71st Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
August 6, 2016
I was processing a donation of books at Interference Archive yesterday that contained this book, The Secret. It came in a package from a friend that volunteers at the Inside…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
August 4, 2016
I believe we are at a critical moment in the history of the United States. Earlier this year former US President Jimmy Carter spoke at the Human Rights Defender Forum….
Signal:05 Out Now!
August 2, 2016
Alec and I are very excited that our latest issue of Signal is back from the printer and available here on Justseeds! We made a little promotional animation/video, and hope…
Audio Interference 18: Kevin Caplicki
July 28, 2016
A couple months ago I spoke with Brooke Schuman, one of the folks from the audio working group at Interference Archive. Our discussion, regarding Justseeds & our portfolio projects, was…
Practicing Descolonización: A Few Thoughts from Wallmapu
July 28, 2016
In her recent book Sociología de la imagen, Aymara sociologist Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui writes that ‘la descolonización solo puede realizarse en la práctica.’ Rivera Cusicanqui maintains that the only way…
On Love & Transformation Despite the Violence: An Interview with Kabul Graffiti Artist Kabul Knights
July 25, 2016
Peace Seekers by Kabul Knights Yesterday, I opened my email to read about the deadly attack on the Hazara demonstration on July 23rd in Kabul, Afghanistan. I had received a message…
QUEER HEARTACHE: a poetry tour
July 25, 2016
TOUR Join award-winning queer Asian-American poets, Kit Yan and Jess X. Chen (justseeds artist) on the Queer Heartache Summer Tour. Combining oceanic laughter, the violence of heartbreak, and the sorrow lost…
White Fringeless Orchid Mural
July 25, 2016
The 9th of the Endangered Species Murals is recently completed in the town of Berea, Kentucky- featuring the first plant in the series, the beautiful and strange White Fringeless Orchid….
Erik Ruin & dancer Asimina Chremos collaborative performance this Saturday in Philadelphia!
July 21, 2016
Dancer Asimina Chremos and I have been collaborating (alongside my audio-visual band the Ominous Cloud Ensemble) on a performance rooted in the work of poet Paul Celan, esp his work…
Medicinal Plants in Chile
July 19, 2016
On Saturday night, I took the redeye flight from Detroit to Santiago. I am hanging out in Chile for a week, where I am co-convening a Working Group at the Tenth…
Behind Design 02: Producing the City
July 19, 2016
So for this second installment of Behind Design, I thought I’d talk a bit about what went into my recent screenprint poster, Producing the City. Back in April, my friend…
Mural/Rain Water Catchment System at M.L.K. Peace Place
July 18, 2016
Update from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This past month has been busy with work outside the realm of printmaking and graphics. Instead it has involved circular saws, cordless drills, and dirt. This…
read the writing on the wall – 33
July 17, 2016
Eric Garner’s last words from two years ago today, written on a wall in Brooklyn sometime before March 2015. Just heard the following track on the radio yesterday, I Can’t…
On Cutting up Military Uniforms in the San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building: An interview with Combat Paper founder Drew Cameron
July 13, 2016
Riparian Sheet created by Drew Cameron at the Veterans Memorial in San Francisco, 2016. On June 9th, the San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries hosted a one-day public Combat Paper and…
Collecting gaawayag along the highway
July 13, 2016
Throughout my life, I have known plenty of folks who have used roadkill for a variety of purposes. In addition to dumpster diving baked goods or produce, many of the freegan folks I knew in my…
Fireworks: An argument for dispersed, low density, nonviolent mass action
July 13, 2016
“The presence of uniformed and adversarial police, call and response chants, and the shifting division of physical space into areas inside and outside the crowd all serve to create feelings…
Un Caracol Chiquito in East Oakland: A Self-Determined Landless Peoples Movement
July 6, 2016
On the fourth of July weekend while many people were celebrating Independence day, the folks at Homefullnes in East Oakland, California were celebrating their interdependence. A group of Black, Brown,…
Take Down the Drones
July 4, 2016
As I await the bombardment of firework for tonights 4th of July celebration I can not help thinking about those living under US military bombardment and drone attacks abroad. On…
Freshwater Mussel Mural
July 4, 2016
The eighth of the Endangered Species Murals is now complete! I’ve just returned to Portland from Knoxville, Tennessee, after finishing up the largest mural I have ever had the pleasure…
Niwiigwaasike (I remove birch bark from the tree)
July 4, 2016
On Saturday morning, I woke to greet the sun. Before going to bed the night before, I set the alarm on my phone, but my body arose before the phone’s…
240: Collier’s Af/Am Library
July 4, 2016
While collecting books from the African Writers Series published by Heinemann (I’ll be featuring those books in a future post), I stumbled upon what I first thought was a small…
Agitadores de Conciencia
June 30, 2016
I’m excited to have a number of posters in a new exhibition entitled Agitadores de Conciencia/Agitators of Conscience. Organized by Ofelio Serpa, the show is currently on display at the…
Beyond Prisons Posters
June 29, 2016
At the end of March I was contacted by Aaron Huey of the Amplifier Foundation about participating in a project he was putting together—an experiment in mass production and distribution…
Behind Design 01: Perspectives #29
June 28, 2016
I’ve been wanting to start this up for awhile, but finally pulled together a little time to do it! “Behind Design” will hopefully be a new blog post series about…
239: Ravan Books
June 27, 2016
This week’s focus is on the South African published house Ravan Press, which was founded in 1972 by Peter Randall, Danie van Zyl, and Beyers Naudé. On second glance, you’ll…
read the writing on the wall 32
June 25, 2016
“There’s Hope, But not for us.” East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. April 2015. This kinda says it all, for me. I want society to immediately change to “renewable” energy sources, drastically reduce…
DIYDPW #37
June 22, 2016
Gardiner, NY This sign did make me slow down, A LOT! I wanna see baby foxes, that sounds incredibly adorable! Ever since Shaun started this series, I’ve been noticing DIYDPW…
Collaborating with Plants in Vancouver
June 21, 2016
A few years ago, I desired to learn to speak to plants and learn their language. Although I had been raised primarily in the woods in Michigan’s Thumb, I didn’t…
On Artists, Resistance, & Worker Owned Cooperatives: An interview with Ezgi Bakcay
June 20, 2016
While on a trip to Istanbul last December, I spoke with Ezgi Bakcay, a curator and member of Karşı Sanat, a local artist run space and cooperative. She told…
Juneteenth
June 19, 2016
Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in June 1865, now celebrated, more generally as the emancipation of African American slaves, on…
Native Kids Ride Bikes in Oskana Kâ-asastêki
June 16, 2016
During May and early June, I made two trips to traditional Cree and Métis territory, a place known as Oskana Kâ-asastêki. Today, settlers call it Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. I had last been…
How To: Screenprinting with Dried Plants
June 14, 2016
This spring I hammered out a fun and fairly experimental print, one where I wouldn’t actually draw much of anything and mostly relied on dried flowers and leaves to create…
Rog Social Center, in Slovenia, threatened with eviction
June 13, 2016
In 2011 Justseeds traveled to Ljubljana, Slovenia to create a collaborative installation for the 29th Graphic Arts Biennial. During our visit there we became familiar with various projects and fellow…
Green Mini Demo Derby
June 13, 2016
The Green Mini Demo Derby, a solar powered remote control car demolition derby will be at the 27th Annual Energy Fair in Custer Wisconsin this weekend. Come by and say…
238: “Power, Fists, Guns, Books: Black Power & Book Cover Design”
June 13, 2016
For months I’ve been working on a complete rewrite of the post I originally did here about the design of the book Black Power, and other related Civil Rights-era publications…
Love Toward the Queer&Trans Warriors of Orlando
June 12, 2016
I’m sending care and love on behalf of justseeds toward the queer&trans migrant warriors and families that lost their lives this morning in Orlando and the LGBTQ community at large,…
We are the Storm Portfolio at the Energy Fair, Custer, WI
June 11, 2016
The We are the Storm portfolio will be on display at the Energy Fair in Custer, WI (June 17-19, 2016). Come check it out and say hi. A little bit…
The Greatest episode from Morricone Island
June 10, 2016
I’m staffing Interference Archive today and listening to an archived episode of DJ Devon E. Levins’ Morricone Island. It’s a really great show called “The Greatest Soundtrack Tribute,” with a…
Future Booking Collective in InFinite Futures at ABC No Rio
June 9, 2016
I’ve collaborated, with my pal Alexander Dwinell, on an installation for the final exhibition at ABC No Rio. The current building at 156 Rivington St will be torn down in…
Stinkfish, Kill Joy and Mazatl in Honduras
June 6, 2016
Between the months of April and May of this year we(Kill Joy, Stinkfish and Mazatl) had the pleasure of being in Honduras for four weeks to work on the first…