Thursday 31st May 2012 6.45pm @ Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
*ELF(East london Fawcett) members and friends can get a discount if the quote ‘Fawcett’ over the phone or in person (subject to availability) for the opening night!*
Sigmund Freud’s Dora: : A Case of Mistaken Identity 1979
Anthony McCall, Claire Pajaczkowska, Andrew Tyndall, Jane Weinstock
+ Light Reading UK dir. Lis Rhodes’, 1979, 20 minutes
I am Dora in partnership with the ICA and City Screen are pleased to announce the launch of their first publication. I am Dora will focus on how female characters in film affect women’s perceptions of themselves. A subjective and personal study, I am Dora explores how and why women identify with one another and what this means when the identification is with a flawed or misunderstood character.
Using the well-documented feminist significance of Freud’s Dora as a template, each screening focuses on a new character and is accompanied by a publication that maps Jemma’s journey to understand her identification with the character. Each publication will be launched with a screening of a film aimed at encouraging a more subjective engagement with film and film theory.
Jemma Desai works at various International Film Festivals as a producer, curator and writer. She is the founder of I am Dora.
The launch event marks Part 1, which will focus on Sigmund Freud’s Dora: A Case of Mistaken Identity.
Sigmund Freud’s Dora: A Case of Mistaken Identity (USA 1979, 40 mins) was directed by Anthony McCall, Claire Pajaczkowska, Andrew Tyndall, and Jane Weinstock. In their original film notes the filmmakers stated that they chose Dora as a ‘test’ so as to encourage a discussion on “Understanding hysteria not only as an illness but as the inevitable predicament of women who speak in a language which has never been ours, a phallocentric language” and “to analyse the language, how it represents. Freud’s representation of Dora, the representation of female sexuality in psychoanalytical theory, and representation in films”
Interspersing a recreation of Freud’s failed analysis of Dora with clips from television advertising and pornography, as well as exchanges with her mother, the filmmakers explore the status of the female as the objectified site of sexual desire. The resulting film interrogates psychoanalysis, the iconography of the mother and filmmaking itself as complicit in ‘representing’ the female.
The film plays with Lis Rhodes’ Light Reading 1979, 20 mins
“The bloodstained bed suggest a crime..No answers are given, after the torrrent of words at the beginning of the film, all the film offers are closed images and more questions..Is it even blood on the bed, what fracture is there between seeing and certainty? If there has been a crime, ‘she’ might still be victim..How can a crime of such complexity and continuity be ‘solved’? The voice searches for clues, sifting through them, reading and re-reading until the words and letters loom up nightmarishly, no longer hung on the structure of language.”
Felicity Sparrow, Her Image Fades as her Voice Rises, Arts Council of Great Britain 1983
The event will include a short introduction and an informal discussion following the films in the ICA bar. The first 50 tickets sold will receive a complimentary copy of the publication.
TICKETS: http://www.ica.org.uk/?lid=33278£10 / £8 concessions / £7 ICA Members
First of all a HUGE thank you to everyone who came down to show their support at the Free Pussy Riot Fundraiser @ The Shacklewell Arms on the 23rd of April! We raised £370.00 for the Pussy Riot grrls. If you didn’t make it to our event and would like to donate to the cause please visit the Free Pussy Riotwebsite. Storm in a Teacup, Girls Get Busy and Not So Popular are working on a collaborative zine to continue to raise funds and awareness of the Free Pussy Riot campaign. Keep your eyes peeled for more news about this soon.
Not So Popular interviewed Viv Albertine (The Slits), watch the interview here where Viv talks about Pussy Riot and Feminism.
Another great video from the event; Viv Albertine performing “Don’t Believe in Love”
We were really upset to hear that the UK’s finest Women’s archive The Women’s Library is under threat. The library, home to the largest collection of women’s writing in Europe, will see its opening hours slashed if it can’t secure extra funds by the end of the year. This could mean if they can’t rehome, find a sponsor or secure a huge amount of funding they may only be able to open one day per week from December 2012. Help save The Women’s library by spreading the word and SIGN THIS PETITION NOW!
One of our alltime favourite magaZINEs Magpie Mag Issue 5 has just become available, and it includes an interview with me, where I talk about Storm in a Teacup, folk and feminism – it’s a beautiful publication that also includes a compilation CD, to get your hands on a copy visit the Magpie Magazine website. A little quote from the interview; “People are walking up to the fact that they shouldn’t wait around for things to change or for people in power to change them, we need to stand up, speak out and make positive change happen ourselves”.
The Great East London Art Audit continues this month on Saturday 12th of May at the TATE modern! Find out how to get involved with the East London Fawcett Group’s campaign to find out the truth about representation of women in the art world. For more information please see this blog post and contact East London Fawcett Group ateastlondonfawcett@gmail.com
Please visit the Storm in a Teacup blog site to find out how to get involved in the collective and to keep up with the latest news. http://joinourteaparty.org
If you are a promoter or organiser and you would like us to list your event, project or campaign or distribute flyers or zines on our info stalls, please get in touch.
– OPEN SUBMISSIONS | GET INVOLVED
East London Fawcett Group (ELF) launched in June 2011 and are currently looking for volunteers for “Great East London Art Audit” research. For more info info please email eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com FACEBOOK GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
UK Feminista London Activist Group: UK Feminista has set up a new London-based feminist activist group. Over the coming year the group will be staging a series of creative, bold actions to challenge sexism and provide visible resistance where women’s rights are under threat. The group meets on the first Monday of each month. Email to get get involved; activist@ukfeminista.org MORE INFO:http://ukfeminista.handsupstaging.com/take-action/uk-feminista-action-group/
Storm in a Teacup collective plan to put on some great feminist friendly art parties in 2012 so contact us if you would like to get involved or collaborate. storminateacup2009@googlemail.com
– COMING UP IN MAY 2012
3-5 May || Her Noise Archive Symposium @ Tate Modern A three day event investigating feminist discourses in sound, launching with a performance and talk by Pauline Oliveros.The event marks the donation of the Her Noise Archive to University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections housed at London College of Communication, and is realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice), Electra and Tate. INFO:http://www.furtherfield.org/netbehaviour/soundgenderfeminismactivism-call-contributions
12 May|| East London Fawcett Gallery Tour #2 @ TATE modern gallery. From 2pm onwards. Get involved with the East London Art Audit! MORE INFO: eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com
12 May || Where are the Women? @ Brunei Gallery SOAS “Where Are The Women?” will bring together many voices to discuss current issues that affect both students in the UK and women internationally. From the cuts to Higher Education in the UK, to international issues. Talks, debates and workshops. MORE INFO:http://ukfeminista.org.uk/events/event/where-are-the-women-2/
12th May || BAD REPUTATION @ Resistance Gallery. Monthly disco for queers, riot grrrls, punx, and geeks. We play bedroom dancing songs for the socially awkward and the socially awesome. We play indie punk pop riot grrrl emo hip hop dance party hits. 9pm-2am £3 entry FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/234986459949266/
15th May || Female Band, Goodbye Leopold, US Girls @ Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. 8pm. £6.00. Presented by Upset the Rhythm FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/142072192583989/
17th May || Women Know Your Place @ Bush Theatre, W12 8LJ. WOMAN! know your place will be part of an exhibition about Women & Politics FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/402597263104136/
18th May || Unskinny Bop @ Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club Animal, mineral, spiritual, physical. £5 on the door (£3 with flyer / concession) FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/403237719697122/
23 May || ELF:Talks POVERTY – with Rachel Reeves MP, Liz Truss MP, Guardian journalist Zoe Williams and Katharine Sacks Jones of Crisis. 7 pm : Aubin Gallery, 64-66 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch E2 7DP MORE INFO:http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
27 May || CLIT ROCK Episode 2 @ The Lexington An event to raise awareness and funds for Daughters Of Eve an organisation committed to preventing and ultimately eradicating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Bands: Throwing Up, Dana Jade, DJs, Visuals plus more! FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/307711645966488/
14th of June || Cycling for Women’s Suffrage @ The Women’s Library Dr. Sheila Hanlon discusses her research for the display and highlights some major issues in the gender politics of cycling past and present. Illustrated with materials from The Women’s Library collection. 7pm £8.00 or £6.00 concessions. FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/224245634346864/
Over and Out,
Verity Flecknell Storm in a Teacup
Feminist Arts Collective
An event to raise awareness and funds for Daughters Of Eve an organisation committed to preventing and ultimately eradicating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Feel Free to contact DanaJadeMusic@gmail.com for mo’ info!
Please help us spread the word…
Live Bands:
n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal has published more than 400 articles from women artists, writers, critics and curators from more than 50 countries around the world. The journals of n.paradoxa, are now available at The Women’s Library. This day includes a chance to browse the journals in an open reading session, and includes a chance to see 50 rare exhibition catalogues and books from around the world on feminist art. This will be followed by a talk from the editor, Katy Deepwell.
Her Noise brings together performances and a talk by Pauline Oliveros; an evening orbiting the legacy of Meredith Monk; and a day of talks and discussions with contributions by Ute Meta Bauer, Nina Power, Tara Rodgers and many more.
The events are realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP, Electra and Tate.
PROGRAMME:
Artist Talk and Performance: Pauline Oliveros
Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium
Thursday 3 May 2012, 19.00 – 21.30
£12, concessions available, book here: http://beta.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/film-music-and-live-performance/film-and-performance-voice-language
Pioneering composer and performer Pauline Oliveros, who celebrates her 80th birthday this year, gives a solo performance and a talk entitled ‘Archiving the Future: The Embodiment Music of Women’, followed by a performance of her 1970 score ‘To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of their Desperation’ in the Turbine Hall.
Film and performance: The Voice is a Language
Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium
Friday 4 May 2012, 19.00 – 21.00
£5, book here http://beta.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/film-music-and-live-performance/film-and-performance-voice-language
This performance and screening programme orbits the legacy of avant-garde pioneer Meredith Monk. Featuring work by artists Sophie Macpherson, James Richards, Cara Tolmie and Sue Tompkins and rarely seen films by Monk – curated by Isla Leaver-Yap.
Symposium: Feminisms and the Sonic
Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium
Saturday 5 May 2012, 11.00 – 17.50
£20, concessions available, book here http://beta.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/conference/her-noise-symposium
Exploring and developing emergent feminist discourses in sound and music, whilst challenging standard readings and approaches to feminisms and the sonic, this symposium brings together contributions by musicians, artists, academics and writers, including Ute Meta Bauer, Sonia Boyce, Georgina Born, Viv Corringham, Lina Dzuverovic, Catherine Grant, Emma Hedditch, Anne Karpf, Cathy Lane, Kaffe Matthews, Anne Hilde Neset, Maggie Nichols, Nina Power, Tara Rodgers, Salomé Voegelin.
This programme marks the donation of the Her Noise Archive to the University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections housed at London College of Communication, and is realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP (Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice), Electra and Tate. For further information about please visit the Archives and Special Collections Centre.
PUSSY RIOT FUNDRAISER Sunday 22nd of April @ The Shacklewell Arms
2.00pm – 11.00pm
Not So Popular, Girls Get Busy and Storm in a Teacup are teaming up to raise money and awareness for the Free Pussy Riot campaign: http://freepussyriot.org/
SHOREDITCH SISTERS “PUSSY PATCHING” WORKSHOP
TASMIN OMOND’S BALACLAVA MAKING WORKSHOP “How to Make a Balaclava” with CLIMATE RUSH
DJS: THROWING UP JOSH HALL GGB NOT SO POPULAR ZOE JENKIN
VERITY SUSMAN (ELECTRELANE)
£5.00 DONATION (ALL money donated to PUSSY RIOT) We will have zine & comic stalls, bands, DJs and guest speakers (all TBC) all committed to spreading the word and raising money to free Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samusevich.
The 22nd is sandwiched between the ACTION DAY (21st) and the RUSSIAN EMBASSY MARCH (23rd) so come down and help and have fun…
MORE INFO ABOUT PUSSY RIOT
PUSSY RIOT speak: “we realized that this country needs a militant, punk-feminist, street band that will rip through Moscow’s streets and squares, mobilize public energy against the evil crooks of the Putinist junta and enrich the Russian cultural and political opposition with themes that are important to us: gender and LGBT rights, problems of masculine conformity, absence of a daring political message on the musical and art scenes, and the domination of males in all areas of public discourse.”http://www.vice.com/read/A-Russian-Pussy-Riot
Midday – Whitechapel Gallery
THIS PART OF THE TOUR IS FULLY BOOKED
VV Collective will host an open discussion about the Whitechapel Gallery, its current exhibition and the role it has played historically and the work it continues to do in terms of improving gender inequality in east-London’s art scene. Includes complimentary entry into the Gillian Wearing exhibition.
BOOKING IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE REST OF THE TOUR
2pm – Long White Cloud, 151 Hackney Road
The East London Fawcett(‘ELF’) Art Audit team will lead an open discussion about the Audit, focusing on why the campaign is necessary, how it will happen and what we hope to achieve.
Gemma Rolls-Bentley, curator of Long White Cloud’s current exhibition Facing You and Arts and Culture Director of ELF, will then give a brief introduction to the exhibition.
3.15pm – White Cube, Hoxton Square
Whilst viewing the current exhibition and conducting the audit, there we will be a short discussion about the current exhibition and the artists that the gallery represents.
N.B. If anybody would like to volunteer to lead this part of the tour please do get in touch, otherwise this will be lead by the Audit team.
3.45pm – INIVA, 1 Rivington Place
Tara Brown, an associate of the gallery, will be giving some context to the current exhibition and the work that the gallery does.
4.30pm – Local Pub – Debrief and open discussion.
This tour has been curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley in association with VV Art Collective, Storm in a Teacup, Enemies of Good Art and Eight & Four, suppported by the Whitechapel Gallery.
This month Storm in a Teacup are involved in helping raise awareness of the Russian Feminist Punk group: Pussy Riot. Three members of Pussy Riot are in jail awaiting trial with the possibility of 7 years in prison for performing their punk protest songs in an Orthodox Church. Feminist and Riot girl groups across the world are organising protests and fundraisers in support of Pussy Riot. Only last month St Petersburg passed new legislation to ban “homosexual propaganda” in a massive u-turn for gay rights in Russia. Would we be silenced if we happened to have been born Russian? Stand up in solidarity for Pussy Riot. Grab a balaclava, your electric guitar and meet us outside the Russian Embassy on 23rd of April!
Storm in a Teacup, Girls Get Busyand Not So Popular have joined together to organise a Free Pussy Riot fundraiser on Sunday 22nd of April at The Shaklewell Arms, Dalston. An all-dayer of bands, workshops, speakers, djs, zines and loads of lovely things. Keep your eyes out for the full line up to be announced soon!
Please visit the Storm in a Teacup blog site to find out how to get involved in the collective and to keep up with the latest news. http://joinourteaparty.org
If you are a promoter or organiser and you would like us to list your event, project or campaign or distribute flyers or zines on our info stalls, please get in touch.
East London Fawcett Group (ELF) launched in June 2011 and are currently looking for volunteers for “Great East London Art Audit” research. For more info info please email eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com
FACEBOOK GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
UK Feminista London Activist Group: UK Feminista has set up a new London-based feminist activist group. Over the coming year the group will be staging a series of creative, bold actions to challenge sexism and provide visible resistance where women’s rights are under threat. The group meets on the first Monday of each month.
Email to get get involved; activist@ukfeminista.org
MORE INFO:http://ukfeminista.handsupstaging.com/take-action/uk-feminista-action-group/
ART | MUSIC | PERFORMANCE
Homotopia Arts Friday 4th May 2012 is the deadline for this years call for artists, producers, theatre-makers, promoters for the annual Homotopia Arts festival in Liverpool in November.
MORE INFO: http://www.homotopia.net/?p=1819
Storm in a Teacup collective plan to put on some great feminist friendly art parties in 2012 so contact us if you would like to get involved or collaborate. storminateacup2009@googlemail.com
April 12 – 15 || Fringe! Gay Film Fest @ Various venues across East London.
FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/fringefest
WEBSITE: http://fringefilmfest.com/
April 13 || Fanny Pack | Adventures in Neon @ The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington. From 10.00pm – 4.00am. DJs B-LOW and G-CHILD (the girls are, Girl Germs, spit., She Runs With Wolves, Ladyfest Ten, Now That’s What I Call A Clubnight)
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/277884668956605/
April 13 – 21 || Facing You Exhibition part of Fringe! Film Fest. Facing You brings together five London-based photographers whose work exploresthe notion of queer alongside gender in terms of identity and lifestyle
Opening Times: 7am – 6pm
Private View: 12th April 7pm
Panel Discussion: 15th April 5.30 – 7pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/271890402889780/
April 14 || The Most Cake & London Roller Girls present; Girl Gang Trilogy – Fringe! Film Fest @ Hackney Picturehouse Put your warpaint on and join us for a screening of Katrina Del Mar’s explosive Gang Girls Trilogy, preceded by an exclusive Q&A with the London Rollergirls and screenings of heavy metal fuelled bout footage alongside the 27,000+ hit YouTube sensation, ‘Shit London Rollergirls Say’. 10.30pm -1.00am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/296894580380782/
April 14 || Bad Reputation @ Resistance Gallery. Monthly disco for queers, riot grrrls, punx, and geeks. We play bedroom dancing songs for the socially awkward and the socially awesome. We play indie punk pop riot grrrl emo hip hop dance party hits. 9pm-2am £3 entry
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/330848060298225/
April 14 || Dick & Fanny Official Fringe! Festival Party @ CAMP Basement. DJs: LAUREN FLAX (CREEP, NYC), JOSH SPARBER (NYC), BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT (DJ SET) and SUDHA (FAITHLESS). As usual they’ll be supplying you with a tasty mix of classic house and techno, hi-NRG, disco and a healthy helping of 90s dance hits. With live visuals supplied on the night by Luke Warda. £7, £6 b4 10pm, £5 for ticketholders of late night Saturday night Fringe! screenings at Rio Dalston and Hackney Picturehouse
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/280734188670069/
April 21 || East London Fawcett Gallery Tour #1 Facing You Exhibition @ Long White Cloud Cafe, E2 8JL. From 2pm onwards
MORE INFO: eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com
April 22 || PUSSY RIOT FUNDRAISER | Girls Get Busy, Not So Popular & Storm in a Teacup present an ALL-DAYER @ The Shacklewell Arms. With bands, DJs, Zines, Workshops. Lineup TBA. £5.00 2.00pm- 12.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/147284122067968/
April 23 || FREE PUSSY RIOT PROTEST @ The Russian Embassy, London. Pull on your neon balaclava, pick up an electric guitar, get yourself down to the RUSSIAN EMBASSY to protest with these women. Meet at 6pm. Pussy Riot at 6.30pm. On the evening before their trial we will make sure that PUTIN knows women around the world are watching him. In solidarity with PUSSY RIOT. FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/337054436346614/
April 28 || STAV’Bs East London Fawcett Fundraiser From 6.30pm til late @ Fabrica, E8 4AH. Stav B’s liquor bar is delighted to announce the second installment ELF fundraiser aiming to increase awareness within gender equality and raising money for women’s charities. Donation starting from £3. tailor made cocktails, music, performances and other treats, screenings, hair salon/ cuts and styles
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/347987135242162/
April 28 || Too Cute to Puke – Female Fronted Bands – Launch Night! @ The Baby Bathouse, Stoke Newington. Chasing Girls and Too Tough! So Cute DJs. 9.00pm- 3.00am £3.00
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/389741891045449/
April 29 || The Voice of Protest – Spokenword benefit for Slutwalk London @ The Shacklewell Arms. Over 15 spoken-word artists. £5.00 from 7.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/310074289057862/
COMING UP IN MAY 2012
3-5 May || Her Noise Archive Symposium @ Tate Modern A three day event investigating feminist discourses in sound, launching with a performance and talk by Pauline Oliveros.The event marks the donation of the Her Noise Archive to University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections housed at London College of Communication, and is realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice), Electra and Tate. INFO:http://www.furtherfield.org/netbehaviour/soundgenderfeminismactivism-call-contributions
After last year’s storming success, East London’s spunky alternative film festival isback!
Four days of over 30 films, events, art and parties Fringe! is excited to showcase this year’s ‘confetti burst’ of queer culture – with many events free!
Highlights include the first ever screening of Travis Mathew’s hotly tipped I Want Your Love– UK premieres of army cadet love story Private Romeo plus docs (A)sexual, Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years and Short & experimental film hosted by cult les mag Girls Like Us. Plus the Little Joe Clubhouse from the creators of Little Joe magazine which will host screenings, discussions and a library and act as a meeting point during the festival.
They’re revamping classics with specially enhanced screenings of classic films, including:
Brooklyn attitude and motorbike epic Gang Girls Trilogy – presented by the London Rollergirls. A dress up and dance in aisles screening of In Bed with Madonna hosted by East End drag legend Holestar and a New Queer Cinema retrospective, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the movement that iconised queer outsiders featuring: High Art, Young Soul Rebels AND Swoon!
Art goes large at Fringe! this year with Facing You A photo-exhibition exploring the notion of queer. The Cruising - an interactive iphone app charting east London’s gay geography, Artifacts and filmic memories in After Louie. Aerobics meets performance art in Dragercise, and for night owls Tweet the Dawn a 4am interactive twitter performance event, 50 meters up.
Make sure you make it down to our four day east London extravaganza!
Museums keep them locked in the basement, in storage, out of sight. Guerrilla Girls: reinventing the “f” word
Join the campaign to demonstrate the truth about representation of female artists across London’s galleries. Participate in the Great East London Art Audit! Now is the time for action!
Which date are you available to participate in a group Audit of London’s galleries?
Saturday 14 April
Saturday 21 April
Saturday 5 May
Saturday 12 May
Action points: If you can help with any of the below then please get in touch!
· COUNT AND PUBLISH:
o Design the gallery tour
o Attend the gallery tour
o Volunteer to manage the data
o Create a website/blog to monitor the results (free software available)
· CAMPAIGN:
o Create badges reading: ‘I am a woman // I am an artist’
o Design flyers
o Handout flyers/distribute e-flyers
o Online campaign
· MEDIA:
o Volunteer to draft press releases
o Volunteer to contact (i.e. HOUND) the press
o Volunteer to create promo videos
o Volunteer to photograph auditors
If you want to be involved there is a role for YOU.
Get in touch to help out and confirm which date you can join the Group Art Audit.
Time for gender reassignment in London’s galleries!
ALSO DONT MISS!
Gallery Tour 1
Saturday 21 April
2 pm – Facing You exhibition, Long White Cloud (Café), 151 Hackney Road, E2 8JL
Meet us at 2 pm in Long White Cloud Café where everyone can grab a coffee and the tour will kick off with a short talk from the co-curator of Facing You, an exhibition of queer photography in association with Fringe! – Gay Film Fest.
Gallery Tour 2 Saturday 12 May
2 pm – Tate Modern
STORM IN A TEACUP is a London-based collective set up with the aim of promoting women in the arts.
Fed up with finding no platform for our amazingly talented female musician, writer, poet, artist and illustrator friends we decided to do something about it. The project has now escalated with a fanzine, club nights and record label all in the pipeline!
Following the successful launch of our zine and clubnight we want to spread the word and get as many people as we can to join our group. So whether you want to play a gig at one of our events, write for the fanzine or just want to meet like-minded people, then join our group and get in touch.
In 2010 STORM IN A TEACUP helped to programme LADYFEST TEN festival celebrating 10 years of the feminist arts DIY subculture with a 3 day festival of music and arts. In 2011 STORM IN A TEACUP were invited to be a part of the first ever Women of the World Festival at the Southbank Centre and created a limited edition commemorative Zine. SIATC are now digital advocates for the 2012 festival.
Since 2011 STORM IN A TEACUP have also actively supported East London Fawcett Group and their campaigns.
We are also currently planning lots more feminist cross-cultural collaborative events for 2012.
