The Museum of Non Participation: the patriarchal clock
Karen Mirza and Rachel Anderson
The Gossip
Artes Mundi
17 February 2015
11pm — 7am at the national Museum, Cardiff
The Gossip is a time in a particular moment in which to gather, meet and exchange stories about women’s bodies as sites of resistance. It draws from the roots of the women’s movement….in the ongoing resistance women have made to capitalism from its early construction, we draw deeply on these roots and dive below the recent feminist movements to an older physical and guttural response, drawing on an ancestral strength and context to the struggles we face today.
My name is Daku Rani, Bandit, Fugitive, Witch, Hex, Dreamer.
I need a revolution, I don’t know what it looks like, I can feel that it is a time for me to claim and understand my power. To draw on women that have come before me, and will come after me. Where do I start with a task that stretches forwards and backwards in time. I start here — in this moment.
This invitation for us to gather at the edge of the day, under the blanket of the night and the watch of the moon. Suspicions are reactivated of the historical persecutions of witch hunts which served to destroy communal relationships, forwarded the privatisation of land, the privatisation of life of social reproduction and served the destruction of the commons.
Women are invited to stay overnight. We are calling out to the fugitives, the witches, wise women, dakus and dreamers. You are invited to join us in creating a Gossip in the heart of the National Museum Cardiff on Tuesday 17 February from 11pm-7am.
The Gossip is part of a project called The Patriarchal Clock which is exploring women’s bodies as sites of resistance. A project which celebrates women’s solidarity, strength, and power in the face of violence, abuse, racism and oppression.
This is a women only event, all women are welcome. There are a limited number of places to join the Gossip, to express your interest in attending please email [email protected] before 2 February.
Artes Mundi
17 February 2015
11pm — 7am at the national Museum, Cardiff
The Gossip is a time in a particular moment in which to gather, meet and exchange stories about women’s bodies as sites of resistance. It draws from the roots of the women’s movement….in the ongoing resistance women have made to capitalism from its early construction, we draw deeply on these roots and dive below the recent feminist movements to an older physical and guttural response, drawing on an ancestral strength and context to the struggles we face today.
My name is Daku Rani, Bandit, Fugitive, Witch, Hex, Dreamer.
I need a revolution, I don’t know what it looks like, I can feel that it is a time for me to claim and understand my power. To draw on women that have come before me, and will come after me. Where do I start with a task that stretches forwards and backwards in time. I start here — in this moment.
This invitation for us to gather at the edge of the day, under the blanket of the night and the watch of the moon. Suspicions are reactivated of the historical persecutions of witch hunts which served to destroy communal relationships, forwarded the privatisation of land, the privatisation of life of social reproduction and served the destruction of the commons.
Women are invited to stay overnight. We are calling out to the fugitives, the witches, wise women, dakus and dreamers. You are invited to join us in creating a Gossip in the heart of the National Museum Cardiff on Tuesday 17 February from 11pm-7am.
The Gossip is part of a project called The Patriarchal Clock which is exploring women’s bodies as sites of resistance. A project which celebrates women’s solidarity, strength, and power in the face of violence, abuse, racism and oppression.
This is a women only event, all women are welcome. There are a limited number of places to join the Gossip, to express your interest in attending please email [email protected] before 2 February.
11 Oct - 17 Nov 2013 Belgrade
54th October Salon: No one belongs here more than you.
Curated by Red Min(e)d
Scripting the body, no thought, act, move, step into, step up, freeze, hold, follow an internal movement, a twist of a wrist, the weight of the left side of the body on one hip, the pressure of skin, the reaching of a hand, half open, angled, caught. Reflecting on the pedagogy of resistance and women’s bodies, I have become obsessed by images of women being dragged across the street in the 68 (anti war movement) in Grovensor Square, London. The images of grainy black and white archival material was the start of our conversation about unattached militant feminists and the forces of oppression.
My name is Daku Rani, Bandit, Fugitive, Witch, Hex, Dreamer.
The revolution wont be led by red flags and the sound of Bella Ciao. It will come like a flood in the night, with boundless power and uncatchable form, with inconsistence and unpredictability, it will speak with an invisible voice in a language we wont understand because we never listened before, It will not see us, it won’t obey our rational demands or follow the path we prepared for it, it will swell and burst, It will be appaling, misplaced and wreckless, it will prioritise the wrong values, it will dance to the wrong songs and laugh in the wrong places, it will be unreasonable, it will be angry, it will be untamable…
INVITATION
What does it mean for women to gather at the edge of the day, under the blanket of the night and the watch of the moon. Suspicions are reactivated of the historical persecutions of witch hunts which served to destroy communal relationships, forwarded the privatisation of land, the privatisation of life of social reproduction and served the destruction of the commons.
Women are invited to stay overnight. Come as you are, bring comfortable clothes, cushions and bedding so you can rest when you want to, your children are welcome to sleep over. We will provide some food but bring some for yourself or to share if you like. We will provide some prompts for conversation and some activities which might be interesting; you can also bring something to share if you want to.
54th October Salon: No one belongs here more than you.
Curated by Red Min(e)d
Scripting the body, no thought, act, move, step into, step up, freeze, hold, follow an internal movement, a twist of a wrist, the weight of the left side of the body on one hip, the pressure of skin, the reaching of a hand, half open, angled, caught. Reflecting on the pedagogy of resistance and women’s bodies, I have become obsessed by images of women being dragged across the street in the 68 (anti war movement) in Grovensor Square, London. The images of grainy black and white archival material was the start of our conversation about unattached militant feminists and the forces of oppression.
My name is Daku Rani, Bandit, Fugitive, Witch, Hex, Dreamer.
The revolution wont be led by red flags and the sound of Bella Ciao. It will come like a flood in the night, with boundless power and uncatchable form, with inconsistence and unpredictability, it will speak with an invisible voice in a language we wont understand because we never listened before, It will not see us, it won’t obey our rational demands or follow the path we prepared for it, it will swell and burst, It will be appaling, misplaced and wreckless, it will prioritise the wrong values, it will dance to the wrong songs and laugh in the wrong places, it will be unreasonable, it will be angry, it will be untamable…
INVITATION
What does it mean for women to gather at the edge of the day, under the blanket of the night and the watch of the moon. Suspicions are reactivated of the historical persecutions of witch hunts which served to destroy communal relationships, forwarded the privatisation of land, the privatisation of life of social reproduction and served the destruction of the commons.
Women are invited to stay overnight. Come as you are, bring comfortable clothes, cushions and bedding so you can rest when you want to, your children are welcome to sleep over. We will provide some food but bring some for yourself or to share if you like. We will provide some prompts for conversation and some activities which might be interesting; you can also bring something to share if you want to.