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Sorry All Out Of Fucks To Give Right Now

I am delighted to announce that my limited edition artist book, Sorry All Out Of Fucks To Give Right Now is finally ready to be unleashed in a launch event the on Friday 22nd March, 6.30-8.30 pm in Hackney Wick, London with support from Felstead Art.

The Gallery at The Trampery Fish Island Village
13 Rookwood Way London E3 2XT 

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This book has been a real labour of love project for over the last two years and I am so grateful to have been able to collaborate with esteemed designer Claire Mason (Book design includes, See Red Womens Workshop: Feminist Posters 1974-1990  &  Caroline Coon: The Great Offender, amongst many) and Jordan Taylor from PageMasters the specialist Risograph printers in Lewisham in bringing these notes alive. 

Sorry All Out of Fucks to Give (Notes 2016-2022)
by Aida Wilde

A compilation of notes, aphorisms and assertions written between 2016-2022. These ‘bites’ of texts both surge and rush and form the foundation upon which Aida’s larger text-based works are created.

Join us for the launch of Aida Wilde’s new book Sorry All Out of Fucks to Give. The book launch will be taking place at The Trampery in Fish Island in partnership with Felstead Art. Take the opportunity to also see Felstead Art’s current exhibition The Fashioned Body, also on display at The Trampery.


Sorry All Out of Fucks to Give (Notes 2016-2022) by Aida Wilde
Published by Print is Power 2024
Edition 100
88 pages
20cm x 28cm
Riso printed
Hand Foil cover with Serigraphed end papers
Exposed binding
Limited edition serigraph poster on Purple Metallic Card
Designed by Claire Mason
Printed by Pagemasters
ISBN: 978-1-7394888-8-8

A note is a message to be passed on, if only to yourself. As close to pure thought as you can get, it lives in the moment. It comes from a political space; an action, an expulsion from inside a body full of experience culminating to this. It’s a temporal gesture, a fuck it thrown down on paper, a something full of potential. The page is the scarred body of its author; while a lifetime of kickbacks, knock downs, strife, energy, rage, determination and never backing down ceases to leave its visible mark on the author, her notes tell a different story.

– Mandi Goodier

Liberated from the burden of manifesto, this work is a testament to the fact that sheer documentation of the everyday is in itself a creative and political act. It is a rare treat and joy to see an artist’s work not limited to the final product but the many iterations, the process, the journey. In the midst of commenting on perfection and curation, this book archives inklings and ideas in their rawest forms, warts and all, sometimes funny, sometimes seething but always deeply personal. It is littered with blank pages and scant musings, unafraid to occupy and claim the space – as it should.

 Peta-Megan Dunn, Writer

Aida Wilde is an Iranian born London-based contemporary serigraph artist, educator, and social commentator. Aida is also the founder of ‘Print is Power’ and ‘Sisters in Print’ Projects.
www.aidawilde.com
@aida_wilde
Claire Mason is a London based graphic designer.
www.flushleft.co.uk
@shapethepage
PageMasters are a specialist Risograph printing service based in South East London, they also host print workshops, organise zine fairs and offer design consultancy.
@pagemasters.co
Jordan Taylor is a textile designer and co director of PageMasters.
@jordam.taylor._._
Felstead Art is a gallery and advisory based in East London, supporting artists in Hackney Wick and surrounding areas
www.felsteadart.com
@felsteadart
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AIDA WILDE X UNCLE IWD 2023 #WomanLifeFreedom

WomanLifeFreedom

“Power Rarely Falls Within The Right Hands.”
In this powerful large-scale work to mark International Women’s Day, artist Aida Wilde
references her own experiences of displacement, loss and trauma – having fled Iran during
the war with Iraq with her mother and sisters in the 80’s- while connecting this with the
experiences of countless others.
“From our arms that have loved, lost and silenced, this is for ALL the mothers, sisters,
brothers and fathers around the world, who have suffered oppression, violence, injustices
and bloodshed. May our tears and suffering not be in vain. May we be united by peace in the
fight for justice.”

  • Aida Wilde.
    Wilde’s street-based triptych for IWD may be found on the walls of London, Bristol and
    Manchester, courtesy of UNCLE.
    Press Release:
    AIDA WILDE X UNCLE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
    2023
    “Power rarely falls within the right hands.”

The Silence From The Veil, Aida Wilde 2023
Last week – in just the latest threat to the safety and human rights of Iranian girls and
women – hundreds of teenage girls were gassed in their classrooms in an apparent attempt
to obstruct their access to education. In this powerful large-scale work to mark International
Women’s Day, visual artist and printmaker Aida Wilde references her own experiences of
displacement, loss and trauma – having fled Iran during the war with Iraq with her mother
and sisters – whilst connecting this with the experiences of countless others.
In the foreground of Wilde’s wildposted triptych, the hands of her mother and younger
sister are raised in iconic gestures of resistance atop marble pedestals – on a monumental
magnitude often reserved for celebrating men’s histories. The bold text etched on the
plinths arrest the viewer by invoking a direct call to reflection and action – via slogans
reminiscent of Jenny Holzer’s iconic street-based work: “Power rarely falls within the right
hands”; “If you only knew how exhausting it is to be powered by rage”; “There can be no
Gods walking among us.”

Wilde’s older sister is the eminent Iranian poet Ziba Karbassi. Here, Wilde arms her sister’s
hand with a quill, connecting her own street-based public visual intervention to Karbassi’s
quiet – but no less powerful – poetic acts of resistance: “From everyone/ more than
everything/ From all/ More than everyone ever/ I believe in my own chest/ In the moment of
the bullet.” 1
The background to the work is densely woven with the names of just some of the thousands
of women and girls who have been murdered in the struggle against Iran’s oppressive
theocratic regime. 2 In acknowledgement of the uprising sparked in 2022 by the unlawful
death of Mahsa Amini, the names of Iran’s manifold victims of gender violence rain down
softly on Wilde’s plinths, and rise in a ghostly stream from the poppy fields at their base –
honouring and humanising the countless women and girls lost to this ongoing state-
sanctioned femicide.
The artist says, “This is the first time that I have incorporated all of my family in one piece of
artwork. From our arms that have loved, lost and silenced, this is for ALL the mothers, sisters,
brothers and fathers around the world, who have suffered oppression, violence, injustices
and bloodshed. May our tears and suffering not be in vain. May we be united by peace in the
fight for justice.”
Wilde’s street-based triptych can be found on the walls of the cities of London, Bristol and
Manchester for International Women’s Day, in collaboration with the original wildposting
company UNCLE and OllyStudio, with creative direction from Olly Walker and Susan Hansen.
Aida Wilde is an Iranian born, London-based printmaker/visual artist, and educator. Wilde’s
diverse screen-printed indoor/outdoor installations and social commentary artworks have
been featured on city streets and galleries around the world and are responsive works on
gentrification, education, and equality. Wilde’s academic career includes, associate lecturer,
course director and alumni, on the Surface Design and Foundation of Applied Arts at the
London College of Communication, University of the Arts (2004-2015). Aida’s serigraphs have
been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions including, the Victoria & Albert
Museum, Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths, Vienna’s Fine Art Academy, Somerset House, the
Fitzwilliam Museum, and Saatchi Gallery.

Relevant Socials and Hashtags
Aida Wilde:
@aida_wilde | aidawilde.com | info@aidaprints.com
UNCLE:
@uncle_insta | https://manfromuncle.info
OLLYSTUDIO:
@ollystudio| http://ollystudio.co.uk
1 Sigh. 15. Revolutionary by Ziba Karbassi. Translated by Ziba Karbassi and Nazlee Radboy
2 List courtesy of NCRI Women’s Committee.

EmbraceEquity #WomenLifeFreedom #MahsaAmini #womenshistorymonth2023

#iranrevolution #womenncri #aidawilde #zibakarbassi #printispower #uncle_insta

@aida_wilde @uncle_insta @ollystudio @suse.hansen #IWD2023 #WomanLifeFreedom

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Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest

This new exhibition is the first of its kind to examine the interplay between money, power and dissent over the last 200 years – with a key strand of the show exploring the role of the individual in protesting for rights and representation.

From the radicals of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, like Thomas Spence and the Suffragettes, to current artists and activists, such as Aida Wilde and Hilary Powell, the works on display show how money has been used to promote social and economic equality or satirise those in power.

A range of striking objects in the exhibition reveal the multiple roles money played during conflict, whether it be in occupation or resistance, as tokens of memory and remembrance, created during siege or emergency, made for or by prisoners of war, or made in support of sectarian or political ideologies.

Contemporary artworks by Kennard, Phillipps, Banksy and JSG Boggs are contextualised against earlier works and reveal continuities in the targets of protest across time. More than a hundred visually striking objects, most of which have never been seen before, are juxtaposed with important loans from museums and private collections.

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Paper Dreams Workshop
12th November – Fitzwilliam Museum 

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New Art, New Perspectives: Currencies

Fitzwilliam Museum Podcast: LISTEN

In this episode, artist Aida Wilde discusses Dreamboat II, a tiny origami boat made from repurposed Syrian Banknotes. Dreamboat II was commissioned by The Fitzwilliam as part of its Currencies of Conflict and Exchange exhibition. Wilde discusses her desire to raise money and awareness for refugees, as well as her own experience as a survivor of political violence from Iran.

This series is supported by the Charlotte Bonham-Carter Trust.