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MEDUSA  1976-Present

collaborations with Mary  Jo Marchnight


Picture
Medusa Magazine, 1970s and 1980s, Bradford and Chicago
Performances of 'SCUM Manifesto' by Valerie Solanas, 1980s, Chicago
'Tango' poetry by Mary Jo Marchnight illustrations by Bertha Husband, 1986
'The Night and Day of Madame De Luce'  a play about Grace O'Malley', 1987
'Mad Woman on the Premises' a super 8 film, 1989
'The Vejigante Ball' a super 8 film after the Axe Street Arena performance 1991
'The Two Sonias' a play about Sonia Semenovna from 'Crime and Punishment' 1999
'The Ballade of Ana Sage' a film script based on the novella by Mary Jo Marchnight 2003
'You Can't Get Serenity and Intensity from a Martini: The Meaning of Sake' Photo exhibition 2008

A copy of a Medusa magazine, a poster for SCUM manifesto and photographs of a SCUM performance at Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago 1985

TIGHTROPE
SEEDLINGS
PACKING
LETTER
SPELL
BALLADE
SHAMPOO
STOP!
TANGO

Sophie Mayday
 "You can't get serenity with intensity from a martini"
In photographs, Sophie points out the many charms and mysteries of her favorite tipple.

                                    Art subverts our grim reality while being made of necessity as a silkworm produces silk