Allyson Mitchell
Mon, 28 May 2007
Allyson Mitchell, a Torontonian, is a maximalist artist, writer, performer, filmmaker and teacher. She is one busy chick: "I am a fat activist. I began the performance/education group 'Pretty Porky and Pissed Off' in 1997. I am also a queer activist and I have concocted the term 'Deep Lez' for a movement that works to maintain the radical in lesbian. I am completing my PhD dissertation about fat women power and space at York University in Toronto Canada where I teach feminist activism and popular culture. I lecture about lesbian graffiti, 3rd wave feminism and fat activism. As well, I conduct film and video workshops, do artist talks, studio visits and body image discussions." WHOA. Here are some photos of her fun and quirky installations and art. The first 3 photos are of a room she designed for the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto.
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Reader Comments (10)
Afgan-o-rama! Sure hope that's an art installation and not a DIY crafter gone mad.
Love the room totally covered in knitted stuff! How cool! Very retro, in an inviting, almost fantasy-like way.
"Crafter gone mad" I'll say! Looks like a dust mite heaven.
i'd love to know what the afghan attack has to do with being fat and gay. overweight homosexuals=acid grandmothers?
Trying to get my mind around all that crochet. I'm not sure it speaks of fatradicallesbian pride.
Ha, Pink you crack me up. At first I thought you were throwing a medical term out there, ha, ha. I can be slow at times. The crochet room is too much for me, but I love the second to last photo of the sexy fat lady on pink. What is that a rug?
Pink, don't you think the fat pink lady would like great in your dining room?
FatraWHAT??? Anyhoo....I agree with anon that the fat pink lady would be FAB in your dining room Pink. How hilarious to have a glam pink dining room then see her on the wall. BTW, it is a piece to hang on the wall.
Kim, in layperson's speak it's Fat Radical Lesbian Pride. Kim and Anon, as for pink lady, let's just cut our losses now as it would never ever get past the Casapinka Husband censors. I would hang it, go to work, come home and find it hanging in the pink studio, guaranteed. He was even sketchy about hanging that nude in the bedroom (it's the Irish Catholic guilt thing.) The painting is pretty cool, though!
I don't imagine that art piece would go over well with many husbands. Would be too embarassing when their buddies stopped by. And my excuse for not catching your fatra word was cause I was at work and had to rush and get off the internet. really.