Election 2008
Hillary or Barack, I don’t even care just don’t give another republican president. I am not about to deal with anything remotely resembling the nonsense of the past 8 years all over again. I want the warm, comfy feelings of my childhood Clinton years (Pre-Republican smear campaign) back!
Amidst all the election business, Micah Wright’s Remixed War Propaganda posters were brought to my attention yesterday. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them around before. While this L.A. based (he lives right by USC) artist has also worked in film, comics and television, his controversial books of posters are his most well known work. Editing 40s and 50s era propaganda posters and presenting them with new text that provokes the view on modern day issues, Wright has developed an intriguing form with which to spark dialogue on both contemporary society and the evolution of American culture. His work needs to be slathered all over this country right now.
Checking out the links portion of Wright’s site led me to this little interesting spot on the web: Project Censor. Looking past the dramatic, bleeding statue of liberty (an icon which seems to be taking a lot of abuse lately) one will find the online home of a series of books that come out yearly and publish the top 25 news stories in independent journals and newsletters that were either ignored, under-reported or censored that year. The research effort was launched in 1976 by Dr. Carl Jensen a professor from Sonoma state University. The site features these types of articles as well, most of which make for an interesting read.
Peace Out
