Occuprint & OWS: Notes on Art as a Weapon for Non-Violent Insurrection
Among the thoughts of Occuprint designers, Julie Gueraseva writes, a few stand out: “This poster must be of tremendous urgency and relevance; it must agitate and disturb; it must stop you dead in your tracks; it must enlighten and inspire you to act. This poster must be so compelling that distributing it becomes essential. This poster requires courage.”
Ai Weiwei Works Here
Public Ideation is a periodic offering from Groundswell that allows more discursive space than our usual posts. Here, authors get to think out loud, and we invite your feedback. Want this to be your soapbox? Get in touch. Weiwei Works Here, 2011, by Amy Harwood and Ryan Pierce On January 11, 2011 the studios of [...]
Peace Posters from Breakdown Press, Free and Now Available
Breakdown Press has published a 32-page broadsheet newspaper of posters by some friendly faces you might want to acquire, for free, and distribute in your neighborhood. Drop them a line at distro@breakdownpress.org with your address and how many copies you wish to receive, then get to posting! Contributing artists include: Colin Matthes, HA-HA, Ann Newmarch, [...]
The Advantage and Disadvantage of Zine
(Anne Elizabeth Moore is an author, editor, artist, teacher, and Groundswell guest blogger. She divides her time between Chicago and Cambodia, where she teaches young women the art of self-publishing.) Perhaps by accident, Groundswell has invited someone who thinks obsessively about text and vocabulary and dialogue and communication to contribute to its mostly visual pages. [...]
Opposable Thumb @ Sea Change Gallery
(Artist and Groundswell guest blogger Chris Kennedy makes projects for the land and for situated communities. His ongoing projects include Artiscycle, Groups and Spaces, and the Institute for Applied Aesthetics.) Justseeds comes to Portland for a show called Opposable Thumb at SEA Change Gallery. Justseeds is an artists’ collective that runs a webstore, a blog, [...]
