Ceci n’est pas une CAA: JOAAP and Friends Stage the Counter-CAA
As the College Art Association conference descends on Los Angeles, our friends at the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest have teamed up with The Public School and Telic to provide a roster full of luminaries you won’t find on the CAA bill. If you’re in LA this weekend, it’s an event not to be missed! [...]
Poster Dwelling: Land, Market and Economy
Copenhagen-based Learning Site is a platform for exchange and dialogue between people from different disciplines, practices and backgrounds who have a common interest in learning. Their projects pay attention to local conditions, environment, resources and economies, emphasizing the act, process, and activity of learning. Above is their Poster Dwelling; Land, Market and Economy (2008), an [...]
Jihad Is Her Art: Princess Hijab
Is culture jamming the new Jihad? Princess Hijab answers a resounding “Yes!” with her self-described visual terrorism: hijabizing advertisements in her resident Paris. Princess Hijab knows that L’Oréal and Dark&Lovely have been killing her little by little. Since 2006, the Princess has modified commercial visual language with spray paint and black marker pen, clothing Western, [...]
Reverend Billy to Publicly Announce NYC Mayoral Bid
Update: The press conference will be held on Sunday, 12:ooPM at Union Square South, not on Thursday, as indicated below. This Thursday, Reverend Billy will announce his NYC mayoral candidacy. The press conference is set for noontime, in Union Square, a site at the center of his Union Square Not For Sale campaign. Details are [...]
Prison Nation: Posters on the Prison Industrial Complex
Ongoing through April 30, 2009, Prison Nation: Posters on the Prison Industrial Complex is a production of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics that addresses many critical issues: the prison-industrial complex, the death penalty, Three Strikes, racism, privatization, torture, and re-entry into the community. The exhibit is on display at California State University’s [...]
