Tag:
posters
-
Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism and the AIDS Poster
Read more: Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism and the AIDS PosterUp Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster is the traveling version of the first major exhibition devoted to the University of Rochester’s collection of HIV/AIDS-related posters. It illustrates to a broad audience that “AIDS affects everyone” and…
-
Protests and Posters in Kafranbel, Syria
Read more: Protests and Posters in Kafranbel, SyriaA town in northwestern Syria has become the creative center of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Since the beginning of the uprising, the residents of Kafr Anbel have drawn signs that skewer the Assad regime and express outrage that…
-
Smithsonian Collection of “Occupy Wall Street” Posters on View at Wesleyan
Read more: Smithsonian Collection of “Occupy Wall Street” Posters on View at WesleyanAfter collecting street art and memorabilia from “Occupy Wall Street” since the fall of 2011, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has lent its collection of Occupy Wall Street posters to Wesleyan’s Davison Art Center. The posters will make…
-
Real Democracy Australia – Viral Participatory Poster Project.
Read more: Real Democracy Australia – Viral Participatory Poster Project.Do we need to crowdsource a new Australian Constitution? Does anything matter more than the environment? Should Australia become a republic with an Australian head of state? Should whistleblowers be protected? Is representative democracy antiquated? Controversial artist Carl Scrase is…
-
Gowanus Art Collective Is The Epicenter of ‘Occupy’ Art
Read more: Gowanus Art Collective Is The Epicenter of ‘Occupy’ ArtThe Brooklyn Paper March 26, 2012 BY ELI ROSENBERG Occupy Wall Street wants to occupy your wall space. A collective of poster printers in Gowanus is attempting to help reignite the social movement’s flames for a May 1 “General Strike,”…
-
Broadsides
Read more: Broadsides“Since March 2011, the artist Tim Devin has been putting broadsides (small posters) up around the Boston area. The posters come in different kind of flavors: Street Surveys, Mappy Facts or Poems by Paul Johns. Street Surveys ask questions that…