A very clever protest of the Westboro Baptist Church‘s hateful signs. Photo by Mike Burstein.
Category Archives: activism
Buy More Stuff
This is a couple of months old, but we just stumbled upon Stephen Taberner’s “Buy More Stuff” choir. Right before Christmas a mob of people turned up at shopping malls to encourage the people of Melbourne, Australia to “buy more stuff.” Reverend Billy would be proud.
Green Pollution Cloud
French artists Helen Evans and Heiki Hansen (AKA HeHe) used a high power laser to draw attention to the coal burning power plant in Helsinki. The clouds of smoke were illuminated every night for a week.
Iraq War Veterans Raid Gas Station
A group of Iraq war veterans do a little bit of culture jamming at a gas station late one night. Created by Iraq Veterans Against the War.
(Thanks Andrew)
Fake NY Times on CNN
The amount of media coverage the Fake New York Times stunt received was staggering. It spread to news outlets all over the globe like wildfire. The chief organizers of the event, Andy Bichlbaum from The Yes Men and Steve Lambert from the Anti-Advertising Agency appeared on CNN the day after the storm to discuss the project.
Massive Fake NY Times Prank
Remember that top secret “power shifting exercise” we tipped you off to last week? It’s happening right now in NY as seen in the video above.
The site is running super slow right now thanks to tons of traffic, but you can see it here: online version of the fake paper.
Top Secret Massive Power-Shifting Excercise in NY
We’ve been tipped off to a top secret event happening on the streets on New York next week. The organizers (who include the Yes Men, the Anti-Advertising Agency, and others) aren’t giving much away, but if you’re praying for an Obama win today then this will be up your alley (no matter who wins.)
I Wanna Be Erected
Ron English put up a new piece in New York last week to greet Senator McCain’s arrival in town.
A Frightening Prospect
A group of street artists have been putting up this new Sarah Palin wheatpaste in cities around the U.S. Their site has instructions on how to download the artwork and put up your own, if you’re so inclined.
Useless Bucks
Taking inspiration from Abbie Hoffman’s legendary stock exchange prank, our friend Joey Skaggs posted this call to action last week on his blog The Art of the Prank:
Calling All Pranksters (and non-pranksters too)!
Greed, dishonesty, government deregulation and lack of oversight got us into the largest global financial crisis since the Depression. Express your outrage at having to bail out the bastards while they pass the buck! Print these “Useless Bucks” and put them in circulation. In other words, Pass the Buck… back. Take them to your financial and banking districts and give them away; Toss them from high places; Place them on those nearly useless ATM machines; Start your own bail-out program by giving six useless hundred dollar bills to all your friends. Do anything you want with them, just don’t try to spend them!! They’re useless.
Download the template and get involved: “Useless Bucks”