And... here are a few more.  They are not necessarily all related, so don't read into the order and grouping much.

I love both the message and the curb appeal of this particular poster. 

Barbara Kruger, 1997 

                                                 These graphics are really quite catching.

Faith Ringgold, 1971

Continuity and (un)Originality: appropriating stubs of projects and taking them forward

In looking around for more about the exhibition on reproductive health representations by women,I found a website titled the Groundswell collective LINKED HERE. There is a link from 2009 to a project called Imagine Peace, but all I can find online is more of the same stub. What happened to the project? Sometimes people abandon them, or groups break up, or they never get around to posting, or they are co-opted by opportunities to exhibit in more private spheres: (such as the gallery or museum). Nice idea; what happened to the project? Why not pick up stubs of other abandoned projects and reproduce them?

EveryBody

An exhibition curated by Bonnie Fortune; a great collection of historic and contemporary documents on women's reproductive health. for further investigation HERE
Article about exhibition.

Christa Donner

OWS occupies World War II propaganda aesthetic

It's been said that World War II was, for better or worse, one of the U.S.'s richest periods for visual rhetoric thanks in part to the widespread use of propaganda posters. Xenophobia, racist caricature, suggesting a direct correlation between saving hamburger grease for multiple use and the probability of an Allied victory:  the Greatest Generation(™)'s visual artists were doing things that would make Roger Ailes and Frank Luntz blush. 

If you're not familiar with the WWII propaganda aesthetic, I invite you to Google "world war 2 propaganda" or something like that: the web's loaded with unforgettable stuff that nobody in their right mind would say or print today (okay, Michele Bachmann excluded).

For now, though, I thought it would be interesting to share a few instances of the OWS movement appropriating the WWII aesthetic for its amorphous agenda. I've attached a few here: my favorite (and the most direct parody) is the Uncle Sam poster, which plays on the WWII propaganda SILENCE trope, which insisted that "loose lips" would result in soldier casualties. 

With the exception of Uncle Sam, these are close but don't quite hit the WWII nail on the head (the terrorist chart one isn't really in the same aesthetic; I just like it). If I were to do my own poster, I'd probably go for full-on style parody: big, bold, sassy, and brassy.

Enjoy! Buy bonds! Go about your daily routine! Everything is fine!

(images borrowed from a blog titled "Maximum Advantage in Pictures": http://chumpfish3.blogspot.com/)

Gasland Director Josh Fox arrested while attempting to film in Congress

His statement:
"I was arrested today for exercising my First Amendment rights to freedom of the press on Capitol Hill. I was not expecting to be arrested for practicing journalism. Today's hearing in the House Energy and Environment subcommittee was called to examine EPAs findings that hydraulic fracturing fluids had contaminated groundwater in the town of Pavillion, Wyoming. I have a long history with the town of Pavillion and its residents who have maintained since 2008 that fracking has contaminated their water supply. I featured the stories of residents John Fenton, Louis Meeks and Jeff Locker in GASLAND and I have continued to document the catastrophic water contamination in Pavillion for the upcoming sequel GASLAND 2. It would seem that the Republican leadership was using this hearing to attack the three year Region 8 EPA investigation involving hundreds of samples and extensive water testing which ruled that Pavillion's groundwater was a health hazard, contaminated by benzene at 50x the safe level and numerous other contaminants associated with gas drilling. Most importantly, EPA stated in this case that fracking was the likely cause." MORE

Days of the Commune: Reading Brecht's play in public space

Days of the Commune. A project by Zoe Beloff

Posters