MEDIA ROOTS– An age-old question among activists and the media is how to grab an audience’s attention and hold it. In a society accustomed to twitter feeds, blog hosting, sound bites and news that serves to either placate viewers with entertainment or alarm them beyond reason, knowing how to engage people on serious issues can be quite the challenge. In … Read More
October 22, 1995 INDEPENDENT– For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern art – including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko – as a weapon in the Cold War. In … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- As the world of art becomes increasingly homogenized, it is growing harder to come across original art that has societal and political significance. With the exception of Banksy and a few others, rarely do you see a prominent artist putting themselves out there to make a bold statement or provoke controversial thought. Like every other commodity in this … Read More
In 2001, Argentina suffered a massive economic collapse as a direct result of IMF and World Bank neo-liberal policies. Hundreds of factories were shut down and a wave of unemployment followed. Thousands of workers were not only left unpaid, but were facing a bleak future without work and an ability to survive economically. But there was another option. People began … Read More
Tasering of the Christ, Pen & Ink, 14″ x 17″, 2010 JA: If Christ were alive today, New World Order minions would be dragging him through the street on their way to another crucifixion- just as they did two thousand years ago. But there is also a grander proverbial meaning here in which the New World Order and it’s legion … Read More
