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description: 'Faith47, Swoon, MadC, Tika and Olek, and the documentary that put women writers on film: the women artists in the archive.'
title: Girl power
type: collection
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/collections/women-artists/
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# Girl power

Urban Art Core covered a scene that mostly talked about men. These posts are the women in it, from Faith47’s Cape Town campaigns to Olek’s crochet, with the “Girl Power” documentary announced along the way.

1. [Faith47 – Cape of Good Hope](https://www.urbanartcore.com/faith47-the-cape-of-good-hope/) (2009-08-04): Faith47’s posters and paintings against political failure in South Africa.
2. [Faith47 - Lost Spaces](https://www.urbanartcore.com/faith47-lost-spaces/) (2009-11-03): “Epitaph”, Faith47’s film of abandoned places.
3. [Girl Power - Graffiti Movie](https://www.urbanartcore.com/girl-power-graffiti-movie/) (2009-12-21): “Girl Power”, a documentary on women in graffiti, announced.
4. [Swoon’s Street Art Book](https://www.urbanartcore.com/swoon-street-art-book/) (2010-01-07): A book on Swoon’s paper cut-outs and block prints.
5. [Paper Art: Swoon Interview & New Artworks!](https://www.urbanartcore.com/swoon-interview-new-artworks/) (2010-02-23): Swoon’s woodcuts in Philadelphia, and an interview.
6. [MadC - Miss Transparent Graffiti](https://www.urbanartcore.com/madc-transparent-graffiti/) (2010-05-05): MadC paints a piece in transparent paint.
7. [Graffiti Movie: Girl Power Trailer](https://www.urbanartcore.com/graffiti-movie-girl-power-trailer/) (2010-06-02): The “Girl Power” trailer.
8. [Huge Graffiti Wall: MadC Did It](https://www.urbanartcore.com/huge-graffiti-wall-madc-did-it/) (2010-12-09): MadC finishes her huge wall, months in the making.
9. [Tika’s Tikathek in Berlin](https://www.urbanartcore.com/tika-tikathek-in-berlin/) (2011-04-01): Tika’s show at Skalitzers in Berlin.
10. [Urban Crochet Art](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-crochet-art/) (2012-03-16): Olek and crochet as a street art tool.