The truly amazing art work of: Lisa Petrucci, Guerrilla Girls, Fawn Gehweiler, Tammy Rae Carland, Ariel Schrag, Juliet Martin, Irana Douer, Stella Marrs, Natalie Dee, Miss Van, Amy Earles, Mel Stringer, Margaux Lange, Jeremy Dennis, Gina Garan, Elizabeth McGrath, G.B Jones, Marion Peck, Yoko Kikuchi, Genevieve Castree, Nikki McClure, Jenny Hart, Lady Lucy, Jen Oaks, Gabrielle Bell, Jacinta Bunnell, Jean Smith, Allison Cole, Dame Darcy, Liz Adams, Camille Rose Garcia, Gina Birch, Megan Kelso, India Richter, Tania Bedrinana, Emma Magenta, Julie Doucet, Fly, Ana Bagayan, Rini Templeton, Kathleen Lolley, Isy, Tara McPherson, k8 Hardy, Kathryn Temple, Heidi Burton, Gemma Correll, Annette Lauder, Karolina Bang, Emma Hedditch, Abby Denson , Cat Mazza, Maya Hayuk, Jill Emery, Junko Mizuno, Miranda July, Missy Kulik, Debbie Dreschler, Renee French, Alison Bechdel, Penny Moran Van Horn, Julie Knoblock, Linn Olofsdotter, Lilli Carre, Jessica Abel, Shelley Sacks, Simone Lia, Marjane Satrapi, Meghan Murphy, Carrie McNinch, Fafi, Olivia, Lydia Lunch, Fiona Logusch, Kaori Kasai, Keri Smith, Donna Lee, Marci Washington, Wynne Greenwood, Nicole Steen, Lucy Sweet, Frida Kahlo, R Clout, Sarah Dyer, Juliana Luecking, Emily Ryan Lerner, Tszontoast, Sadie Benning, Lex McQuilkin, Georganne Deen, Marnie Weber, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Wangechi Mutu, Katy Horan, Susanna Hesselberg, Adidal Abou-Chamat, Heidi Kenney, Mikhaela Reid, Abigail Brown, Diane Dimassa, Cristy Road, Phoebe Gloeckner, Amy Davis, Sarah Utter, Laurenn McCubbin, Nicole J. Georges, Aya Kakeda, Vanessa Davis, Exene Cervenka, Colleen Coover, Yuiko Hosoya, Leia Bell, Jen Corace, Sarah Becan, Nichola Pemberton, Ozge Samanci, Chiho Aoshima, Yumiko Kayukawa, Susie Ghahremani, Megan Whitmarsh, Allyson Mellberg, Megan Besmirched, Abigail Stern, Cindy Sherman, Jill Bliss, Miriam Katin, Denise Simon, Leigh Young, Caitlin Shearer, Heather Williams, Celeste Welch, Lynette May, Sylvie Sayamandara, Sharon Hayes, Aya Takano, Ellen Forney, Robin Mapes, Cynthia Connolly, Erika Moen, Andrea Helmer, Ariel Bordeaux, Tracey Emin, Holly Beth Herbert, Isabel Samaras, Sarah Doyle, Elke Donders, Isabelle Boinot, Daria Tessler, Rachel Domm, Danielle Spires, Barbara Kruger, Korka, Rachel Carns, Jenny Holzer, Cass Bird, Kirsten Ulve, Cathy Lomax, Sarah Knight, Melinda Beck, Elena Stoehr, Leonie O’Moore, Sarah Maple, Eliza Lazy, Julie West, Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk, Marinaomi, Tara Jane O'Neil, Jule K, Sara Rahbar, Enid Crow, Evah Fan, Courtney Wotherspoon, Lauren Weinstein, Betsy Walton, Anke Weckmann, Karen Constance, Audrey Kawasaki, Jo Spence, Dawn Cook, Katey Nicosia, Sarah Lippett, Girlyhandwriting, Julia Rothman, Megan Gale, Lesley Reppeateaux, Nikki S. Lee, Jennybird Alcantara, Rebecca Gould, Kara Walker, Kate Sutton, Autumn de Wilde, Saelee Oh, Violetta Lopiz, Lauren Gregg, Jeana Sohn, Lilly Piri, Liz Lunney, Sofia Niazi, Emma Mount, Alyson Fox, Arielle De Pinto, Carrie Marill, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Meg Hunt, Julia Bereciartu, Katy Hackney, Kime Buzzelli, Kristina Collantes, Beck E, Lori Joy Smith, Alice Rutherford, Amy Ruppel, Autumn Whitehurst, Daniele Young, Kate Sutton, Maja Sten, Eun-ha, Natasha Rosenberg, Eveline Tarunadjaja, Camilla Engman, Louise art & ghosts, Julia Pott, Emily black apple, Katy Horan, Ashley Goldberg, M Patrizio, Catherine Campbell, Sia Grafica, Rebecca Horwood, Saffron Rickenbacker, Yoko Furusho, Lizzy Stewart, Amy Blackwell, Carolyn Alexander, Christa Donner, Kate Seaward, Caroline Gaedechens, Rebecca ra ra, Rachel Blakley, Laura Mckellar, Sarah Gottesdiener, Erin Paisley, Sally Harless, Dana Krusche, Rita Gomes, Natasha Newton, Julia Sonmi Heglund, Emily Cunningham, Adele Mildred, Alice Rutherford, Alli Good, Amy Sol, Andrea Shear, Beci Orpin, Brooke Bobridge, Ellen van Engelen, Emilie Boudet, Hanna Nymen, Hannah Stouffer, Iefke de Roos, Helen Acraman, Jenny Almen Gunnerfeldt, Jessica Mccourt, Julie Armbruster, Julie Morstad, Laura Laine, Liza Corbett, Lola Goldstein, Melissa Haslam, Miriam Bereson, Sara Hansson, Gunilla Jahnichen, Stella Im Hultberg, Jen Renninger, Beth Gunnell, Gina Triplett, Naho Ogawa, Em Lewis, Elsa Mora, Esther Pearl Watson, Gemma Jones, Hanna Nyman, Katherine Montalto, Kukula, Emmi Jormalainen, Mica Page, Julianna Swaney, Ellie Cryer, Julie Hill, Adrienne Vita, Gayla 666, Oksana Badrak, Christina Richards, Courtney Reagor, Morwenna Catt, Eleanor Davis, Emma Hanquist, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Fleur Harris, Rebecca Artemisa, Heather Middleton, Rachael House, Lucia Holm, Simona Cordero, Fontaine Anderson, Nanna Johansson, Jess Bradley, Zoe Darnell, Sarah Ray, Karoline Rerrie, Gemma Flack, Tanya Meditzky, Helen Musselwhite, Jen Collins, Sofia Olsson, Ginger Anyhow, Erika Lopez, Anna Laitinen, Iris Schwarz, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Julia Staite, Karin Hagen, Kate Beckett, Kate Broughton, Kate O’Connor, Katya de Grunwald, Keren Taggar, Laurie Hastings, Liv Stromquist, Caroline Hwang, Mareike Auer, Marguerote Sauvage, Maria Borgelov, Michelle Valigura, Mijn Schatje, Nicole Gastonguay, Olivia Jeffries, Helen Dardik, Lisa Romero, Polly Morgan, Nina Nijsten, Rachel Anilyse, Rachel Denny, Renee Nault, Sandy Smith, Sara Nilsson, Ashley Alexander, Emma Magenta, Hasisi Park, Emma Hack, Lang Leav, Kate Pugsley, Anna Laura, Ana Maraz, Ami Suma, Amy Kligman, Amy Ross, Amy Brown, Bindi Booth, Brandi Milne, Caia Koopman, Camilla D’Errico, Cassandra Smith, Christiane Haase, Miso, Claire Loder, Danielle Estefan, Deanna Halsall, Eika Dopludo, Ellara Woodlock, Ellie Smith, Chelsea Dirck, Shimrit Elkanati, Nicoz Balboa, Nancy Baker Cahill, Ilaria Margutti, Lisa Evans, Hannah Barton, Jane Burton, Jennifer Davis, Jen Tong, Peregriine Honig, Juliana Bright, Katey-Jean Harvey, Katie Muth, Kendra Binney, Kris Chau, Laura Su, Lisa Congdon, Lisa K Weber, Ludia Meiying, Maria Forde, Martha Rich, Melanie Bilenker, Samantha Hahn, Meryl Donoghue, Morgan Blair, Nikki Stavin, Pepa Prieto, Philippa Rice, Hina Aoyama, Rachel Harris, Sara Fanelli, Shannon McLaughlin, Susan Jamison, Melody Lee, Kamala Caton, Yosuke Ueno, Kristyna Baczynski, Nancy Mungcal, Amber Seegmiller, Miss Led, Maria Gil Ulldemolins, Ulla Saar, Elise Towle Snow, Lucy Player, Katie Hanratty, Lisa Linnea, Laura Berger, Freya Harrison, Ali Aschman, Suzanne Coady.
Plus, the boys: Mark Ryden, David Lester, Daniel Clowes, Miyazaki, Casey Burns, David LaChapelle, Yoshitomo Nara, Jay Ryan, Marc Johns, Daniel Johnston, John Zoller, Ghost Patrol, Stuntkid, & Helmet Newton.
"And then you find the stuff that is just uplifting and it's like a breath of fresh air." She giggles again. "It's like when you go to art college you've got a lot of rubbish inside of you that you want to get out, but then a lot of people's work you see and think, why are you doing that? Is it for your audience? Is it for you?' I think you want to think about the people that are receiving it as well. You want to give them a bit of a gift really". (Simone Lia, 2007, in The Guardian) All of the artists listed above have given me gifts in one way or another :)
"When all words fail, she speaks; her mixtape her masterpiece"
This zine is written and put together with all of the following on endless repeat...
elliott smith, kristin hersh, hole, team dresch, evan dando, throwing muses, lou barlow, miss universum, mecca normal, rilo kiley, barr, the blow, the third sex, sebadoh, lemonheads, scrawl, tanya donelly, the grates, geraldine fibbers, slant 6, belly, the thermals, paul baribeau, ghost mice, kicking giant, longstocking, the need, cars can be blue, the crabs, bettie serveert, sleater-kinney, tender trap, soko, huggy bear, lois, magnapop, mary lou lord, eels, madder rose, veruca salt, aimee mann, nirvana, tender forever, come, mary timony, helium, the muffs, polysics, cub, heatmiser, drunk granny, captain chaos, 50 foot wave, (early) pj harvey, laura veirs, le tigre, sentridoh, erq, scout niblett, voodoo queens, the slits, the breeders, diane cluck, soda fountain rag, cat power, pansy division, metric, rose melberg, avenue d, tullycraft, ted leo, sister george, frank black, pixies, juliette and the licks, marine research, ben folds, pony up!, matty pop chart, dream bitches, schwervon!, boyskout, bangs, dressy bessy, hang on the box, yumi yumi, the raincoats, tracy + the plastics, tuscadero, major matt mason USA, jenny lewis, hazel, built to spill, fiery furnaces, tracy bonham, jack off jill, wolf colonel, nina nastasia, the softies, frightwig, billy bragg, daniel johnston, dollyrots, daisy chainsaw, the vegas beat, central standard, thalia zedek, tiger trap, abbymatic, japanese pop songs, half japanese, B52s, katastrophy wife, vic chesnutt, blake babies, X, courtney love, julie ruin, babes in toyland, bikini kill, poison girls, ethyl meatplow, sidi bou said, infinite x's, discount, bonfire madigan, casiotone for the painfully alone, dan fishback, au pairs, jill sobule, your heart breaks, auf der maur, bratmobile, patti smith, cadallaca, tribe 8, the shins, butchies, heavens to betsy, excuse 17, hazeldine, solex, strip squad, paradise island, gossip, the hissyfits, casual dots, cold cold hearts, jeffrey lewis, (early) tori, kimya dawson, lunachicks, lush, chia pet, bongwater, regina spektor, the spells, silverfish, god is my co-pilot, grandaddy, hello saferide, 100 watt smile, brenda kahn, frumpies, atom and his package, julianna hatfield, mountain goats, violent femmes, gina young, scarnella, the gits, the icicles, the peppermints, crayon, matt and kim, silver jews, lemuria, the battys, candypants, matson jones, tattle tale, the cogs, melt banana, phoebe kreutz, the grown ups, butt trumpet, all girl summer fun band, beat happening, betty blowtorch, distillers, the coolies, mika bomb, peaches, the amps, young marbel giants, dance hall crashers, au revoir simone, the fakes, mirah, liquorice, zuzus petals, bjork, tripping daisy, L7, helen love, neko case, tami hart, rachel jacobs, fifth column, dinosaur jr, red house painters, sophe lux, mika miko, emily haines, best friends forever, jucifer, marnie stern, watercolour paintings, kissing party, the murmurs, joanna newsom, solex, the ettes, sonic youth, quixotic, mudhoney, delta 5, rose polenzani, white magic, the duloks, the vaselines, bat for lashes, cooties attack, jean genet, dawn landes, lianne hall, man in grey, emily's sassy lime, dempster dumpmaster, bare knees, chaps, erin tobey, laura gibson, le paper dolls, fake tan, of montreal, space mountain, heavenly, shrinnirs, semiautomatic, beirut, family outing, elizabeth and the catapult, the paper chase, essential logic, pipas, myoclonic jerks, (early) liz phair + many more, too many to mention!!..
Check out my new family, for I am an honourary member: JPS
"The real truth about it is no one gets it right/
The real truth about it is we're all supposed to try."
"this isn't anything/ getting up is what hurts/
then you melt into the background"
"Only the sad ones admit the truth"
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Favourite gigs of 2008: Built To Spill (Leeds) Jason Molina (Leeds) The Slits (Mcr) The Breeders (Leeds) Casiotone For The Painfully Alone (Leeds) New Bloods (Leeds) Lianne Hall (Leeds) Diane Cluck (Leeds) Daniel Johnston with Scout Niblett & Jad Fair (Mcr) Nicky Click (Leeds) Nina Nastasia (Manchester)
Favourite gigs of 2007: BARR (in Leeds) Paul Baribeau (in Leeds & Bradford) The Blow (in Manchester) Gossip (in Frankfurt) Carla Bozulich (in Manchester) The Thermals (in Manchester) Ghost Mice (in Leeds & Bradford) Rilo Kiley (in Manchester) Tara Jane O'Neil (in Manchester) Phoebe Kreutz (in Leeds) Built To Spill (in Sheffield)
Television
No time for telly really, (except for Six Feet Under boxsets!).
However, I do have lot of time & ? for these projects, and the creative ladies behind them though:
"I have to say that it
was a nice time of year
to lose one's mind
(if you're the type who
notices the weather)
the days sometimes seemed too warm
and slightly nauseating
but the evenings were so cool around
the edges
you hardly noticed
how hollow they were on the inside." - - - - - - - - -
ArtXX issue #1 & 2, The World's A Mess & Yr My Only Cure #1 & 2, Clit Rocket #6, Because We Want To #1, Race Revolt #1 & 2, Subtext #7, Entry Point, Zine Yearbook 07, Dustbunnies, Ladypress, He bought me a soda #1 UK various zine & publication contributions
2006-2009
Colouring Outside The Lines the exhibition, open until July 24th. See blog for more details. COTL issue 5 is on sale at the gallery, & etsy too view more
"Here were girls encouraging each other, directly and indirectly, to put their ideas into the world."
Colouring Outside The Lines is a zine featuring interviews with contemporary female artists; illuminating various corners of current female artistic and creative activity.
"We discover that behind the hysteria of male expertise lies the magic world of our unmade art"
"It becomes hard to make a clear division between art, politics and everyday living: the question 'what for' is answered in the activity"
+ Cover artwork by: Elke Donders, and Erika Moen. ♥ ♥
+ gallery artwork from artists based in the UK, USA, Iceland, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, Canada, Sweden, Italy, Australia, Turkey & Poland.
"like a committment to being reality makers in the face of rampant reality imprisonment"
+ cover artwork from Eliza Lazy/Sarah Maple, and SALUTE!
+ Gallery artwork from artists based in: The UK, USA, Germany, Australia, France, Portugal, The Netherlands.
If you know of any distros or stores that may like to stock Colouring Outside The Lines, give me a shout!
Colouring Outside The Lines can be contacted at: m_k_maddison@hotmail.com
::The other zine I edit together, Reassess Your Weapons (the collective zine of the Manifesta feminist collective + their friends) has it's last ever issue out, #10.
In the UK, you can buy issue 10 via the Paypal button below for £2 postage paid. This button is for UK buyers only, for overseas buyers, please see my etsy site.
I'm not sure about Sam, but I won't be in London the next day. It would be awesome if you could come and see us on the Friday, but i know that's a big ask.
In terms of August, its my birthday on the 6th, and we are likely to have party shenanigans that weekend. Does that tempt? Let us know what your plans are. You are always welcome! hope the exhibition went well. Sending you lots of love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
happy birthday melanie! you rock sister...........when are you coming to bristol??????????????????????????? we want you to visit. much love, as always, and thanks for the photo!
I friggin hope so my deer -- haven't booked a ticket yet but am having my first exhibition at SOMarts in SF, from 12th to 16th and am doing HAGG tshirt stuff - and will be so gutted if not there -- so just gotta get some $$$'s and get out there -- will be super eh!! let me know if you want any submission for COTL again hugs xxx
blurry photos of 'titlist' are up on the drunk granny myspace....check it out! thanks for being our newest member....& kareoke is definitely up there with one of the happiest moments of my life! good luck with the exhibition, come to bristol soon, or ELSE! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
