ARTUNG! Montreal Ad Takeover Reclaims Public Space for Art
In Montreal, fifty public space activists known as ARTUNG! have successfully taken back hundreds of spaces owned by the advertising companies Pattison, CBS Outdoor and Astral Media, filling the space instead with community artwork. The Beehive Collective’s No Fences, No Borders for ARTUNG Plateau Mont-Royal, the borough where the action was staged, recently voted to [...]
Advertisers Trademark the Phrase “Radical Media”, Targeting Activists
A corporate media group has trademarked the phrase “Radical Media” and has issued a cease and desist letter to activists using it in the title of their conference, which takes place in London later this year. The advertisers, @Radical Media, have forced organizers to change the title of the gathering to Rebellious Media Conference. The [...]
On The Radio, a sprout spaghetti dinner
The theme for this month’s sprout spaghetti dinner is On The Radio. We’re going to look at the history of radio, the artistic medium of radio, and how radio has been used as a tool for communication and organizing. As usual, it’s happening at sprout at 339R Summer St Somerville MA with dinner at 730PM–prepared [...]
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. [...]
The Yes Men Fix the World
(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.) Yesterday while I was browsing the NY Art Book Fair at PS1 I ran into a SurvivaBalls™ prototype for the new Yes Men Movie: Yes [...]
