Good week this week! ……although goldblade still havent got back to confirm their performance on the float, i receved confirmation from Awards for All that we (that is the sophie lancaster foundation and i) will get the funds we need to continue the project till the end of the year!
Also!… i managed to secure a residency at Burnley library for the summer, this will also concentrate on stigma and alienation of young alternative people with an emphasis on subculture and heritage, from teds and mods through to emo’s and moshers.
Currently trying to contact The Notsensibles to finish with a celebration event…..
‘Im in love with Margaret Thatcher she’s the girl for you and me, i go red when she’s on telly ‘cos i think she fancies me!’
Notsensibles – Im in love with Margaret Thatcher
Went over to Chorlton for the Arts festival last week and delivered a couple of workshops/events…the second one was a bit experimental to say the least, people were invited to come and meditate on Chorlton green.
Initially i intended asking an ordained Buddhist monk to guide the meditations but as the date drew nearer I started to think more about my practice and the punk ethic thats runs through it, i know i had the ability to lead a session…but the confidence?
I put on my artist hat/punk wig and forgot about whether I had the right credentials, the right seating or the right presentation, and delivered sessions in a way that i’d always wanted them when i began meditation.
I called it ‘Punk meditation’ as the words are a great visual conflict which itself is an interesting starting point.
I wrote on the wall ‘The harmony in the teeth gritting noise of society’… this was a reversal of Hebdiges original phrase from his 1982 book ‘Subculture; the meaning of style’ which stated that punk was the noise in the teeth gritting harmony of society.
Folowing this i contacted the Rebellion (punk) festival in Blackpool who were rather keen on having a SOPHIE punk meditation each morning of the festival…i love it when a plan comes together!
