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two reviews of a cans festival in piss street. london. looking for radical art? try the south bank, not Banksy (shirley dent, guardian, may 6, 2008): “Banksy’s cans festival, bringing together 40 of the world’s best stencil artists, can’t compete … Continue reading

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Against Me! // Banksy // Dropkick Murphys

“They think it’s funny / Turning rebellion into money” sang some dead bloke called Joe Strummer. If that’s the case, then Against Me! and Banksy must be in hysterics. Against Me! The guitarist, vocalist and lyricist for Against Me!, Tom … Continue reading

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More Pussy Riot from Melbourne to Moscow

Yeah so in case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, last week (August 17) three members of the Russian group Pussy Riot — Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova — were sentenced to two years in … Continue reading

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To be or not to be … an anarchist

To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of fucking trolls, Or to take arms against a sea of deadshits, And by opposing end them? See … Continue reading

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Zygosis : John Heartfield and the Political Image

“1991 documentary tracing the development of Photomontage, based on the pioneering work of John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld), through to the contemporary use of these techniques in advertising and video. The film looks at the work of John Heartfield, particularly that … Continue reading

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The Descent of Monkeys (1894)

The idea that mankind is descended from the monkey tribe has never thoroughly satisfied those of us who wish to take a pride in our ancestry. Still, the theory has seemed in many ways so plausible that it has met … Continue reading

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(Another) Brush with Greatness

“Another triumph!” Rudd’s nephew clashes with Connex Reid Sexton The Age March 8, 2009 “AN ARTWORK [“Economy of Movement – A Piece of Palestine”] by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s nephew attacking Connex for suppressing Palestinians was installed beneath Flinders Street … Continue reading

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Krudd : Man of the People

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. Encore!

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Bill Henson … Again

Update (May 28) : Art or not, it’s still exploitation, Steve Biddulph, The Age | High Court’s soft spot for Henson, Leo Shanahan, The Age | Henson art is great, Sebastian Smee, The Australian… Previously on Bill Henson’s Blues : … Continue reading

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Be careful what you wish for…

Do you remember when you said you cared And that you would never be ensnared By the lure of the music biz ‘Cos you were doing it all “for the kids” Now that just seems like so many hollow lies … Continue reading

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