Super Yonic

Super Yonic is an Art Festival that celebrates femininity and strength. The festival brings together the brightest contemporary creative talent for three glorious days from 3rd - 5th August in the heart of Peckham, at Copeland Park & Bussey Building’s Copeland Gallery, 133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 3SN.

Super Yonic will take over the space, hosting over 20 multidisciplinary artists for a weekend of visual art, films, live performance and artist-led workshops. The festival celebrates feminism and reinforces the importance of representing more women in the arts.

The word ‘phallic’ is in common usage in the English language, yet how many people know the opposite term? ‘Yonic’ is a word that comes from sanskrit and describes something that looks like a vulva or vagina. It represents female energy and spirit.

Super Yonic is a not-for-profit festival, mostly supported by crowdfunding on Generosity.com. A percentage of any proceeds will go to Bloody Good Period; a charity that provides female sanitary products for asylum seekers, refugees, food banks and centres around the UK for those who can't afford them.

PROGRAMME
Thursday 3rd August
Super Yonic opens to the public at 7pm with an evening of live music and visual art.

The evening will also feature COMPILER (http://compiler.zone/), a newly established digital art platform/gallery created earlier this year by Goldsmiths MA Digital Culture graduates.

Friday 4th August
12-6 PM – Exhibition open
7-10 PM – Spoken word and films
The film and spoken word night evening will be headlined by FREE SAFE LEGAL (https://www.freesafelegal.com/), a documentary currently being produced by Hattie Ladd on the subject of abortion rights in Northern Ireland. This will be an early film preview with a Q&A session with the filmmaker and activists of the cause well before its official release date.

Saturday 5th August
12-6 PM – Exhibition open and artist-led workshops aimed at women of all ages and backgrounds.
LISA STRAUTMANN: Warrior Women - a Confidence Workshop
GEORGIE MCAUSLAND: What do you wanna be when you grow up Workshop
LIV WYNTER: Collage Manifesto Workshop exploring political ideas and art
HANNAH TOEHILL: Lino Cut Workshop
JO HAUGE: Performance Daring Persona Workshop
(all times tbc)

For more updates and information about special events and workshops check the website: www.superyonic.com

Participants:
Alice Woodard, Charlene Frost, Clarisse Hassan, Claudia Glover, COMPILER, Diane Chire (SHE ZINE), Dominica Harrisson, Eleanor Wemyss, Emily Woolley, Georgie McAusland (Sesame Drawing Club), Hannah Toehill (Sisterhood in Print), Hattie Ladd (FREE SAFE LEGAL), Helen Opara, Jo Hauge, Klara Van Ith, Kyoko Takenaka, Lauren Heaver, Lisa Strautmann, Liv Wynter, Natalie Mitchell, Sarah-Joy Ford (SIEZE Projects), Rosalind Stuart, Tina Rashidi, Vlada Predelina, Yasmine Taherbeigi, Yishen Chen