The Yes Men Lash Out at Dow Chemical with “B’eau-pal”
The Yes Men’s latest action, coordinated to promote the release of their film, targets Dow Chemical, the corporation responsible for cleanup of the world’s largest industrial accident, at Bhopal. B’eau-Pal, a satirical designer brand of bottled water, is pumped from a well where 25 years of slow-leaching toxins from the fallout have poisoned whole generations, [...]
Los Angeles Poverty Department’s Take “Agents & Assets” to Bolivia
The Los Angeles Poverty Department will leave Saturday for Cochabamba, Bolivia, to prepare twelve Spanish-language performances of Agents & Assets. This, its South American premiere, is the culmination of a six and a half week residency project that unites Bolivian and American victims of the so-called War on Drugs in a combined cast. Rickey Mantley [...]
Antiretrovirals and Water Refugees: A Living Newspaper on Haiti
A new puppet, object, and music spectacle about the politics of global healthcare in Haiti premiered last week at MIT’s Kresge Little Theater, and opens tonight for a second run through April 17. This and other photos by The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research Antiretrovirals and Water Refugees: A Living Newspaper on Haiti looks [...]
Mike Mills asks, Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
Does Your Soul Have A Cold (2007) explores the recent introduction of anti-depressants (and the concept of depression more generally) into Japanese society. Filmmaker Mike Mills fingers Western pharmaceutical companies as the progenitors of the idea, as they create demand for their drugs through advertising. Via De-Branding
