Archive.
Works from 2005 -2020
Workshy.
A show about work and the things we do for money.
Redress.
A Two-Year Exploration of Identity and Consumption.
Trojan Protest Agency.
In the summer of 2012 Jonathan May and I set up the Trojan Protest Agency. The main aim of the Agency was to fulfil requests from the general public to protest on their behalf – essentially we were being paid to protest! Requests included a four-day workweek, better school dinners, and a Pussy Riot Protest Weekender (£9.99).
Playful and provocative, the agency explored protest and responsibility—when activism is reduced to Facebook clicks and carbon offsetting, what role does protest really play?
At Least We Tried
In October 2012, we had a three-night run at The Yard Theatre, London, with At Least We Tried, a performative and personal exploration of our experience running the Protest Agency.
The agency’s impact, both personally and artistically, was often unexpected. Public responses—good and bad—made us reflect much more about ideas of labour and what we do for money. This directly fed into my solo show Workshy.
Join Trojan Protest Agency
Flash Grrl.
The feminist super-shero saving the world, one flash at a time!
Performances: Dark Behaviour, Arches, (Glasgow), Mayton Street Festival (London), Femme Fatale (London) and Colchester Arts Centre.
Flash Grrl was developed in 2014 as part of Is it a bird…? Is it a plane…?’ by Lauren Barri Holstein and Martin O’Brien at Colchester Arts Centre.
A LADA DIY workshop exploring the potential of the superhero figure for artists.
The Flash Grrl Zine
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M.U.F.F.
The Monkey United Freedom Force were a Scottish based, underground guerilla alliance that engaged in illegal direct action in pursuit of primate and human liberation.
MUFF were active from 2004-2006
You can read the full and watch the videos of Monkey United Freedom Force story on the now-defunct Katy Baird blog.
