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“CULTURAL ACUPUNCTURE” : APPROPRIATION & HIPSTER REBELLION

Pick your protest.Is this wave of political activism, from Black Bloc to Tea Party different from past manifestations? Every era has unique twists, but they are each not as different as you may think.  This time it’s different?… Natalie Zemon … Continue reading

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AFTER THIS UNCOMMERCIAL BREAK

At 4000 AD/ When science and art are entirely/Melted together to something new/When the people will have lost their remembrance/and thus will have no past, only future/…Then they will live in a world of only/Color, light, space, time,sounds and movement/Then … Continue reading

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Art and Misdeameanors

”All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may … Continue reading

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Everybody's a Star Except The Madman from Laval

”The problem, he argues, is the nearly psychotic need to satisfy every human craving. It infects every aspect of American life, from the loss of cultural nuance to the growth of pornography to spending beyond one’s means.” ‘The danger of … Continue reading

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Comedic Encounters of the Third Kind

An absolute perfectionist. And an absolute fascination, borderline obsession with the paranormal. Parapsychology and UFO’s. He built his house in the shape of Spaceship. He ended the introduction to each show with the classic ”And awaaay we go!”. To where? … Continue reading

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Beating A White Knight

” I remember some years back kids in the ghetto were supposedly killing one another for their Nike and Adidas shoes. If those kids, many of them just as smart and motivated as I was at their age, really understood … Continue reading

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Pirates of Consensual Reality

” One should be aware that corporate speech and free speech are two completely different things … You can use a copyrighted character or brand logo to engage in social commentary. No one has ever won a lawsuit against me … Continue reading

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Authentic Dissent & Brand Name Protest

Its a de-subliminalization of advertisements. Where the unknown, perhaps hidden message in the advertising composition becomes revealed in a manner which the owner of the work did not intend. Also called ”subvertisements” these altered images are often impossible to differentiate, … Continue reading

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Culture Jamming and Visual Abduction

The ”liquidated” logos of French street artist ZEVS ( Schwarz Christophe Arhirre ) have drawn attention to the nature of graffiti art and recalled its origins which put the act and outcome within perspective and given it context within a … Continue reading

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