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  1. Alannah Joy Currie (born 20 September 1957) is a New Zealand artist based in London. She is a musician and activist, best known as a former member of the pop band Thompson Twins .

  2. 21 de set. de 2023 · THOMPSON Twins star Alannah Currie has turned her back on fame after reaching the top of the charts in the 80s and even having a performance slot in Live Aid.

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    • Anti GM Movement
    • Armchair Destructivists and Sisters of Perpetual Resistance
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    In 1981 Alannah joined with squat neighbours Tom Bailey and Joe Leeway and together they became the internationally successful pop band the Thompson Twins. She co-wrote the songs, performed, recorded, styled and visually directed the band for 15 years – working with many pop giants including Debbie Harry, Nile Rodgers, Grace Jones, Alex Sadkin and ...

    In 2001 Currie founded and ran the notorious anti-Genetic Modification movement in NZ called MAdGE working alongside Greenpeace to organise protests, marches and mobilising women in supermarket boycotts. In order to provoke an ethical debate on the use of human genes in milk-producing cows she designed a highly controversial billboard campaign titl...

    In 2004 Currie moved back to London and spent 2 years at London Metropolitan University learning traditional furniture production. She took the name Miss Pokeno and began the slow process of myth-making, building taxidermy into chairs to tell the stories of her imagined ancestors, leading to her first solo show England Bloody England at the Ragged ...

    Alannah Currie is a London based artist who makes work using luxurious veneers around uncomfortable and provocative narratives. She was a member of the Thompson Twins, founded the anti-GM movement MAdGE, and created the Sisters of Perpetual Resistance.

  3. Thompson Twins in 1985, left to right: Joe Leeway, Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey.

  4. 29 de mar. de 2023 · Alannah Currie, the former bassist and vocalist of Thompson Twins, talks about her New Zealand upbringing, her squat life in London, and her band's musical evolution. She also shares her views on feminism, nostalgia, and her current projects.

  5. The former Thompson Twin singer and New Zealand resident returns to the art scene with a shocking furniture show. She uses dead animals to challenge the notion of comfort and confront the audience with the reality of death.

  6. A profile of Alannah Currie, artist, activist and ex-pop star, who was in Thompson Twins with Tom Bailey. Learn about her childhood, squat life, feral adventure and cultural ambassadorship in New Zealand.