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Reference NumberP/WLD/1
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Title'The Wick' newspaper subverted/hijacked with commentary by Aida Wilde
Date(s)2021-2023
DescriptionIssues hijacked by Aida with her over printing. Three are signed by Aida. All stamped with Aida's artist logo 'Print is Power':

- Issue 3, 2021:
Title: 'Lousy Paper/Fuck Savills' (Released October 2021)
Front cover subverted. 'I went to Hackney Wick...'. Back page Savills advertisement also subverted. Signed.
Circulation: widely circulated for free.

- Issue 4, Winter 21/22: front cover subverted.
Title: 'Oops!.... I Did It Again….Dear Savills' (released December 2021)
Article 'Pent up anger' by Shane Solanki on pages 5-6 subverted and back page Savills advertisement also subverted. Signed.
The article by Shane Solanki was published about Aida, after her refusal when asked outside her home, to be interviewed. The subverted cover of Issue 3 had been re-printed in the actual article.
Circulation: not generally circulated but was for sale in her shop.

- Issue 9, Spring 2023:
Title: 'The Word On The Street' (Released May 2023)
Front cover subverted with screen printed reproduction by Aida of graffiti by a local resident about Will Chamberlain which had been painted on a wall by Hackney Wick Station. Unsigned by Aida, as she felt the credit remains with the individual who made the graffiti.
Circulation: some were put into circulation.

- Issue 10, Summer 2023:
Title: 'Lousy Pizza (Prince Willy Went to Hackney Wick)' (July 2023)
Front cover subverted with 'Eat like a prince. Prince Willy went to Hackney Wick...'. Signed by Aida. Aida's commentary on Prince William's stop off in May 2023 at Crate Pizza. Aida put a paste-up/poster up at Hackney Wick Station with the same slogan statement which was deliberately buffed out with grey paint 3 days later.
Circulation: for fundraising for UK Child Food Poverty charities. Ten copies sent in wrapped in shiny paper to Crate encouraging them to donate to charities tackling children's food poverty.
Extent4 volumes
CategoryEphemera
FormatPrinted document
Access StatusOpen
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