Archives : Bonkers
Steve Valentino: How to Make a Wrestler
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- Steve Valentino
Steve takes us on a very personal journey, from incredible high’s to unbearable lows of his wrestling career: from childhood, to the present day. His is a lesson in passion,…
Wilfrid Wood: Back to the Drawing Board
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- Wilfrid Wood
Wilfrid presents a fascinating insight into his life, craft and influences; from his dad’s scientific illustrations, to Betty Swanwick’s coughing parrot. He takes us on a journey into his past…
Carla Valentine: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors
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- Carla Valentine
In this fascinating talk, Carla truly lives up to her ‘Doyenne of Death’ persona, by giving us a fascinating insight into her work. From dispelling myths (hair DOESN’T grow after…
Andrew Logan: The Alternative Miss World
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- Andrew Logan
Like many others, Andrew felt that the Miss World competition was missing something. Namely: latex, drag queens, men dressed as telephone boxes, a smattering of fluorescent wigs and a license…
Josephine Decker: Making Communities
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- Josephine Decker
Rising star of independent cinema, Josephine Decker is a force to reckoned with. Indie Wire described her work as “The unholy marriage of Ingmar Bergman and David Lynch” while the…
DENA, Money, Sex and Fun: Unlocking 90’s Chalga
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- DENA
Cash. Diamond Rings. Swimming Pools. Dena is a girl who knows what she wants. Her iconic, debut single became a global, Gen-Y anthem, and was ostensibly a massive ‘Fuck You’…
Tao Lin: Art, Angst and Psilocybin
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- Tao Lin
Literary zeitgeist, Tao Lin, is a poet, novelist and artist. Reliantly provocative, he’s polarised critics in ways that few contemporary voices manage: his work has variously been described as genius,…
The First Female Fight Club
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- Anna Konda
Anna Konda is strongwoman, wrestler and kick-ass co-founder of Berlin’s Female Fight Club, a no-holds-barred society for women who want to scrap. In the four years since its inauguration, the…
Art & Shit
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- Chapman Brothers
Jake & Dinos Chapman are two of the most controversial figures in the art world – with Dinos suffering with an explosive bout of ‘diarrhea’ his better half, Jake, did…
Drag of Choice
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- Jonny Woo
Jonny takes us through his glory days as an enfant terrible, speaking candidly about the highs and lows of performing and a life-less-ordinary hanging with the Queens in London &…