David Storey Two Tone Prints

These limited edition re-release Two Tone posters were brought to my attention by Chadski.

"These limited edition Two Tone posters have now been re-released as a result of a collaboration between the artists responsible for the original Two Tone graphic design work – John ‘Teflon’ Sims and David Storey*. They are now making each of these influential artworks available again in a limited edition of 100 giclée prints. Printed on Fine Art paper (Baryte Museum 300gsm) using light-fast archival ink, each one is numbered and signed by the artists and includes a certificate of authenticity.

(* The original Two Tone design work was carried out under the creative direction of Jerry Dammers.)"

"Walter Hopps Will Be Here in 20 Minutes"

For Your Art will be distributing these pins in honor of the late Walter Hopps to local Los Angeles bookstores and art venues.

From their website:

"In L.A. on May 3, the anniversary of the 76th birthday of Walter Hopps, the first director of the Pasadena Museum, we began distributing recreations of the original "walter hopps will be here in 20 minutes" button and will continue through March 20, 2010, the anniversary of his passing. The buttons were originally made by employees at the Corcoran Gallery in D.C., where Hopps served as director in the 1970s, prompted by his chronic lateness and near-mythic disappearing acts, which weren't particularly suited to a bureaucratic environment."

In Keeping with The Gundam Theme

Also posted by Pink Tentacle are images of a Pink Gundam that a fan has made!

Life-sized Gundam at Night!

Posted earlier this month was the life-sized Gundam built in Japan. Now there are night pics appearing and they look amazing!

It all makes sense now as I realize that this the 30th anniversary of Gundam.

(image via Pink Tentacle.)

For Those of You in Montreal - The Infringement Festival

For those of you in Montreal June 18th through the 28th, (I realize this post is a little late,) check out The Infringement Festival! Let me know how it is...

Here is the mandate from their website:

Infringement Mandate

The infringement Festival is an interdisciplinary festival open to all critical artists.

Celebrating freedom of expression and designed as a real arts democracy, this festival is a critical response to the oppressive neoliberal worldview and all its billboard trucks, televisions, flyers, advertisements, jingles, made-for-TV Wars; and the depoliticisation of people through this diversionary Spectacle.

The infringement welcomes a variety of performances and cultural resistance: theatre groups, performers, street activism, political theatre, musicians, radical performance, visual artists, films, marginalized arts, spoken-word, puppet shows, disadvantaged groups, and anyone wishing to artistically infringe on the monoculture that creeps into every corner of our lives.

The festival aims to emphasize both critical practice in the arts, and artistic practice in activism. It also aims to provide a positive environment that encourages and nurtures critical art.

To avoid being co-opted, the infringement festival follows a mandate that looks like this:

1. The infringement festival is free for all artists and activists to participate in. The festival will never charge a registration fee and participants will keep 100% of their box office.

2. The festival is open to all critical artists and will never discriminate, set entry criteria or censor.

3. The festival is run as a non-hierarchical arts democracy.

4. The festival will only accept ethical companies that pose no conflict of interest as sponsors, as the interests of the festival's participants come before those of the sponsors. (our criteria for ethical sponsorship is available here)

5. The festival will encourage, although not be limited to, progressive acts that encourage discussion and oppose oppressive structures.

Now go out and start infringing!

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