#6: CUNTS! September 7 '09

Our final Trashbag event for the year was by far the quietest. It seems that after a year of harping on about what amazing things cunts are - deep warm & delightful NOT offensive - even a lot of rad crafters are still scared of them.

The 20-30 people who did rock up though had a pretty super time and were treated to artist talks by sculpter Greg Taylor (of Cunts and other conversations) and jeweller Birgit Holdinghausen plus tunes from DJ Kiki Ando, free cherry MUFFins and a chance to strut in front of the cameras for upcoming doco Cunts the movie. Check out the pictures on facebook here .

Cunt Fling-Ups are crafted cunts flung up over power-lines in the way shoes are flung.

Shoe flinging has a long & illustrious history in the world of activism – from the very first ‘saboteurs’ – French workers who threw their sabots (wooden clogs) into machinery - to the Iraqi journalist who spawned a shoe tossing craze before the last US election by chucking his at Bush. We’re proud to join this tradition with beautiful crafted cunts, weighted with shoes & flung up high, to reclaim the streets for women & cunt lovers in general.

#5 Bang! Knit! Purl! KaPOW!!

Aug 3/09

5:30-8:30pm

The project was crocheted dynamite stick construction & it went OFF.

Read about it here

or check out the ABC Sunday Arts ep it features in here .

#4 DYE PRETTY! - Swine-flu mask beautification

At our first gig at the new digs of Fitzroy's Workers' Club we made living in illogical terror HOT!Read about it here

And for the first time we had prizes! A $250 voucher to buy beautiful clothes from Obüs at 226 Gertrude st. and beer from local brewery, Mountain Goat .

#3 MASS(ACRED) MEDIA

Radical Craft vs. Media bigwigs- weapon of choice: decoupage. Read about it here .

Be afraid! Be mildly afraid!

Featuring:

*a performance from the lady with a double-degree in double-speak, Ms. EMILIE ZOEY BAKER - pop poet, spoken word arteeeist and fannyist!

*plus! by popular demand, a repeat performance from visiting European alt-Burlesque delight, AnA MontAnA
*plus! tunes from Melburn's boy of bliss, DJ Bjenny Montero

Project 2: Embroidery Porn!

embroidery cherries were popped - stitching is sexy & we proved it.

Featuring:
*guest artist our very own Rayna Fahey from Radical Cross Stitch posse
*kooky tunes from DJ Kiki Ando
*direct from Europe - an extra-special performance from legendary alt-burlesque performer AnAmontAnA!!

read about it here

Monday, May 4, 2009

Project #1 April 6 2009 Cunt Fling-Ups!

This session we crafted cunt fling-ups - a rad craft/fem-street art take on the practise of gangs throwing sneakers over powerlines to mark their territory. The evening featured a special screening of punk-knitting video 'Marsha' by sculptural knitting artist Kate Just & tunes from DJ Super Julie

An awesome success - read about it here