Miss Pokeno and the Sisters at the Tate
Bring us your sexist slurs and words of shame to burn! Join Miss Pokeno at her table ‘Too Ugly For Words’ at the Tate Modern as part of Stance Podcast’s Tate Exchange. Friday 23rd February Blavatnik Building, Level 5 Bankside London SE1 9TG 6 – 10 PM “In 2013, I started burning all the sexist
Continue reading »Celebrating 10 Years of Armchair Destructivism
Now celebrating 10 Years of dedicated Armchair Destructivism! In honour of this Destructivist anniversary Miss Pokeno and Sister Mialski have created a short edition of dusty silk scarves, available in two colour versions. Petrol Blue or Burnt Orange 90cm x 90cm 100% Habotai silk Rolled edges Made in the UK Packaged by the real witches of
Continue reading »Feel The Rage
Letter to Miss Bird I did not go with you on the women’s march in London town on Saturday. I know that you are disappointed in my decision. We have worked together for four years now creating the vehicle we call the Sisters of Perpetual Resistance … Something that started out as a mythical group
Continue reading »Strange Fruit
Strange fruit continues to hang from old trees still deeply rooted in ancient prejudice. The veneer of politeness and tolerance wears thin and becomes transparent. A few weeks ago three of us went down to the French embassy in London to protest the banning of the burkini on the beaches of France. We wore the
Continue reading »At least it wasn’t fleas
Here’s Fuel for the Fires …28 red rags on a washing line…a small scale intervention I did down on some old farmer’s land in New Zealand when I was out wandering the world on the poetry hunting expedition. Filmed it on my iPhone while dodging five hives of honey bees but at least it wasn’t
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There’s a low hung dirty sky in London town and the Sisters have all gone to ground for a while. Time to take a rest, check out the wider horizons and repair the edges of all things made ragged. Miss Bird and me have been in the attic for months labouring over a hot computer
Continue reading »Let’s Make Noise – Join Sisters for Climate Change March
Join the Sisters for a BANNER MAKING WORKSHOP Saturday 28th November for CLIMATE CHANGE MARCH Sunday 29th November Drop in to HQ anytime between 12 noon and 6pm on Saturday 28th November and make a flag or banner for the big Climate Change March on Sunday 29th. We will have tea, paints, fabric, music and
Continue reading »Fire To The Hole! A Short Film by the Sisters of Perpetual Resistance
FIRE TO THE HOLE! 23rd October 2015 The Art of Nuisance closing night short film. Starring Cristina Lina and her Amazing Death Defying Potato Cannon. The Sisters of Perpetual Resistance Present: FIRE TO THE HOLE from Armchair destructivists on Vimeo.
Continue reading »Commit More Nuisance
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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