MUFF - the true story

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The Monkey United Freedom Force (MUFF) are a Scottish based, underground guerilla alliance that engage in illegal direct action in pursuit of primate liberation. The earliest recorded sighting was on London Bridge in early 2004 as this exclusive never before seen footage reveals:

The next official record of The MUFF’s whereabouts was 6 months later in Glasgow, Scotland. According to a secret home office document (accessed by this blogger through the Freedom of Information Act 2000) the two main ring leaders of MUFF known only as ‘Maud’ and ‘Molly’ were attempting to seek employment in the U.K. at this time.

The emergence of medical registration records during this period would seem to suggest that there was a concerted effort by both Maud and Molly to integrate fully with the Glaswegian way of life.

However, official documents which are only now coming to light suggest that MUFF were in fact denied the right to reside in the UK legally under chapter 38 of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976. As autonomous beings they had no legal owner and therefore were unable to gain a 'wild animal licence'. According to British law they were now considered to be illegal aliens.

The MUFF were forced to go underground and little is known of their actions or whereabouts in the months that followed.

It is often claimed that the status of illegal alien radicalised the MUFF and ultimately led to their now infamous emergence at the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland:

Soon after the G8 the MUFF Manifesto was released.

This was followed by a whole spate of well documented MUFF actions which took place across the city. Including one in Glasgow's historic George Square and also the Asda Superstore in Toryglen.

In acts of solidarity the MUFF would join forces with other radical Glasgow based groups such as Jam 74

Little has been heard from the Monkey Untied Freedom Force in recent years but there have been many alleged sightings and it is fully possible that they could return at any time. In September 2008 the MUFF released this, their last official video.

The Monkey United Freedom Force - Gone but not forgotten.

liberty ?

This amazing re-interpretation of Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix was taken of myself and other random spectators at this years TAA. The artist Sarah Andrew took each participants photograph individually and then created the piece during the festival.

it is entitled "not in our fucking name"

squat_doc_uk

Another fantastic film from Dasa Raimanova; this short documentary about a mother visiting her daughter in a squat in London is a beautiful and poignant reminder of why it is so important to be able to use otherwise abandoned and dilapidated buildings to house communities.

Squat_Doc_UK from Dasa Raimanova on Vimeo.

hiptastic

Things may be a bit quite on the blog for the next few weeks as I have just came out of the hospital with a brand spanking new hip !

Here is a wee photo blog of my new life essentials:

mad hatters ball

We performed a work in progress of Operation Booth at the Mad Hatters Ball up in Glasgow this weekend and what a great evening it was. Big thanks to my fellow performers Nadine and Charlene for making the performance such a success.

Operation Booth is a contemporary re-interpretation of the traditional travelling vaudeville performer shows.

stop motion

here is a fantastic stop motion video created at this years TAA by the film maker Dasa Raimanova. (look out for a rather raunchy cameo from yours truly)

TAA TV

Phew, well Temporary Autonomous Art is over and what an amazing weekend it was. I will post the footage from TAA TV soon, so if you didn't make it down then you can see what you missed.