Sheroes

Sheroes was a monthly limited-run art party series that brought together on and offline works that playfully and performatively explore the iconography and cultures of fandom surrounding the "League of Legendary Ladies": Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Erykah Badu, Etta James, Marianne Faithfull, Dolly Parton, Grace Jones, Dusty Springfield & Nina Simone. Sheroes is presented by salonnière reeraw (Rea McNamara). Based in Toronto, the series curates specially commissioned performances, sounds, installations & visuals. All Sheroes events are brainstormed and archived online at fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com, uniting digital communities with real-time audiences in an ongoing exploration into fan culture and collaborative content creation. Virtual Season — our culminating presentation of new and past Sheroes on/offline works & performances — is currently gearing into its first international reunion tour. We will be announcing soon tour dates. (If you would like to book a Sheroes event, please contact us.) Videos Event GIFs Facebook Google+

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Tenderness performing at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone. Photo: Tony Halmos. Event GIFs: Lorna Mills. ("This performer was the ultimate nerd goddess.")

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DJ El Machetero at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone. Photos: Tony Halmos.

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Juan Manuel Morales's GIFs for The Batshit Genius GIF Posse group GIF show at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone.

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Detail of En Masse’s installation at Sheroes: Virtual Season.

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Live in Toronto? En Masse's amazing black and white mural for Sheroes: Virtual Season still stands. Just head over to the backlot of El Gordo Fine Foods to see.

(For more amazing documentation of En Masse's Virtual Season work, click here.) 

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Isn’t pillow face powah awesome?!?!

Virtual Season got a hot face lift recently, and we’re sloooooowly updating it with documentation from our super awesome arts & music festival w/Whippersnapper.

Here’s a run-through of what to check out[...]

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Bahia Watson with the Batshit Genius GIF Posse at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone.. Event GIFs: Lorna Mills.

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Bahia Watson & salonnière reeraw at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone. Photo: Jeba Bowers Murphy. Event GIF: Lorna Mills.

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Helen Adamidou’s GIF for The Batshit Genius GIF Posse group GIF show at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone.

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Helen Adamidou’s GIF for The Batshit Genius GIF Posse group GIF show at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone.

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The Nina stans at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone. Photos: Jeba Bowers Murphy (above) & Tony Halmos (below).

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Bahia Watson performing at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone. Photo: Tony Halmos. Event GIFs: Lorna Mills.

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Patio installation by Rusiko for Sheroes #12: Nina Simone. Photo: Tony Halmos.

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The Smack of the Hand nail art bar at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone.

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Lorna Mills’s GIFs for The Batshit Genius GIF Posse group GIF show at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone.

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Oh, look! We're now slowly posting photos taken by Tony Halmos during Virtual Season: http://sheroesvirtualseason.tumblr.com/tagged/photos

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Kim Asendorf’s GIFs for The Batshit Genius GIF Posse group GIF show at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone.