95: Angela Davis, part I
January 30, 2012
While working on my posts about the covers of books about prisons (JBbTC 39–45, 52), I started a folder of Angela Davis covers, which has now grown large enough to…
“We will use every tool in our war chest to defend our water and air.”
January 28, 2012
This past Thursday, Wisconsin witnessed another new low. State Republicans in the Assembly fast tracked a pro-mining bill (AB 426) that will allow the out-of-state mining corporation Gogebic Taconite to…
Honoring Angela Davis
January 26, 2012
Today is the birthday of Angela Davis. Davis is best known for her work with the Black Panthers in the 1970’s, subsequent time on the lam, and incredible afro; she…
DIYDPW (#8)
January 25, 2012
Pittsburgh, PA, USA DIYDPW is a weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department of Public Works projects. These are defined as any examples of municipal…
Patriots for Self-Deportation
January 24, 2012
I received a press release this morning from a new political action group; Patriots for Self-Deportation, announcing the launch of their website SelfDeport.org. Taking inspiration from Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney’s…
Narco Street Art Rooster Memorial
January 23, 2012
In drug-war torn Reynosa, Mexico, a large statue of a rooster has appeared on a busy roadside. The ten-foot sculpture is adorned with a flower wreath addressed to the memory…
94: Penguin Political Leaders
January 23, 2012
I’ve never hidden my admiration for the sheer volume of creativity, thoughtful illustration, and sharp design that has gone into the production of Penguin Books, especially from the 1950s through…
Political Poster Project Censured
January 22, 2012
I just got this email from artist Oliver Ressler: “Elections are a Con” – Censorship by the provincial government of Tyrol On November 21, 2011, I received a funding commitment…
New Work by CDC Billboard Correctors
January 21, 2012
Our friends at the California Department of Corrections have been hard at work, and this week released a new series of modified bus shelter advertisements supporting Occupy Wall Street West….
One Million Signatures! The Recall Movement in Wisconsin Marches On
January 20, 2012
For the past two months Wisconsin has been swept by recall fever. The recall movement was given 60 days to gather 540,208 valid signatures needed for an election to take…
DIYDPW (#7)
January 18, 2012
Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark (thanks Brett!) DIYDPW is a weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department of Public Works projects. These are defined as any examples of…
Art Thoughtz takes down Damien Hirst
January 17, 2012
Hennessy Youngman, the row-home raconteur, does his inimitable part here dissecting and dismantling the awful schlock-art masturbator Damien Hirst, he of “embalmed shark in formaldehyde” fame. This is a hilarious…
93: Kronstadt, part IV
January 16, 2012
My friend R. Marut in London has come through again with some more books I had missed, so here are the last three Kronstadt covers. First is this handsome Freedom…
Orphan Signs
January 14, 2012
Since moving to New Mexico I’ve been working with a project called Friends of the Orphan Signs. This collaborative project was started by Ellen Babcock, who saw potential in the…
Dara Greenwald’s Video Work
January 13, 2012
(above: “On Behalf of the Lynx”, detail) Video was only one medium in Dara’s amazing body of work, but every bit of her brilliance, sharp social and political critique,…
Old Yeller’s Dance
January 13, 2012
I worked up a new video recently, an ominous treatment of that crucial scene in Disney’s Old Yeller (1957) wherein Yeller battles the rabid wolf that’s been terrorizing the Coates…
Remembering Dara in Chicago and Beyond – Reflections from Abigail Satinsky
January 12, 2012
Abigail Satinsky wrote a beautiful eulogy for Dara Greenwald for the Bad at Sports blog that speaks volumes about the impact that Dara’s work had on so many of us…
In Loving Memory
January 11, 2012
On Monday, the Justseeds family lost our dear friend and collective member Dara Greenwald who passed away from cancer at age forty. We cherish the memories of an incredible person…
The Rhino Rescue Project
January 11, 2012
Last year two species of Rhinoceros went extinct. The Vietnamese sub-species of the Javan Rhino and the Western Black Rhino of Africa are gone forever, casting no more shadows. Their…
DIYDPW (#6)
January 11, 2012
rural Massachusetts, USA (thanks Colin!)
Radical Luddite Squirrel Collabo
January 10, 2012
Uh, the name kind of says it all. This is a collaborative drawing that Shaun and I made at the London Anarchist Bookfair, for a zine project that was supposed…
Sue Coe: Art of the Animal
January 10, 2012
Our Hen House recently posted this short video interview with Sue Coe, wherein she discusses the powerful motivation behind her work. It’s part of their “Art of the Animal” series…
92: Kronstadt, part III
January 9, 2012
This week I’ve got even more Kronstadt covers, with a lot of help from Dave at Recollection Books in Seattle (thanks!). To the right is the dust jacket of the…
What Do We Want?
January 9, 2012
When my friend Katherine Ball was being interviewed by the Oregonian here in Portland during the Occupation this fall, she asked me to write up something to address the so-called…
An interview with Mazatl and The 555 Collective
January 5, 2012
The Following is an Interview I did with the 555 Collective. You can visit their web page here and the Interview here Mazatl is an artist residing in Mexico City….
Big Collaborative Blockprints
January 4, 2012
The two big blockprints from the We Agree project are finally available today in the Justseeds store; one made by three Justseeds artists, and the other by the Taring Padi…
DIYDPW (#5)
January 4, 2012
Chicago, IL, USA DIYDPW is a weekly blog post highlighting global examples of Do It Yourself Department of Public Works projects. These are defined as any examples of municipal signage…
91: Kronstadt, part II
January 1, 2012
I wanted to start this week off with a counterpoint to last weeks generally pro-Kronstadt sailor covers. To the left is the cover of Kronstadt by Lenin and Trotsky, published…