Hyenas in Petticoats (2016—)
By
gobscure
gobscure - sketch of a living memorial
living memorials using mary wollstonecraft (once called a 'hyena in petticoats' for being mad, bad, rad, bi, internationalist, feminist, mutha, writer) as starting-point
because mary wollstonecraft wz bad, rad, bi, mutha, internationalist, feminist before the word, a writer & mad - she, disabilities included - wz erased as 'hyena in petticoats'. we're working on ongoing creative resistance, creating living memorials, writing us back in across artforms. these daze were all hyenas in petticoats we first performed interactive walkabout at mac birmingham (thanks dash) where we sing to folks before inviting them to draw a line of a map across marys skirts and name something they wish to find. it was subsequently at mmu (thanks axisweb) alongside artists book fables animate flame responding to marys 25 letters recording her travels around scandinavia & celebrating hoydens everywhere. (a hoyden is a tomboy that is beyond feisty). theres album of sound-art against bi-erasure / biphobia supported by curious arts festival & newbridge project theres a body of work commissioned by Together! 2020 Disability History Month Festival including this e-zine (with art activities / templates & suggestions on staging yr own demonstration), alongside new performance-2-camera one day we want to create a living library. mary wollstonecraft would-ov hated being on a plinth. we suggest a living library as 'useful' contemporary memorial. an area for lounging / lying down / slowing down / exchanging ideas - no excuses needed; the art above; and shelving which folks are invited to fill with their own 'books'. these could be zines, recipes, jokes, other ... folks are also invited to take away 'books' including ingredients for those recipes.
To read the hyena in petticoats zine, scroll through the PDF below:
More information: https://gobscure.wixsite.com/hyenapetticoat
