eroding empire

diy punk and anarchist events in london

Organiser: The Feminist Library

  • trans+ linocut workshop

    trans+ linocut workshop

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trans-linocut-workshop-tickets-1987778586261

    In this workshop you will be guided through the entire linocut printing process from start to finish, including the creation of your designs, carving and printing.In addition, this workshop will focus on portraiture and will include a drawing section where participants will work in alternating pairs to create portraits of each other using quick and dynamic techniques.

    This workshop is suitable for absolute beginners, as well as those who have some printmaking experience and want to approach the medium in a new way.

    The workshop will run for 3h with a 15 minute break. Please arrive 10 minutes early for a 1:30pm start.

    You will not need to bring anything for the workshop, but please be aware that we will be working with sharp materials as well as oil-based inks and you are advised to wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.

    Please note that this workshop is for participants aged 18+ and aimed at those who identify as Trans+

    The workshop will be run by Nikolas Wereszczyński who is an active painter and printmaker. He has experience running art workshops with the Red Art Club in Clapham as well as Camden Council, and has recently completed the Camden Trans Folk Project for Love Camden.

  • Herstories Book Club: the volcano lover

    ☕ Next Herstories Book Club: Sat 25 April, 2.00-3.30pm
    📍Location: Feminist Library
    📖 Book: The Volcano Lover, by Susan Sontag (1992)
    📚 Previous books we’ve read: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/herstories-book-club

    A historical romance, Sontag’s book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment, Sontag’s novel is an exquisitely detailed picture of revolution, the fate of nature, art and love.

  • The Poetics of Infrastructure.

    The Poetics of Infrastructure.

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986345886016/preview?_gl=1*tmq8*_up*MQ..*_ga*ODk3ODk2MTE3LjE3NzUwNjY4ODI.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NzUwNjY4ODIkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzUwNjY4ODIkajYwJGwwJGgw

    This April, we at the Feminist Library are delighted to host the opening session of “The Poethics of Infrastructure.” With @threadbarecollective.

    Threadbare Collective is an art-curatorial collective based in SE London, focusing on architecture, rest and the body. They were recently in residence at Goldsmiths CCA 24/25 where they ran a monthly programme of workshops and a performance night as part of Deptford X.

    For their first reading group, “Reading Maps,” They will gather us together around texts that approach the practise of cartography not as a tool for fixing territories, but as a speculative and imaginative practice. They’ll read excerpts from The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin (Architectural Association), placing the work of Ursula K. Le Guin in conversation with Madeleine de Scudéry’s Carte de Tendre from her novel Clélie (1654–61), an early and evocative example of sentimental cartography.

    Across these invented and reimagined geographies, mapping will be explored as porous, collaborative, and shaped by story, feeling, and relation. Together, maps will be though through as invitations; to wander, to misread, and to redraw.

    We invite you to join us in considering how worlds are mapped into being, and how cartography might be reimagined to trace spaces of care, connection, and collective imagination.

    All are welcome.

  • Unite Against The Far Right: GNDR x Gay School x Migrant Democracy Project

    For those of us who know that the personal is political, that queer liberation, feminist organising, climate and racial justice are not separate struggles but one interwoven fight, the May elections are not abstract. They are about who controls our streets, our councils, our communities.

    The far right is on the rise. But so are we. We’re getting organised. Join us for an evening of talks, workshops, and free supper to unite against division.

    -talks on why this moment demands our presence, not just as voters but as organisers, educators, and activists.
    -workshops, where you can practice the conversations on the doorstep that change minds,
    -create banners and crafts to take to the streets, and even
    -a graphic design workshop to turn our politics into social visuals that move people.

    Plus, we’ll have a free dinner to enjoy while you take part!

    Key details:

    Sun 12th April, 5pm
    Peckham Feminist Library, Sojourner Truth Community Centre, 161 Sumner Rd, London SE15 6JL

    Free entry. Free Food. All welcome. Bring your people.

  • Unfurling Māori & Pasifika Print Publishing: A Group Study Session at the Feminist Library

    Unfurling Māori & Pasifika Print Publishing: A Group Study Session at the Feminist Library

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unfurling-maori-pasifika-print-publishing…
    Join publisher Kaiya Waerea in a group study session exploring the Feminist Library’s collections relating to Māori & Pasifika feminist organising in the late 20th century. Together we will look at key periodicals including Bitches, witches & dykes (1980-82) and Broadsheet (1972-1997) and reflect on questions including:
    How have indigenous practises of knowledge sharing and collective decision making gone on to shape authorship, editorial processes, and collective organising within indigenous publishing practices?
    What does it mean to consider print a diasporic medium? How did this material get here, and what does that tell us about the movement of people and knowledge between settler colonised land and the land of the coloniser through time?
    How has indigenous feminist publishing in the South Pacific diverged from and resisted the norms of imported white feminism?

    Kaiya will share a bit about his work so far with some of this material, then we will spend most of the session browsing, reading and discussing what we find together.
    This hui will prioritise people of the South Pacific diaspora, as well as those that relate to the material through other indigenous positionalities, to connect and learn from this whakapapa of mana wāhine & takatāpui publishing.

    This will be an informal session, and koreoro will be followed by some food.

  • Black British Hood Feminism: Decolonising Touch

    Black British Hood Feminism: Decolonising Touch

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984089402814?aff=oddtdtcreator
    Black British Hood Feminism seeks to understand how we can make softer spaces, without reinforcing the perils of Babylon’s violence within Black British Communities and across transnational solidarity.

    At the 2-hour workshop, we will discuss and explore how our spaces for struggle can prioritise the needs of people who have been left destitute by the patriarchal state whilst building solidarity with communities fighting against the U.K’s legacies of colonialism.

    Who is this for
     
    This session is open to Black Working Class Women and non-binary people, participants are welcome to bring in their own writings and reflections.

    As a participant we discuss, create, support and encourage each other outside of the metrics of imperialism, white-supremacy, misogynoir, queerphobia, transphobia, classism and ableism.

    If you have any access needs please reach out to Hillarynxmusic@gmail.com.
     

  • XS’ : Endo-Embroidery with Coco Warner-Allen

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1983963430026?aff=oddtdtcreator

    ‘XS’ ENDO-EMBROIDERY WITH COCO WARNER-ALLEN
    CO-HOSTED BY FEMINIST LIBRARY & THE POORLY PROJECT
    21ST MARCH (16:00 – 18:00)
    The Feminist Library and The Poorly Project are thrilled to announce ‘XS’ – an endo-embroidery workshop led by artist Coco Warner-Allen, dedicated to Endometriosis Awareness Month.
    Beyond its initial identification in 1690 by German physician Daniel Schroen – endometriosis has been labelled as a ‘missed disease’, afflicted by diagnostic errors, medical downplay, gaps in research and the absence of a cure.
    ‘XS’ reflects the medical and social invisibility of endometriosis, its extensive list of exacerbative symptoms and its chronicity.
    Embracing a medium that allows the mind to find distraction, rest and creative curiosity, artist Coco Warner- Allen guides participants through beginner-friendly stitches and beading exercises, influencing delicate Toile de Jouy textiles through embellishment.
    With community and creative voyage at its core, ‘XS’ encourages greater value towards art-making within our chronic health journeys.  It reminds us that embroidery exists as an accessible, artistic resource, aiding personal expressions that build upon self-care, our sense of hope and healing.
    For more information,  full workshop details and tickets, head to thepoorlyproject.com/poorlyevents

  • Animation As Protest’ Short Film Screening + Badge Workshop

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/animation-as-protest-short-film-screening-badge-workshop-tickets-1983951694926?aff=oddtdtcreator

    Join @bugbyte.png at our ‘Animation As Protest’ short film screening and badge workshop!

    We will be showcasing a selection of short animated films focused on the theme of protest and activism, which we hope will inspire you to make badges about a cause you care about. All materials will be provided, including collage materials taken from The Feminist Library’s own archives!

    The screening will run from 5 – 6pm, with the badge workshop starting from 6pm. All proceeds will be donated to @animator_haneen and her workshops for children and women in Gaza.

    📍Where: The Feminist Library, 161 Sumner Rd, London SE15 6JL
    📆When: Saturday March 14th, 5 – 8pm
    🎟️Tickets are available on a sliding scale, link in bio

  • International Women’s Book Swap

    International Women’s Book Swap

    Come down to the Feminist Library for our Book Swap in celebration of International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is “Give to Get”, so bring a feminist book you want to share to take one home

  • Central & Eastern European Diasporic (CEED) Feminisms Reading Group

    Central & Eastern European Diasporic (CEED) Feminisms Reading Group

    Join us in reading Authority, Authenticity, and the Epistemic Legacies of Cold War Area Studies; Some Reflections on Women’s History and State Socialism in Eastern Europe.

    No prior reading is required, as we will read together aloud during the session – one person and one paragraph at a time. There is also no need for any prior knowledge on the topic. Some hard copies of the text will be available on the day.

    There is an option to join online – please email us at events@feministlibrary.co.uk to let us know you would like to join remotely.
     
    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-eastern-european-diasporic-ceed-feminisms-reading-group-tickets-1981725049971?aff=oddtdtcreator