I’ve just made this short satirical graphic micro-novel, based on events last week involving Mr Mandelson on holiday in Greece and the introduction of internet piracy punishments. It’s pretty fictional as well I have to say.



Open the PDF here

Inspired by the Truth about Markets, and the discussion of how the western economies are on effectively a ‘Sugar High’ after so much bailout money (which explains all the talk of green shoots) and how this ‘high’ is going to wear off very soon, with dramatic consequences for the US (and probably UK as well).

Inspired by recent events at British Airways, Google, LinkedIn… more and more workers are expected to do stuff for free. BA reckon they’re in dire straits financially (probably through bad management), Google just made $1.5 billion profit, and are simply exploiting creative people - who too often are expected to work for free.

I came across his work while reading a book “Panic Attack” that my wife recently bought me. I’d never heard of him before, and really like this image:

This is interesting as well - as it’s something I instinctively find myself doing:
“Juxtaposing images with text was a favoured artistic technique of the time” (in art from the Punk era). So maybe I’m just a typical product of my time? Probably!

Workshop is a detour through the city of Ghent guided by environmental data. Fit up with a self-made antenna, city walkers are dwelling through the electro magnetic fields of Ghent.

Reminds me lots of my “Tense Nervous Headaches” project. Would be good to share our ideas.

Total claims 2005-08 (excluding travel):

Liam Byrne £ 478,536 LABOUR
Joan Ryan £ 469,893 LABOUR
Dan Norris £ 450,985 LABOUR
Shahid Malik £ 446,314 LABOUR
Charlotte Atkins £ 443,244 LABOUR
David Wilshire £ 438,377 TORY
Tom Levitt £ 436,686 LABOUR
Diana Johnson £ 436,632 LABOUR
Fabian Hamilton £ 435,999 LABOUR
Jacqui Smith £ 434,909 LABOUR
Margaret Moran £ 434,456 LABOUR
Ian Austin £ 434,409 LABOUR
A. Rosindell £ 434,149 TORY
Andrew George £ 434,062 LIBDEM
Dawn Butler £ 433,865 LABOUR
Roger Godsiff £ 433,298 LABOUR
Tim Farron £ 433,260 LABOUR
Peter Hain £ 431,905 LABOUR
Norman Lamb £ 431,683 LIBDEM
S. Hesford £ 431,527 LABOUR

Taken from the bastardoldholborn

“Revolution may not be imminent, but with the art market, the global economy and the planet’s ecosystem all in danger of collapse more and more artists are looking for models for genuine political engagement in art rather than “career building bullshit that cares”, to quote Art & Language. “Transversal Activism” provides engaging and instructive case studies of political and artistic success and failure at moments of political possibility contextualised for a contemporary artworld and academic audience. Raunig has produced a very readable and instructive set of historical case studies not so much of praxis as of actually doing something.” (Rob Myers)

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The latest e-zine platform58 issue 007 – ‘buildings’ with my ‘trouble at the big house’ artwork is now online: 

A new drawing, made for the latest Platform58 e-zine. Exploring the issues around the (March 09) Fred Goodwin pension scandal, and his home targetted by protesters. Telling the story from multiple angles, in comic style.

I’ve been bothered about this story for a while, about the unfairness of it all, how he buggers things up so hugely and gets rewarded for life. I know the UK media carped on about this for ages, but I still can’t understand how this could be allowed to happen. How many other stories like this are there at this present time, with rich elites being heavily rewarded for failure, while millions lose their jobs?

I’ve been looking a lot at maxkeiser.com recently. It’s a collection of links to the best stories on finance, markets and economics, and is a real eye opener.