friendly/agitate Recommends…
You might have noticed an addition to our “friends” section to the right recently. friendly/agitate is Jason Laning’s blog on the politics of art and culture. He recently turned us on to a handful of resources that are very worth passing on:
The Anti-Advertising Agency “co-opts the tools and structures used by the advertising and public relations industries. Our work calls into question the purpose and effects of advertising in public space. Through constructive parody and gentle humor our Agency’s campaigns will ask passers by to critically consider the role and strategies of today’s marketing media as well as alternatives for the public arena.”
The Just Seeds Cooperative, who have amazing and cheap political art for sale, as well as a promising blog.
Lastly, (Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography is Jim Johnson’s blog on the aforementioned topics. You can gather the theme of his work there from the W.J.T. Mitchell quote that heads up every page: “What we need is a critique of visual culture that is alert to the power of images for good and evil and that is capable of discriminating the variety and historical specificity of their uses.”
Enjoy, and be sure to thank Jason on the way!
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Ha! Wonderful, thanks.