MY FIRST TIME - Confessions at Garçonne

There's a really cool queer night in Brighton called Traumfrau. It showcases queer films, music acts, art, print and paint workshops (yes while clubbing!) and the dancefloor is always packed with enthusiastic queers of all tastes as the DJ's play a brilliant eclectic range of music. The cool thing about it is a sense of community and the sense that it's ok to have fun and play and not necessarily take everything too seriously, or for it to just a pulling ground.. (Although having said that, no fear, there's definitely no shortage of amour there.!!) 


Well, in November, Traumfrau veteran Jenny Newman, launched Garçonne, for people who want Traumfrau in London..

It only made sense to kick off the inaugural Garçonne with a creative happening called MY FIRST TIME.. SQUID (Interactive Monster Unit) invited to contribute by thinking of something they wanted to share about a first time of some kind.. e.g. an important event in their lives. 

Before and after Sabrina Chap played an astonishing set in the next room, people wandered in and it was awesome that people wanted to share beautiful mini-stories anonymously on colourful paper shapes which we added to the walls as the night went by... 

Secrets about first time experiences ranged
from stories about crushes, thefts, swimming, 
travelling, fandom, music, coming of age

moments and loads more, some joyful, funny,
some sad, some bitter and others, surreal and mysterious.. 

Here is just a small selection of pics..

Some friendly people willing to give up their dancefloor time to share a memory!

Thanks to Chip and Emma for helping hold the fort by cutting shapes and paper fights, all my friends and strangers for dropping by and writing stories, distant friends who texted me stories for me to add to the wall, Sabrina Chap for awesome music and Jenny Newman for being a great host!  

WILD WOMAN MASK WORKSHOP

Interactive Monster Unit will be holding a WILD WOMAN MASK WORKSHOP at Wanc Cafe on Wednesday 25th May.

Not for the faint-hearted!

Unleash your imagination!

Customise your mask using lo-fi materials.

Ingredients supplied.

Free Entry! WOMEN ONLY SPACE*

Delicious veggie food served from 7:30pm (donation)

Workshop starts 9pm. See you there!

Venue:

Boys Club,

68 Boleyn Rd,

Dalston,

London N16 8JG

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRWWWWWWGH!

*Trans people welcome.

IMU @ London Zine Symposium 2011

Here are some pics from Interactive Monster Unit at the London Zine Symposium. You could design your own monster character ID card, customise monster masks and also draw marvellous third eyes to stick on your foreheads (or give to someone you love/hate).. Thanks to all the interactive monsters who came along and drew with us!

INTERACTIVE MONSTER UNIT @ The London Zine Symposium

Make monster-stickers, design your own power-cards, doodle third-eye drawings,
and create, customise and swap other monstrous things!

Brought to you by the AMAZING International Nobody and the DIAGONAL Squid.

Plus...

Savour foul-mouthed word games, gobble blob-cookies, fang cookies, wrestle
us for unrepeatable bits, microscopic monsters, and inky zines.

We're coming for you! GRRRRRR!

The London Zine Symposium,
The Rag Factory, Heneage Street (Off Brick Lane),
London E1 5LJ

SEE YOU THERE! X