EDINBURGH FRINGE 2019 – PT 1

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged Bait Theatre, BDSM, beach body, body positivity, Caitlin Moran, Carmina Masoliver, comedy, dance, daughter, DID, Edinburgh Fringe, featured, feminism, festival, IFS, improv, Jessica Edwards, Jessica Redstone, kit redstone, Lewys Holt, lines, Lizzo, Maisy Taylor, mother, Neil Chinneck, performance, Phrases, Rory Fleck-Byrne, shibari, Simone de Beauvoir, spoken word, summer, Tamsin Shasha, The Roaring Girls, theatre, TheSpace.

by Carmina Masoliver

Edinburgh Fringe festival seems to get bigger and bigger each year; there are hundreds of shows to choose from and the densely-packed programme can be difficult to decipher. Here we have briefly reviewed three distinct shows from the 2019 edition, dealing with the mind, the body, sexuality, relationships and gender.

CÓRDOBA FERIA: A CELEBRATION OF EXTRAVAGANCE

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Inter|national and tagged Andalucía, Andalusia, artivism, body positivity, casetas, cordoba, dress, expression, fair, fashion, femininity, feminism, Feria, festival, market, music, Nuestra senora de la salud, performance, review, spain, Spanish, symbol, theatre, traje de flamenca, traje de gitana.

by Carmina Masoliver

In Córdoba, for two weeks at the end of May and spanning across two weekends, there is a massive fair that is so big you really have to experience it for yourself. We were even given two days off work to enjoy the festivities. I went for a total of five days.

The festival is rooted in honour of Nuestra Señora de la Salud (Our Lady of Health), and started as an old livestock market. In 2017, it included over a hundred casetas, where everyone comes to eat, drink, and dance. It attracts all ages, and also has a fairground with an impressive selection of rides and roller-coasters, plus sticks of candy floss nearly as big as me.Continue Reading

REVIEW: ENMUJECER FESTIVAL / IWD 2017

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged abuse, Andalucía, Arabic, artivism, arts, body positivity, cordoba, domestic violence, Enmujecer Festival, feminism, festival, gender violence, international womens day, Islam, IWD, IWD17, La Plaza de Corredera, mental health, music, Muslim, performance, racism, Salon de Actos, southbank, spain, Spanish, street art, theatre, womens march.

by Carmina Masoliver

CW: sexual assault, gender violence, abuse

Initially lamenting that I wouldn’t be in London for International Women’s Day, missing the annual WoW festival at the Southbank Centre, I was pleased to find out that Córdoba has a whole month of activities to mark the occasion. Whilst the practicalities of striking weren’t feasible – for example, I cannot afford to take a day unpaid and no unions exist for the work I do. I was informed that there would be a walk-out between 12-12.30pm, and this happened to be when my break between two classes fell. I used it to do some grocery shopping, so not particularly radical.Continue Reading

VAGINAL KNITTING, GIRL ON GIRL CRIME?

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged Adam Weinstein, art, arts, bodies, body positivity, Casey Jenkins, Casting off my womb, critics, female body, feminism, gender, Katherine Brooks, knitting, media, MSM, performance, performance art, sex, sexuality, taboo, vagina, vaginal knitting, woman, women, women artists.

by Jess Howard

Content warning: the article mentions menstruation and physical discomfort.

In 2013, performance artist Casey Jenkins from Melbourne, Australia, caused a storm on the internet by knitting for 28 days in a gallery space using wool she had inserted into her vagina. The piece was titled Casting Off My Womb, but was christened Vaginal Knitting by the press. Almost 3 years later, Jenkins is knitting from her vagina once more, producing a commentary on the abuse she received when her original piece went viral.Continue Reading

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EDINBURGH FRINGE 2019 – PT 1

CÓRDOBA FERIA: A CELEBRATION OF EXTRAVAGANCE

REVIEW: ENMUJECER FESTIVAL / IWD 2017

VAGINAL KNITTING, GIRL ON GIRL CRIME?

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