Ron is making a story of peace, which will form a rainbow shape.
Hikurangi / Peace Quilt Korowai project
Members of Wellington Craftivist Collective have been helping one of our dear friends Ron Tekawa with his Hikurangi / Peace Quilt Korowai project. Kat Upanetem and Emanarchy have both make panels for the quilt. Kat's is in support of current struggles for peace in Palestine and West Papua, and Emily has made a section for the sea creatures section the Sea horse who traditionally in Maori culture brings protection.
Ron is making a story of peace, which will form a rainbow shape.
Ron is making a story of peace, which will form a rainbow shape.
Crafty Poetry - Bears Rebellion
Check out some rad poetry by Bears Rebellion, warning this woman is empowered!
at http://bearsrebellion.wordpress.com/
Here is a sample,
She Said
She said “Have you got your life sorted?” and I replied “A little bit more than I did before” and I skipped off down the road.
Bears Rebellion 13/10/14
Around The World
As I lay my head down to sleep, I’m aware at this same moment people the world over are sleeping eating drinking feasting kissing hugging loving laughing driving riding smiling sewing baking choking killing stealing lying feeling running swimming boxing chilling smoking poking cleaning demeaning treating hoping seeping and dying for a better world.
Bears Rebellion 12/10/14
Flighting Sexism: Adventures with the Craftivism Fence and Paper Planes
At the Flighting Sexism Exhibition we wanted the true spirit of Craftivism to be represented, that is to get everyone to participate: young, old, mums, daughters, sons, partners and even fashion designers, took part. So we put up a craftivist fence, so everyone could show their protest at Air NZ's sexist safety video, that this type of sexist advertising leads to the sexist and rape culture in our society that is so damaging to all those who identify as female.
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So this is how the fence began at the exhibition with mini protest banners and a three planes...but this was to change.
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Girls are Cool |
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| Choirboys daughter wanted her planes to be by daddy's art work of Russian punk band Pussy Riot and suffragette Kate Sheppard's paintings. |
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| Fashion designer the Under Class Merchant (UCM) got in on the action saying, "No to Sexism" |
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| After the opening the fence was so full of protest planes. |
Flighting Sexism Opening
Awesome opening to Flighting Sexism Exhibition. A truly transformative experience, we broke the silences on sexism and the link this has to rape culture. Thanks to all the artists, to Choirboy for his amazing musical performance, Marewa Glover for her powerful and thought provoking poetry. The children who made planes for the craftivist fence, with feminist messages, totally cuted me out. Thanks for all those who came, this was beautiful community experience. Thanks also to Tory Street for providing this wonderful space.
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| No More Sleeping Beauty - Installation organised by Marewa Glover |
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| Fuck AirNZ by Ron Tekawa |
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| Mother and daughter artists - Marewa Glover and Tiraha-Ana Glover (Nga Puhi) |
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| ICU by Molly Rangiwai McHale |
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| ICU by Molly Rangiwai McHale and partner Keteiyau Tora |
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| The Underclass Merchant - "Poetry is like Rap but Fancy" for Justice |
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| Marewa Glover, our poet and artist |
Flighting Sexism Exhibition - 3 days to go
3 days to go until our exhibition Flighting Sexism!
Date: August 26th, Tuesday
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Location: 19 Tory Street Gallery
This is an exhibition to celebrate our victory of getting the AirNZ Sexist Safety Video Remove.
The exhibition will included community made installations from, Wellington Craft Collective, Members of a Feminist Mothers Group and Members of a Queer Group who helped make hundreds of paper planes.
As well as an installation of radicalized flight sleep masks, sent by supporters all around New Zealand and the World. Organised by Marewa Glover.
Also, there will be works of art challenging why we are still having to fight sexism, and the intersectionarily related issues of colonisation and homophobia in 2014. Works include, the following artists, Charlotte Sirvid, Choirboy, Emanarchy, Molly Rangiwai McHale, Ron Tekawa and others.
Come along and make some paper planes and write feminist inspirational message with your friends and children. While listening the Music of Choirboy and the poetry of Marewa Glover.
Parental guidance recommended: Includes words rape/rape culture and partial nudity in some images.
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Date: August 26th, Tuesday
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Location: 19 Tory Street Gallery
This is an exhibition to celebrate our victory of getting the AirNZ Sexist Safety Video Remove.
The exhibition will included community made installations from, Wellington Craft Collective, Members of a Feminist Mothers Group and Members of a Queer Group who helped make hundreds of paper planes.
As well as an installation of radicalized flight sleep masks, sent by supporters all around New Zealand and the World. Organised by Marewa Glover.
Also, there will be works of art challenging why we are still having to fight sexism, and the intersectionarily related issues of colonisation and homophobia in 2014. Works include, the following artists, Charlotte Sirvid, Choirboy, Emanarchy, Molly Rangiwai McHale, Ron Tekawa and others.
Come along and make some paper planes and write feminist inspirational message with your friends and children. While listening the Music of Choirboy and the poetry of Marewa Glover.
Parental guidance recommended: Includes words rape/rape culture and partial nudity in some images.
Oi All You Kiwis, Last Day Today 2 Enrol 4 Easy Vote!
This coming NZ election if you kiwis want to vote, Yeltz who helped us out for Occupy Your Ears with his art work, has a reminder for you all,that it is the last day today to enrol for easy vote!
Our Occupy Blankets Adventures Continue
Our Occupy Blanket features in a new book about the vegan adventures of one of our members Anderson Santos. The cover is by our own Emily Strange, who did this sketch for Anderson as a good bye present when he left to tour the blanket around the world. Here is a link were you can read this book, Meatless Adventures 2 and his other book Meatless Adventures 1, http://www.andersonsantos.info/#books
We are also hoping to display the Occupy Blanket again at our Flighting Sexism exhibition, as this blanket sought to address issues of sexism at occupy. It is important to remember that we have to fight sexism not only in society but within activism itself, to ensure woman have equal chance of participation and thus equal voice, as well as a safe space to practice activism free of sexual harassment.
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