Monthly Archives: November 2012

The claim often made by art critics and historians of activist-art, that “this is bad art but good politics” (or more rarely heard, vice versa) is inadequate to address either its art or its politics. In so far as this … Continue reading →

Ian Alan Paul is an artist and theorist living in the Bay Area of California. His current research focuses on feminist and poststructuralist critiques of human rights discourses. He is currently a lecturer at UC San Diego. He received his … Continue reading →

Alan W. Moore is the author of  Art Gangs: Protest and Counterculture in New York City (Autonomedia). His research, pdfs and online zines are at: House Magic: Bureau of Foreign Correspondence // I ☠☢ Many good questions asking for short responses. … Continue reading →

Michael Wilson is a cultural producer in the Bay Area..                             At the most basic level, branding and entrepreneurialism have to be resisted. They may be the … Continue reading →

Christopher Pickett and Heath Schultz are graduate students at the University of Iowa in Intermedia. They work collectively with others on an autonomous learning project entitled ‘SOS (self-organized seminar).’ Both are invested in the intersections of radical politics, cultural production, … Continue reading →

Daniel Tucker works as an organizer, writer and artist in Chicago. Some of his views on socially-engaged art were shared on episode #356 of the Bad At Sports podcast. All over the United States you can find examples of socially-engaged … Continue reading →

The following proposals very much come out of my experiences as a founding member of the collective Ultra-red and as an activist in the HIV/AIDS justice movement. Perhaps these might serve as useful suggestions for testing in the field, and … Continue reading →