The official podcast for the Brighton Arts Club and Goddamn Media
The Broadcasting Persona of Sarnia de la Maré FRSA
PASHA DU VALENTINE: COUNTESS OF BRIGHTON AND HACKNEY.
PUNK PERFORMING ARTIST AND TV PRESENTER.
Welcome to the world of Pasha du Valentine — broadcaster, provocateur, and Countess of Brighton and Hackney.
Born from the Brighton Arts Club’s rebellious airwaves and raised in the unruly salons of Goddamn Media, Pasha’s voice became a beacon for outsiders, artists, and dreamers who refused to play by polite society’s rules. Today she presides over the Tale Teller Club Press, mixing satire with sensuality, critique with confession, and performance with punkish grace. Whether she is interrogating politics on Politica UK, narrating the surreal frequencies of Immersion Static, or simply raising an eyebrow at the world’s hypocrisies, Pasha remains unapologetically herself — glittering, articulate, and impossible to ignore.
Pasha du Valentine is the broadcast and performance persona of British artist and curator Sarnia de la Maré FRSA. First emerging through Goddamn Media and the Brighton Arts Club archives, Pasha became known for her fearless interviews, feminist wit, and eccentric glamour — part punk duchess, part philosopher at the microphone.
Today she serves as the irreverent voice of the Tale Teller Club Press, presenting art and satire across podcasts, shorts, and radio plays under banners such as Politica UK and Immersion Static. Her work fuses humour, social commentary, and music-driven storytelling, continuing the lineage of avant-garde broadcasting while championing independent creators and neurodiverse voices.
Pasha’s current output includes audio essays, experimental soundscapes, and collaborations that blur performance, journalism, and fine art. She appears throughout the Tale Teller Club universe as its resident provocateur — the Countess who asks awkward questions and dresses the answers in sequins.
Official updates, archives, and contact information for Pasha du Valentine can be found through taletellerclub.com and associated Tale Teller Club channels.
Biography
Cross-genre arts producer Sarnia de la Maré FRSA.
Sarnia de la Maré (b. 1962, Helensburgh, Scotland) grew up across Singapore, Malaya, England, and South Africa in a naval family.
Educated at the progressive and artistically renowned Frensham Heights School in Surrey, she went on to study at Edinburgh College of Art and is an alumna of the Futures Venture Foundation.
With a practice spanning more than four decades, de la Maré works between London and Paris, producing moving-image installations, sculpture, and experimental design. Her career reflects a sustained international trajectory, situating her within the generation of women artists now gaining overdue recognition.
Press enquiries: taletellerclub@gmail.com
Artist Statement
My work began in the frictions of nightlife—flyers, guerrilla shows, self-documentation—before expanding into moving image, sound and live action. Today I compose cinematic environments for 360° capture, where projection, choreography and camera position fold the viewer into the piece. I draw strength from feminist performance lineages—Carolee Schneemann’s radical body, Marina Abramović’s encounter, Pipilotti Rist’s enveloping video—while relocating the gallery to wherever a phone can tilt. AURA formalises this shift: a series of immersive films designed for handheld exploration and large-scale projection alike. Each work is both event and record; each viewer’s path becomes a reading of the piece.
Press & Exhibition Archive
Sarnia de la Maré FRSA — also known as Pasha du Valentine / Pasha du Pont / iServalan.
Highlights from socially engaged art, performance, and cultural commentary across multiple creative identities.
Artistic Identities & Evolution
Over two decades, I have released work under several names. These were deliberate creative identities that marked distinct phases of practice.
YearsIdentityFocus2005–2012 Pasha du Pont Sales brand, illustrations, self-published work on Amazon; memoir and social critique.
2012–2016 Pasha du Valentine Performance art persona; founder of Brighton Arts Club and Minge Fringe; frequent local press & TV.
2016–2018 Pasha de la Mare Transition from performance-led practice to visual art and curation.
2018–Present Sarnia de la Maré FRSA Current fine-art identity reflecting RSA Fellowship; painting, writing, socially engaged art.
Ongoing iServalan Stage name, music production & audiovisual persona for Tale Teller Club releases, loops, and immersive projects.
Press & Media (2017–2024)Futures Venture Foundation
Awarded £10,000 grant for a socially engaged art project exploring identity, activism, and community collaboration.
a-n Artist Profile
Recognised by the UK’s largest artists’ network for contributions to alternative art spaces.
IMDB — Still Breathing Goddamn Media
Experimental film listing for production/direction credits.
Future’s Venture Radical Arts Handbook — Issue 1 (2020)
Featured in publication dedicated to radical socially engaged practice.
Gosport Globe Press Article (ed no 18054)
Press & Media (2012–2016)Silver Magazine — Fashion Feature
“Artist and designer, and self-styled (punk) Countess of Brighton and Hackney…”
Brighton Arts Club — Event Coverage
Local press on curated gigs, performance art, and club nights.
Television Appearances:Come Dine With Me (in character as Pasha du Valentine)
Judge Rinder (as part of performance persona development ‘Dominartist’)
Hosted & Curated Music Gigs
Bands, promotions, and live events at Brighton Arts Club.
Public Domain Art Images (BAC)
Low-res public images archived on Yelp.
The Argus Newspaper
Pet Photography feature.
Silver Magazine — Guest Writer
“Cancer Ward and Female Strength.”
Stevie ZeSuicide — single’s video
Directed by Pasha du Valentine.
If punk never dies, how does it age? I-D Magazine fashion article
Argus Newspaper Booze Free Bar at the BAC
Broadcast & RecordingsHosted & recorded 100+ live events and podcasts at Brighton Arts Club.
Considering re-release as a public archive (working title: “BAC Live Archives”).
Alternative Arts and Culture Show – Pasha Du Valentine Interview
Public StudiosGoddamn Media Radio Station at the BAC in Providence Place Studios
Map https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=providence%20place%20studios&hl=en&sll=50.8309…
Exhibitions — SoloPets at Arty’s — Dec 21–27, 2018 (Solo Show & Private View)
Dominartist – 2020
Pasha du Valentine Presents: Asperger Charity (Godd*mn Bar) — Launch Night — Jun 5, 2015
Weekly event with permanent exhibition.
Exhibitions — Group & Curated
Minge Fringe was an annual event run during the Brighton Fringe Festival. The Brighton Arts Club (BAC) also hosted numerous group shows and fashion events.Minge Fringe — Feminist Celebration — Brighton Fringe, Sat May 18, 2013
Alternative Brighton Fashion Week — Jun 8, 2013
Group show: performance art, photography, live installation; includes Pasha du Valentine Solo Show.
The Countess of Brighton & Hackney — Launch Party — Sat Jun 29, 2013
Permanent rotating group member’s exhibition.
Alternative Wedding Fair — Group Show (Mar 16)
Guerrilla Film Festival — Group Show (Mar 15)
Twisted Market — Brighton Fringe — Funky Fish Club, May 14, 2017
Fashion label launch with pop-up art exhibition.
For interviews, exhibition opportunities, and licensing enquiries, please reach out via official sites (Tale Teller Club / Book of Immersion). Additional references and press clippings available on request.
https://www.taletellerclub.com/
https://politica-uk.blogspot.com/
https://www.bookofimmersion.com/
https://www.iservalan.com/
https://iservalan.gumroad.com/l/kids
https://amzn.eu/d/dEGRj97
https://www.youtube.com/@iservalanjam
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClSJLxSPPFB216MkqgnqGrg
https://taletellerclub.bandcamp.com/music
PUNK PERFORMING ARTIST AND TV PRESENTER.
Welcome to the world of Pasha du Valentine — broadcaster, provocateur, and Countess of Brighton and Hackney.
Born from the Brighton Arts Club’s rebellious airwaves and raised in the unruly salons of Goddamn Media, Pasha’s voice became a beacon for outsiders, artists, and dreamers who refused to play by polite society’s rules. Today she presides over the Tale Teller Club Press, mixing satire with sensuality, critique with confession, and performance with punkish grace. Whether she is interrogating politics on Politica UK, narrating the surreal frequencies of Immersion Static, or simply raising an eyebrow at the world’s hypocrisies, Pasha remains unapologetically herself — glittering, articulate, and impossible to ignore.
Pasha du Valentine is the broadcast and performance persona of British artist and curator Sarnia de la Maré FRSA. First emerging through Goddamn Media and the Brighton Arts Club archives, Pasha became known for her fearless interviews, feminist wit, and eccentric glamour — part punk duchess, part philosopher at the microphone.
Today she serves as the irreverent voice of the Tale Teller Club Press, presenting art and satire across podcasts, shorts, and radio plays under banners such as Politica UK and Immersion Static. Her work fuses humour, social commentary, and music-driven storytelling, continuing the lineage of avant-garde broadcasting while championing independent creators and neurodiverse voices.
Pasha’s current output includes audio essays, experimental soundscapes, and collaborations that blur performance, journalism, and fine art. She appears throughout the Tale Teller Club universe as its resident provocateur — the Countess who asks awkward questions and dresses the answers in sequins.
Official updates, archives, and contact information for Pasha du Valentine can be found through taletellerclub.com and associated Tale Teller Club channels.
Biography
Cross-genre arts producer Sarnia de la Maré FRSA.
Sarnia de la Maré (b. 1962, Helensburgh, Scotland) grew up across Singapore, Malaya, England, and South Africa in a naval family.
Educated at the progressive and artistically renowned Frensham Heights School in Surrey, she went on to study at Edinburgh College of Art and is an alumna of the Futures Venture Foundation.
With a practice spanning more than four decades, de la Maré works between London and Paris, producing moving-image installations, sculpture, and experimental design. Her career reflects a sustained international trajectory, situating her within the generation of women artists now gaining overdue recognition.
Press enquiries: taletellerclub@gmail.com
Artist Statement
My work began in the frictions of nightlife—flyers, guerrilla shows, self-documentation—before expanding into moving image, sound and live action. Today I compose cinematic environments for 360° capture, where projection, choreography and camera position fold the viewer into the piece. I draw strength from feminist performance lineages—Carolee Schneemann’s radical body, Marina Abramović’s encounter, Pipilotti Rist’s enveloping video—while relocating the gallery to wherever a phone can tilt. AURA formalises this shift: a series of immersive films designed for handheld exploration and large-scale projection alike. Each work is both event and record; each viewer’s path becomes a reading of the piece.
Press & Exhibition Archive
Sarnia de la Maré FRSA — also known as Pasha du Valentine / Pasha du Pont / iServalan.
Highlights from socially engaged art, performance, and cultural commentary across multiple creative identities.
Artistic Identities & Evolution
Over two decades, I have released work under several names. These were deliberate creative identities that marked distinct phases of practice.
YearsIdentityFocus2005–2012 Pasha du Pont Sales brand, illustrations, self-published work on Amazon; memoir and social critique.
2012–2016 Pasha du Valentine Performance art persona; founder of Brighton Arts Club and Minge Fringe; frequent local press & TV.
2016–2018 Pasha de la Mare Transition from performance-led practice to visual art and curation.
2018–Present Sarnia de la Maré FRSA Current fine-art identity reflecting RSA Fellowship; painting, writing, socially engaged art.
Ongoing iServalan Stage name, music production & audiovisual persona for Tale Teller Club releases, loops, and immersive projects.
Press & Media (2017–2024)Futures Venture Foundation
Awarded £10,000 grant for a socially engaged art project exploring identity, activism, and community collaboration.
a-n Artist Profile
Recognised by the UK’s largest artists’ network for contributions to alternative art spaces.
IMDB — Still Breathing Goddamn Media
Experimental film listing for production/direction credits.
Future’s Venture Radical Arts Handbook — Issue 1 (2020)
Featured in publication dedicated to radical socially engaged practice.
Gosport Globe Press Article (ed no 18054)
Press & Media (2012–2016)Silver Magazine — Fashion Feature
“Artist and designer, and self-styled (punk) Countess of Brighton and Hackney…”
Brighton Arts Club — Event Coverage
Local press on curated gigs, performance art, and club nights.
Television Appearances:Come Dine With Me (in character as Pasha du Valentine)
Judge Rinder (as part of performance persona development ‘Dominartist’)
Hosted & Curated Music Gigs
Bands, promotions, and live events at Brighton Arts Club.
Public Domain Art Images (BAC)
Low-res public images archived on Yelp.
The Argus Newspaper
Pet Photography feature.
Silver Magazine — Guest Writer
“Cancer Ward and Female Strength.”
Stevie ZeSuicide — single’s video
Directed by Pasha du Valentine.
If punk never dies, how does it age? I-D Magazine fashion article
Argus Newspaper Booze Free Bar at the BAC
Broadcast & RecordingsHosted & recorded 100+ live events and podcasts at Brighton Arts Club.
Considering re-release as a public archive (working title: “BAC Live Archives”).
Alternative Arts and Culture Show – Pasha Du Valentine Interview
Public StudiosGoddamn Media Radio Station at the BAC in Providence Place Studios
Map https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=providence%20place%20studios&hl=en&sll=50.8309…
Exhibitions — SoloPets at Arty’s — Dec 21–27, 2018 (Solo Show & Private View)
Dominartist – 2020
Pasha du Valentine Presents: Asperger Charity (Godd*mn Bar) — Launch Night — Jun 5, 2015
Weekly event with permanent exhibition.
Exhibitions — Group & Curated
Minge Fringe was an annual event run during the Brighton Fringe Festival. The Brighton Arts Club (BAC) also hosted numerous group shows and fashion events.Minge Fringe — Feminist Celebration — Brighton Fringe, Sat May 18, 2013
Alternative Brighton Fashion Week — Jun 8, 2013
Group show: performance art, photography, live installation; includes Pasha du Valentine Solo Show.
The Countess of Brighton & Hackney — Launch Party — Sat Jun 29, 2013
Permanent rotating group member’s exhibition.
Alternative Wedding Fair — Group Show (Mar 16)
Guerrilla Film Festival — Group Show (Mar 15)
Twisted Market — Brighton Fringe — Funky Fish Club, May 14, 2017
Fashion label launch with pop-up art exhibition.
For interviews, exhibition opportunities, and licensing enquiries, please reach out via official sites (Tale Teller Club / Book of Immersion). Additional references and press clippings available on request.
https://www.taletellerclub.com/
https://politica-uk.blogspot.com/
https://www.bookofimmersion.com/
https://www.iservalan.com/
https://iservalan.gumroad.com/l/kids
https://amzn.eu/d/dEGRj97
https://www.youtube.com/@iservalanjam
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClSJLxSPPFB216MkqgnqGrg
https://taletellerclub.bandcamp.com/music