A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the Art of Nuisance season. What began as a tiny tweet from Miss Pokeno to Sarah Maple on a rainy day in February evolved into a massive collaborative event that rolled through five summer residencies then culminated in two fast and furious weeks in October
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Sisters of Perpetual Resistance – Fire To The Hole! by Paul Harnden from Armchair destructivists on Vimeo.
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I hope you are ready for the big shebang, the Art of Nuisance closing party! Featuring Volcano Bar! Assemble at 7pm 1 Doyce Street SE1 0EU London Bring instruments of NOISE and NUISANCE!
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Peng! Collective are coming from Berlin for Art of Nuisance workshop. Gloria Spindle and Susan Powers are from Peng! Collective (www.pen.gg) a group of activists and artists from Berlin who have confused the world with many stunts like a “surveil your friends and family” drone produced by Google, a feminist bot army fighting sexist Twitter trolls, and the surprise
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Dear Feminist Friends, Let it be known: You are invited! Art of Nuisance Opening night 8th October 2015 6-9pm 1 Doyce Street London SE1 0EU RSVP to bird@misspokeno.com For more information on events during the Art of Nuisance Season 8th-23rd October keep an eye out on our events page.
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The Art Of Nuisance is a 15 day season of workshops and beautiful troublemaking to celebrate feminist activism. Subverting the patronising claim by politicians of the time that the militant suffragettes were merely “making a nuisance of themselves” we are dedicating two weeks to art, activism and agitation by women. Over the summer five emerging
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The season of nuisance and mischief making is gathering momentum at the Sisters’ HQ and we are putting a call out across London town and the outer edges of this ragged empire to all feminist activists and artists to propose happenings/performances/workshops/any practical advice on getting organised and getting shit done! On October 8th we will
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We have at last chosen the five (Non) resident artists to come down to the studio over summer to make their instruments of nuisance. Thanks to everyone who sent work in. Fari Bradley the sound artist newly returned from Arabia is starting it all off recording and distorting the rumblings of dissent as they rise
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Anselm Keifer’s show at the Royal Academy is breathtaking. I have only a passing interest in his early work but the later paintings and sculptures are wild. Vast wonderful paintings from floor to ceiling thick with paint layer upon layer and lines marking tracks of celestial discourse perhaps I don’t know. The canvas’ are heavy
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To commemorate the return of the Sisters of Perpetual Resistance, Miss Pokeno has commissioned artist Jimmy Cauty to create two special editions of A Riot In Jam Jar. They will be available on the day of the Sister’s fiesta. Saturday 11th October Doyce Street SE1 0EU 2pm – 6pm REPENT OR SWING 1:87 scale plastic
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