performance artist/activist karen barnes staged another in her unusual series of protest performance events. yesterday afternoon, just a few hours before this month's full moon, she and a group of friends/supporters performed a full moon of their own outside parliament

a year on from her first public parliamentary moon, karen returned to the scene yesterday for another irreverent performance to parliament.

you can find full details of last year's event, and the rationale behind the series here

last year's event fell on a lunar new moon - this year's was on the full moon

earlier this year in march, karen performed a series of events outside parliament, then sent her 'ermyarse' postcards to every mp and peer in may, and finally yesterday gathered a small group together for the moon.

yesterday's performance was complicated by the fact that a large protest group (many of them muslim) appeared shortly before the appointed time to hold a rally against injustice in bangladesh, but the mooners moved to the rear of st stephen's green in respect for the protest and the moon continued without incident.

karen had notified the police for authorisation, as she did last year. however, it is now no longer a legal obligation to do so in the area around parliament as the relevant clauses in the notorious SOCPA legislation were repealed as part of the 'police and social resonsibility act 2011' which came into force a few weeks ago. more on that in a separate article coming soon.

for more info on the ER my arse project, see karen's website