Ann Narkeh, introduce yourself!

(The following is an adapted version of the 'about' page from annnarkehmedia.com which includes a sprawling mess of updates. I really should get around to tidying it up...)

“The creative ego of an over-privileged, white, cis-male anarchist unleashed…”

Hello steemit, thanks for having me, I'm very excited to be here and hope you like my stuff and things!

Ann Narkeh is an Occupier, Love Activist and Compassionate R3VOLutionary. An artivist; activist, artist, post satirist and citizen journalist who livestreams interesting things and creates original writing, brandalism, video and music, using virtually all freeware, digital tools you can download and use yourself for FREE!

ALL Ann Narkeh’s stuff is offered to the interwebz for FREE!

Likes, shares, comments and contributions are very much appreciated.

Like steemit, Ann Narkeh Media is an ADVERTISEMENT FREE ZONE, because #AdvertisingShitsInYourHead.

Ann Narkeh is perhaps best known for producing and publishing spoof, ‘alternative’ and ‘corrected’ front pages of national and local newspapers;

The Occupied Sun was launched in January 2015 and has now produced over a hundred of “the most brilliant front pages in Britain”, (according to The Canary).

Originally commissioned by the excellent Real Media for their week of action against the Daily Mail in March 2015, Ann Narkeh still creates occasional Daily Wail front pages now.

Ann Narkeh is a long time contributor to and livestreamer for Occupy News Network.

Ann Narkeh also creates original music and video with Angry Band, who have released two albums so far; “Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Blues”, (2014)and “Anthems For The Barricades“, (2016).

Available for FREE download via soundcloud.com/angryband

I chose the pseudonym Ann Narkeh because;

I thought it was quite funny.
I want to detach my personal ego from my work as much as possible.
The meaning of the word ‘anarchy’ has been much maligned, I want my work to reassert it’s true meaning.
As a heterosexual male, I thought it might be a good way to challenge patriarchy and assumptions about gender and sexual identity, while being quite funny.
(UPDATE: I’ve kept the name because I’ve since realised that it’s also bit weird and awkward, like me.)

I had long supported deep ecology and the peace movement, The Zeitgeist Movement since 2008 and had co-founded Occupy Brighton in 2011.

After burning out by late 2012, my focus had drifted into survival mode and I’d become somewhat apathetic, overwhelmed, depressed, resigned and unproductive. I got what Adam Curtis has described as the socially transmitted disease of ‘oh dearism’.

In October 2014, I was inspired as much by Occupy Democracy‘s bold ambition as I was appalled by the state’s violent crackdown on them for daring to dream. I joined the tarpaulin revolution – the first nine day occupation of Parliament Square in October 2014. I attended the ongoing monthly occupations and committed to refocusing all of my creative energy and skills into producing media to support the rƎVOLution

I co-founded Occupy The Media Billionaires at Tarpaulin Square. I launched The Occupied Sun in collaboration with the group and produced content for various other doings, which I am documenting on this website.

2015 was probably my most productive year yet, but I’ve never been very good at cataloguing my work and I am not interested in making money out of it. However, I also know that I could be much more productive if I had a less chaotic routine, and if I wasn’t struggling to eat half the time…

So in December 2015, I set up my website, annnarkehmedia.com as an effort to start keeping track of all the stuff and things I’ve done/am doing, to get better organised and to start accepting contributions from people who want to support me and my work.

But profit is the enemy?

For many years now, I have worked towards renouncing the profit motive, and thus I have avoided engaging with the sort of financial bureaucracy necessary for me to accept contributions – I have been persuaded by various comrades to compromise on this front, in order to become more stable/productive.*

So, if you dig my stuff so far and want to help me keep producing, you can commission me to produce something original for your campaign. (Or, if you’re loaded you could just give me some money and I will spend it on food, equipment and other things I need to survive).

http://www.annnarkehmedia.com