berkeley, California) about her work for Aorta Magazine, so it was a real treat to see some of her work in real life and to speak to Marci in person. I really can't explain how amazing her art work is up close.
The exhibition in Leeds is on until November 25th and is well worth checking out.
Some photos taken at the private view:
I got to hang out with Marci and hear about how she created the work - which is outstanding. A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Marci (from Berkeley, California) about her work for Aorta Magazine, so it was a real treat to see some of her work in real life and to speak to Marci in person. I really can't explain how amazing her art work is up close.
The exhibition in Leeds is on until November 25th and is well worth checking out.
Some photos taken at the private view:
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
the strumpet - on pikaland
My interview with the ladies behind The Strumpet comics anthology went up on Pikaland today. Read it here: http://pikaland.com/2011/10/26/artists-interview-the-strumpet
The Strumpet is a new comic anthology from the ladies behind the Whores Of Mensa comics (which were published in the UK between 2004-2010). The Strumpet brings together a brilliant team of female comics artists from the UK and USA, to produce a transatlantic collaborative publication containing eclectic illustrative and comics styles and techniques, and unique stories around the theme of ‘Dress-Up’.
The interview discusses the comic, the Kickstarter campaign funding the first issue, plus, drawing tools, self-confidence, the politics of "women in comics" and the importance of self-publishing.
Huge thanks to Ellen Lindner, Jeremy Day, Mardou, Patrice Aggs, Megan Kelso, Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg, Kripa Joshi, and Tanya Meditzky ♥ to you all for being terrific interviewees, and for collaborating on this project.
You can read more about The Strumpet Kickstarter campaign here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2019502594/the-strumpet-a-transatlantic-flight-of-comics-fanc
"check out this fabulous interview w/the british, american and nepalese lady cartoonist contributors to the Strumpet! we get into the nitty gritty of drawing tools, our "inner critic", the politics of "women in comics" and the importance of self publishing. a good, meaty read!" >Megan Kelso 26/10/11
The Strumpet is a new comic anthology from the ladies behind the Whores Of Mensa comics (which were published in the UK between 2004-2010). The Strumpet brings together a brilliant team of female comics artists from the UK and USA, to produce a transatlantic collaborative publication containing eclectic illustrative and comics styles and techniques, and unique stories around the theme of ‘Dress-Up’.
The interview discusses the comic, the Kickstarter campaign funding the first issue, plus, drawing tools, self-confidence, the politics of "women in comics" and the importance of self-publishing.
Huge thanks to Ellen Lindner, Jeremy Day, Mardou, Patrice Aggs, Megan Kelso, Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg, Kripa Joshi, and Tanya Meditzky ♥ to you all for being terrific interviewees, and for collaborating on this project.
You can read more about The Strumpet Kickstarter campaign here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2019502594/the-strumpet-a-transatlantic-flight-of-comics-fanc
"check out this fabulous interview w/the british, american and nepalese lady cartoonist contributors to the Strumpet! we get into the nitty gritty of drawing tools, our "inner critic", the politics of "women in comics" and the importance of self publishing. a good, meaty read!" >Megan Kelso 26/10/11
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
ladydrawers latest
The latest Ladydrawers strip is a corker... http://www.truth-out.org/interview-julie-doucet/1319472312 it's based on an interview with Julie Doucet by Anne Elizabeth Moore.
"It took me quite a long time to get to talk about that with other women who had the same type of experiences. I can tell you, that really poisoned my life"
"It took me quite a long time to get to talk about that with other women who had the same type of experiences. I can tell you, that really poisoned my life"
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
in all our decadence...
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard Crass's 'Shaved Women', it came on my walkman via a genius mixtape when I was sat upstairs on a double-decker bus, way back when. I was thinking about it this morning when a girl who couldn't have been more than 14 joined me to wait for the bus. She was wearing a home-made Crass hoodie. To know that that girl exists in 2011 and on my bus route made me deliriously happy.
Imagine the co-incidence upon getting home to discover that there's an exhibition in New York that had skipped my notice:
"IN ALL OUR DECADENCE PEOPLE DIE"
AN EXHIBITION OF FANZINES PRESENTED
TO CRASS BETWEEN 1976 AND 1984
PLUS ORIGINAL CRASS-ERA ARTWORKS BY GEE VAUCHER
AND A NEW AUDIO INSTALLATION BY PENNY RIMBAUD.
I am a total sucker for Gee's work. And, I'm still as stunned by that song as I was at the time...
Imagine the co-incidence upon getting home to discover that there's an exhibition in New York that had skipped my notice:
"IN ALL OUR DECADENCE PEOPLE DIE"
AN EXHIBITION OF FANZINES PRESENTED
TO CRASS BETWEEN 1976 AND 1984
PLUS ORIGINAL CRASS-ERA ARTWORKS BY GEE VAUCHER
AND A NEW AUDIO INSTALLATION BY PENNY RIMBAUD.
I am a total sucker for Gee's work. And, I'm still as stunned by that song as I was at the time...
Monday, 17 October 2011
london
There are so many great art events going on in London before the end of the year that I wish I had the time and money and gumption to go down for.
(a) There's the Miranda July 'The Future' screening/Q&A this weekend: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/film/24815.htm
(b) Bonfire Madigan Shive is playing a show on November 4th at the Tate Gallery as part of Richard Strange's Cabaret Apocalyptica.
(c) But most of all, the Pipilott Rist exhibition at the Hayward Gallery: http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/rist/exhibition
SWOON galore!
(a) There's the Miranda July 'The Future' screening/Q&A this weekend: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/film/24815.htm
(b) Bonfire Madigan Shive is playing a show on November 4th at the Tate Gallery as part of Richard Strange's Cabaret Apocalyptica.
(c) But most of all, the Pipilott Rist exhibition at the Hayward Gallery: http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/rist/exhibition
SWOON galore!
Thursday, 6 October 2011
where my head's at today...
It's been one of those days off from work where it's throwing it down and hail-stoning outside as the air turns all autumnal, and I'm all snug inside with a collection of songs like these repeating in my head...
And, unrelated, this has been on my mind today: I Love My Job But It Made Me Poorer, something that I've been thinking and juggling and writing and musing around the area of for some time (with the help of & the insightful input from some hard working women), and someday may convert it in to a zine or article or something...
And, unrelated, this has been on my mind today: I Love My Job But It Made Me Poorer, something that I've been thinking and juggling and writing and musing around the area of for some time (with the help of & the insightful input from some hard working women), and someday may convert it in to a zine or article or something...
Monday, 3 October 2011
newcastle and sheffield
Some Shape & Situate news...
The zine is now available to read at Newcastle's 'Canny Little Library' thanks to the lovely Clare who volunteers there. More detail can be found here: Canny Little Library Blog
The zine also has a new home in Sheffield at Vertiline in Love. Claira at the shop is in the midst of organising this sweet looking exhibition there: Stagtacular
The zine is now available to read at Newcastle's 'Canny Little Library' thanks to the lovely Clare who volunteers there. More detail can be found here: Canny Little Library Blog
The zine also has a new home in Sheffield at Vertiline in Love. Claira at the shop is in the midst of organising this sweet looking exhibition there: Stagtacular
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