Artists Genesis Breyer P-Oridge, Colette Justine aka Colette, and K8 Hardy discuss their work in relation to collage, gender and feminism on a panel held at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on October 26, 2013. Each artist on the panel manipulate different mediums (music, fabric, displays, photography, the human body, etc), applying collage techniques to their works, playing around with notions of gender, and the feminists’ perspective on identity and personae. Genesis talked about her involvement with COUM Transmissions music, performance …
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Japanese American human rights activist and a longtime Oakland resident Yuri Kochiyama passed away yesterday June 1st, 2014 at the age of 93. [NPR] [Democracy Now] Yuri Kochiyama was known for her activism since the 1960’s, her comradeship with Malcolm X (she’s the mysterious Asian lady holding Malcolm’s head when he was assassinated on February 21, 1965 at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, pictured in Time magazine), her later activist work with the Puerto Rican independence movement, reparations for Japanese interment camp survivors, political …
The Punk Singer (2013) is a documentary about punk singer Kathleen Hanna (a pioneer of the riot grrrl movement, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Julie Ruin, The Julie Ruin). The documentary goes through her beginnings in the pacific northwest punk scene, development of her socio-political consciousness, her relationship with feminism, the struggles and triumphs of her music career and life. The Punk Singer features appearances from: Adam Horovitz (Ad Rock), Beastie Boys, husband of Hanna Tamra Davis, Film, Music, and TV Director, introduced Hanna …
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