Sheroes

About

Sheroes was a monthly limited-run art party series that brought together on and offline works that playfully and performatively explore the iconography and cultures of fandom surrounding the "League of Legendary Ladies": Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Erykah Badu, Etta James, Marianne Faithfull, Dolly Parton, Grace Jones, Dusty Springfield & Nina Simone.

Sheroes is presented by salonnière reeraw (Rea McNamara). Based in Toronto, the series curates specially commissioned performances, sounds, installations & visuals.

All Sheroes events are brainstormed and archived online at fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com, uniting digital communities with real-time audiences in an ongoing exploration into fan culture and collaborative content creation.

Virtual Season — our culminating presentation of new and past Sheroes on/offline works & performances — is currently gearing into its first international reunion tour. We will be announcing soon tour dates. (If you would like to book a Sheroes event, please contact us.)

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29.07.2012 | 7 notes | tags:

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Etta James on Tina Turner circa those mid 1960s Ike & Tina daze, where women were built nice like Cadillacs, shouldering their bruises with the fine coats of ermine & fox.

08.02.2012 | 2 notes | tags:

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Tony Halmos: “it’s ok, they won’t be naming no buildings to go down dilapidated after me, neither.”

18.01.2012 | 3 notes | tags:

Tina Turner — “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo”

30.12.2011 | 8 notes | tags:

Herstory done right.

Dub poet Naila Keleta-Mae brings the resounding word in this one-time only performance of Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary”, backed by the plunderphonic noises of DJ NoLoves (Alvaro Girón) & reeraw (Rea McNamara).

Recorded LIVE Friday, October 28, 2011 at NACO Cafe & Gallery in Toronto for Sheroes #3, a River Deep, Mountain High Remix Tribute to the Acid Queen. Shot & edited by Tony Halmos.

This performance is a “response” to a Just Dance 2 fanvid version of “Proud Mary” performed by Naila Keleta-Mae & reeraw.