Organized by the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Alien She, curated by Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss is the first exhibition to examine the lasting impact of Riot Grrrl on artists and cultural producers working today.
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A sampling of zines and distribution catalogues (1991-2013) primarily from the original Riot Grrrl movement.
Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss.
Installation shot: Foreground: Joanie 4 Jackie (1995-2003); Background: Selected videos (1996-2001); By Miranda July.
Courtesy of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson; Courtesy of the artist and Video Data Bank, Chicago.
Mom Knows Now (guerilla banner drop on the steeple of the Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT), L.J. Roberts, 2003. Hand-knit yarn. 88” (L) x 180” (H).
Courtesy of L.J. Roberts
Photo documentation of The Swan Tool, performance by Miranda July, 2001.
Photograph by David Nakamoto.
Film still from Sign Painters, a documentary film (2013, 80 min.) and book (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012), by Faythe Levine & Sam Macon.
Faythe Levine & Sam Macon
Installation shot: Foreground: Feminist Body Pillow (2013); By Ginger Brooks Takahashi.
Courtesy of the artist.
Installation shot: Foreground: The Counterfeit Crochet Project (Critique of a Political Economy) (2006-ongoing); Background: FREE TEXTS (2011-2012, updated 2014); By Stephanie Syjuco.
Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco.
Installation shot: FREE TEXTS (2011-2012, updated 2014); Free downloadable PDF files of texts found online and tear-off tab flyers. By Stephanie Syjuco.
Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco.
I'm Dying Up Here (Glitter Drapes), Tammy Rae Carland, 2011. Photograph. 30 x 40 in.
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco.
From the series Time Outside of Time, Faythe Levine, 2010-ongoing. Photograph. This project documents various off-the-grid, alternative and intentional communities in the U.S.
Courtesy of the artist.
Installation shot: FREE TEXTS (2011-2012, updated 2014); Free downloadable PDF files of texts found online and tear-off tab flyers. By Stephanie Syjuco. This project was updated for Alien She, and includes texts selected by the artists in the exhibition.
Courtesy of the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco.
Installation shot: We Couldn’t Get In. We Couldn’t Get Out. (2006-2007); Midground: Gay Bashers Come And Get It (2011); Both by L.J. Roberts.
Courtesy of Allyson Mitchell and Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto.
Women’s Studies Professors Have Class Privilege / I’m With Problematic, from the series Creep Lez, Allyson Mitchell, 2012. Altered t-shirts with iron-on transfer and vinyl letters. From the exhibition Alien She, co-curated by Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss.
Courtesy of the artist and Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto.
Untitled (Lesbian Bed #8), Tammy Rae Carland, 2002. Photograph.
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco.
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Installation shot: A sampling of zines and distribution catalogues (1991-2013) primarily from the original Riot Grrrl movement.
Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss
Posters (c. 1991-present) from Riot Grrrl related shows, conventions and meetings internationally
Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss
Download Somebody™, Miranda July, mobile app, 2014. somebodyapp.com