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.)
My wardrobe went down very rapidly, until there were maybe two clothes left,” she chuckles. “But the feeling was to use my best clothes - for art’s sake.
— Yoko Ono on “Cut Piece”.
(Source: thewire.co.uk)
| 8 notes | tags:Two separate performances! Rusiko Lomtatidze first reverses the cut piece through the power of togetherness (think a positive reconstruction of Yoko Ono’s “Cut Piece”), and then does a reverse drag strip tease of Ono’s “Men, Men, Men”.
Filmed live Friday, December 16, 2011 at NACO Gallery & Cafe in Toronto for Sheroes #5, a Happening Remix Tribute to the Witch. Directed by Tony Halmos.
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Animated GIF by Andrew Benson for Sheroes #5: Yoko Ono.
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Animated GIF by Andrew Benson for Sheroes #5: Yoko Ono.
| 2 notes | tags:“given what happened to Marina Abramovic with Rhythm O, she’s very brave to sit still with a possible weapon that she’s allowed audience members to use against her person…”
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Animated GIF by Andrew Benson for Sheroes #5: Yoko Ono.
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Animated GIF by Andrew Benson for Sheroes #5: Yoko Ono.
