BISCUITS
Katie and Sinead's psychoanalysis
Katie is doing a PHD and her research topic is as follows…
'Is there a link between the type of biscuit one doth choose and the type of relationship one finds oneself attached upon? Discuss'
You have been writing in your millions asking for us to analyse your biscuit choice in the hope of improving your relationships.
Here are a few.
Betty* from Lancaster enjoys a custard cream (see photo)
Threesomes in fantasy are amazing Betty, but in reality someone always gets left out. There are dangerous, we'd recommend you stopped your filthy ways.
Sweetpea* from Brighton always chooses a penguin
Sweetpea Sinead slept with birds in the 80's, she lost her apartment, her publishing deal, her family changed their names by depol, the cat, he walked. Society will never except you if you sleep with birds
*name changed for confidentiality reasons
This looks fine to me, wouldn't it be nice to have a picture if a biscuit and when you select it, it reveals your relationship type. maybe we could make it sound more scientific? Type 1 a) The Rich Tea...
Type 2.4 The Digestive
Type 2+1 The Cusdard creme
? what do you think?
I am a political Performer and Fine Artist who focuses on taboos, identity, mainstream and sub-cultures. I often make topical work using humour and fictional characters to attract an audience. I like to work in public spaces pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved outside of an institution. I also use interviewing techniques to engage with people, and challenge the general consensus of the subject l focus on.
About the muffia
We want to show that...
being a feminist doesn't mean you don't like men (we do), or don't shave (well actually we don't shave sometimes), or have a sense of humour
(we think we are very funny). It can be fun to be political and liberating to take risks.
'Tight Women' - A chat show with a twist
'Tight women' is a comedy performed by two women discussing topical issues informed by media debates, popular television and radio.
The characters are a reflection of the fragmented and fractured identities we have absorbed and reconstructed growing up as young women in the UK. This show is a mixture between a daytime chat show and stand up comedy.
We are tight...very tight.
MUFFIA C.V
March 2010
Performed at the lunch of UK FEMINISTA at the Women's Library, London
Engagement with the public on the 7th of March for International Women's Day (see photos in current activities)
January 2010
Presentation at a Long Table event for 'Heteronormativity' forum
Queen Mary University
October 09
Performed at The Iguana Bar and the greenroom
August 09
Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Performed 6th - 30th August
Just the Tonic Caves, Cowgate
July 09
Performed at Gay Shame, Brixton Academy
May 09
Performed at a Red Room event at the Bethnal Green Working Man Club
Filmed for a France 4 documentary called 'Global Resistance'
April 09
Featured in the Guardian and on BBC Manchester radio
February 09
'New Hands, New Hymen' guerilla street performance
Loads of Stand up gigs for our political satire 'Tight Women'
December 08
Guerilla street performance - 'Dancing in the Streets'
Oxford Street, London and the Arndale Centre, Manchester
First Stand up gig, London
November 08
Performed 'Tight Women' at Ladyfest Manchester and at The Lab Collective, London
October 08
Debuted 'Tight Women' at greenroom's Vaudeville 100th Anniversary, Manchester
We are writing a show about different female identities and how they are influenced by mainstream culture. We are performing 'Tight Women' in the style of a chat show .
September 08
Guerilla street actions 'Pit Stops'
Adding hair and comments to adverts
July 08
The Muffia: Under Construction
Hazard Festival
Manchester
We dressed as builders and ogled men for the day, had tea breaks with the tabloids, waltzed on construction sites and itched our genitals in public. No concept. We wanted to question male and female behaviors in public spaces and the work place. What would be considered undesirable in women? Why do women need to be desirable? We wanted to discover new responses. This is part of a bigger project in which we are interviewing builders about stereotypes and about their attitudes to women, men and other builders. We are making a documentary from our findings. Our aim is to try and question if the stereotypes of builders are justified in particular their views on women.
May 08
Art Interrupters
East End Collaborations
London
We went to this event in the guise of a fragmented fe(male) identity exposing our fake menstrual blood. We felt frustrated at this event and felt that the questions we were asking in our practice had no relevance or meaning in this setting. We decided to react to the work and attendees at the event. We asked people the following questions:
- Is live art dead in a theatre when it could be alive on the streets?
- Who are artists talking to and what about?
- Has live art just become institutionalized?
- What did you think of the piece you saw?
May 08
Guerilla street performance 'FHM Girls'
London
We dressed up as FHM (For Him Monthly) girls, dumbing it down and posing as sexually as we could on the streets or whilst talking to members of the public. We wore fake homemade merkins under our short skirts and exposed our real armpit and leg hair at every opportunity. When we received a lot of attention from passers by and comments we would flash our hairy muffs and armpits. Generally we got a smile or a laugh unless we showed off our armpits, which mostly caused disgust.