Tag: Occupy
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Artistic Protests in Hong Kong
As part of the Umbrella Movement aka Occupy Central in Hong Kong, there have been amazing shots of artworks and symbolic gestures in the streets. Here is a video from CNN-HK of some of the artworks, and it reminds me of other ad-hoc Occupy spaces, how quickly people reclaim the space to make something creative,…
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Paxman vs Brand – voting for a new future
Ahh I finally see what the fuss is about…strange as I came to it hearing of the mass-intake of breath and tutting about Russell Brand advising people not to vote, the actual interview was passionate but not something I disagree with completely. I guess Daily Mail et al hated his previous comments about them, and…
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The New Separatism: Assimilation, Appropriation and Authenticity
I love this article by Julia Serano ‘Considering Trans and Queer Appropriation’ partly because it ties together many things I’ve been thinking about from very different spheres, as any good article should. Mostly about white hip hop and pop, and the whole Macklemore vs LE1F controversy as well as the probably now forgotten Miley Cyrus…
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Maigret Jnr – Stand By Me, PRISM & OccupyGezi
Maigret Jnr just sent this through, a great Nick Cave or Big Black Delta dark cover of Stand By Me. Love it, and the message…from OccupyGezi in Turkey to PRISM and the NSA, deep and dark(web) things are going down. I’m not really sure where to start, I’ve talked a lot here about CCTV, Police…
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Molly Crabapple’s Shell Game
Love these painting about the uprisings of 2011 by Molly Crabapple in an exhibition called ‘Shell Game’. It’s unusual to have artists working with political themes, and to do it so well, like a 21st century Hogarth…as she described it: “It was the year when everyone sat down in the main squares of their cities…
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Occupiers set up living room in Bank of America lobby
What it says on the tin…very funny, even the staff seem to agree. Humour! This is what we need in the world 😀 Oh and Connect 4 – GREAT CHOICE.