IS THIS DEMOCRACY?

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Inter|national and tagged abuse, acab, art, cressida dick, domestic abuse, featured, fuck the police, Home Office, killthebill, met, metropolitan police, original art, original artwork, police, police brutality, policebill, Priti Patel, rape, reclaim the night, reclaim these streets, sarah everard, Sisters Uncut, violence, women, yo te creo.

by Samantha Rajasingham

The background shows an anonymous police officer in yellow high-viz jacket over washed out black background, black gloves, blue face mask, and black UK police hat, but blacked out face; the foreground shows an orange femme silhouette, holding a placard in her right hand; the placard reads 'IS THIS Democracy?' — Image description: A visual watercolour response to the Sarah Everard case, Reclaim These Streets, Sisters Uncut and the violence of the police across the country against all women protesting for their safety and loss.
The background shows an anonymous police officer in yellow high-viz jacket over washed out black background, black gloves, blue face mask, and black UK police hat, but blacked out face; the foreground shows an orange femme silhouette, holding a placard in her right hand; the placard reads ‘IS THIS Democracy?’

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PARASITE

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged abolish monarchy, art, covid, drawing, featured, illness, monarchy, original art, original artwork, pandemic, prince philip, Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, Republic, royal family, sketch, taxpayer, watercolour, windsor.

by Samantha Rajasingham

Image description: Hybrid watercolour image of a traditional depiction of a monarch using biological ephemera from parasites such as parasitic worms; the sceptre is crowned by a virus representation, the face bears nine black eyes and insect-like mandibles. To the right of the image, the word PARASITE in black ink, reading vertically from top to bottom.

ILLUSTRATION: WHERE AM I SLEEPING

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged artwork, band, featured, graphic, illustration, illustrator, original art, original artwork, Sara Harrington, tour, touring band.

by Sara Harrington

As Sara and her band head off on tour around Europe, she shared this illustration of tour essentials. It’s also a good opportunity to revisit Blood, Sweat and Fears, an article Sara wrote when on a previous tour, in which she discusses what she learned about efficient tour packing