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INESCAPABLE CHOICE
I’m selling this prescient David Cameron tweet in a lovely frame. www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/shopAny and all profits go towards a Brexit insulin stockpile for my diabetic friend and brilliant artist Laurence Elliott
GREAT WAR
The UK government now mourns those whose lives were stolen by WWI, but lest we forget they also produced the manipulative recruitment posters that convinced tens of thousands to sign up to be thrown into the carnage. Poster I made in collaboration with Veterans for Peace UK, installed by Special Patrol Group. Based on the 1915 recruitment poster “Daddy what did YOU do in the Great War?” which pushed the idea that young men who did not sign up would spend the rest of their lives regretting missing out on the adventure of the First World War, and that those who did would return home with a lot of great stories to share with their future children. The reality was that of those who returned at all, many were horrifically maimed and disabled, and for the most part they kept the stories of the horrors they witnessed to themselves. #remembrance #remembranceday #armistice100 #WWI
MINI DAILY MAIL
As part of my residency with RRU I decided to hand-draw a miniature, fun-sized Daily Mail. A boiled-down version of the full paper, it’s like the Daily Mail, but distilled to its angry, horny core. The bigoted residue of Britain’s second-best selling newspaper. This compressed, hand-drawn paper draws attention to the glaring…
MINI DAILY MAIL
New ad that’s going to be in the 2nd edition of my Mini Daily Mail. Launching on the 30th November with an exhibition/launch party at WAR Gallery. You can pre-order a copy here: www.minidailymail.co.uk The exhibition was previously going to be this week on the 9th but I’ve put it back so I’ll have time to finish and print the paper. Here’s the Facebook event for the opening night. #DailyMail #CapitalPunishment
#NOPETOARMS
Short video about the #NopetoArms exhibition I had work in recently. Although my work wasn’t part of the initial Design Museum show that was the focus of the protest action, I was asked by the artists who were to exhibit alongside them at this brilliant, free exhibition in Brixton last month.
EMPIRE AIR @ INSIDE INTEL
I’m exhibiting work from my Empire Air installation at CIJ Logan Symposium Exhibition: Inside Intel this week, part of the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ)’s ‘Conspiracy’ symposium, an international event on subterfuge, propaganda & power. Symposium details: https://tcij.org/conspiracy Exhibition open 16th-20th Oct, free entry, at the St James Hatcham building, Goldsmiths.
300% BACKED
My mini Daily Mail is now 300% backed on Kickstarter, raising over £8000 for a reprinted edition with 8 new pages (and a few fixed typos). Thanks so much to everyone who has backed it so far. The crowdfunding campaign ends on Sunday evening. I was also very happy for the project to have received the backing of Pat Mills, founder of 2000AD, writer of Charley’s War, and co-creator of Judge Dredd. It’s been a good day! #DailyMail
FRESH HELL
After Shell backed down from suing me and in solidarity with the #FrackFreeFour, I’m now selling this limited edition Hell t-shirt to raise money for anti-fracking campaign groups Reclaim The Power and Frack Off (UK). 100% of profits will be split between those two groups. Get yours here. #Shell
OMAR AND HOBBES
I originally drew this for a newspaper that was going to be available at Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel. The newspaper didn’t happen in the end so I’ve included it as part of my Mini Daily Mail, which you can pre-order here: www.minidailymail.co.uk #Palestine #Comics
TORY LAND
Tory Land theme park adverts have started appearing on the London Underground. You don’t need a ticket, you’re already there. The ad featured in the mini Daily Mail I did with RRUNews in Liverpool. I’m doing a kickstarter to get it reprinted which you can back here: www.minidailymail.co.uk. I’ve also added a new page to the Projects section containing all my Subvertising work. #Tories #Subvertising
160% FUNDED ON KICKSTARTER
Very happy to say the Mini Daily Mail reprint Kickstarter was fully funded within 4 days and is now has 160% of what I needed to do a new print run. I’m adding new stretch goals today in order to add more pages to the final newspaper. I have to add four pages at a time so as things stand I’ll be adding 4 pages, if it hits £8000 I’ll add 8 pages, £12000 I’ll add 12 pages etc. You can back the paper here: minidailymail.co.uk #DailyMail #News
MINI DAILY MAIL GIVEAWAY
Get a copy here: www.minidailymail.co.uk. I’ve been handing out these hand-drawn miniature Daily Mail newspapers on the streets of Liverpool. The project was inspired by the departure of Paul Dacre as editor of the Mail, a toxic influence on British life for 26 years. The Daily Mail is without doubt one of the most racist, sexist and homophobic far-right publications on the market, beaten only by the BNP annual newsletter.
NOPE TO ARMS
The artists & designers who pulled their work from the Design Museum last month in protest of the museum’s hosting an arms dealer party are putting on a show starting this Saturday and I’ve been asked to exhibit alongside them. The launch is Saturday from 6pm at Brixton Recreation Centre. Show is free and runs until 23rd Sept. More details: nopetoarms.org Facebook Event: From Nope to Hope: Art vs Arms, Oil and Injustice. Excellent poster image by the excellent Peter Kennard. #ArmsTrade
KICKSTARTING THE DAILY MAIL
If you missed the miniature Daily Mail giveaway I did with RRU News in Liverpool last week, I’m now doing a Kickstarter to have it reprinted. If I hit my fundraising targets I’m also planning on adding more pages that I didn’t have time to do for the Liverpool version. So please back the project and share with your friends/enemies! Thank you. Kickstarter. (Photo by Laura Naylor)
BBC NEWS – MINI DAILY MAIL
BBC News covered my Mini Daily Mail giveaway in Liverpool. Link to the article here, or read it below. A political artist has been handing out fake mini-copies of the Daily Mail in Liverpool. Darren Cullen was commissioned by Culture Liverpool for the project, which is asking people to take…
I MADE A HORRID LITTLE NEWSPAPER
As the final part of my artist residency with RRUNews in Liverpool, I’ve hand-drawn a fun/fear-sized version of the Daily Mail and I’m going to be giving these out for free in Liverpool city centre tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday from these locations: THURSDAY 10:30am-12:30pm St Johns’s Shopping Centre 1:30pm-3:30pm Outside News From Nowhere FRIDAY10:30am-12:30pm Lord Street 1:30pm-3:30pm Bluecoat Courtyard, Ropewalks Square Depending on how many I give out I’m also going to look into making the paper available after generally or getting it reprinted. You can read the full thing online here. #DailyMail #News #NuclearWar
#DROPTHEMETRO
Get stickers: www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/metro The Metro newspaper is owned by the Daily Mail and every copy that’s picked up helps support the UK’s most extreme right-wing publication, (second only to the BNP annual newsletter.) As part of my residency with RRU News I’ve had 2000 of these stickers printed that you can help me add to Metro distribution points around the country. Hopefully these might make some people think twice about picking one up. If you’d like some stickers, they’re free +p&p. Link: www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/metro Help me stink up the Metro brand by showing their readers the extremist organisation behind it. Order as many stickers as you think you can get out there. Thank you! Music by UOKAYE https://www.soundcloud.com/uokaye #News #DailyMail #Subvertising
DROP THE METRO
The Metro newspaper is owned by the Daily Mail and every copy that’s picked up helps financially support the UK’s most extreme right-wing publication, (second only to the BNP annual newsletter.) As part of my residency with RRU News I’ve had 2000 of these stickers printed that you can help me add to Metro distribution points around the country. Hopefully these might make some people think twice about picking one up. If you’d like some stickers, they’re free +p&p. Get them here. #News #Subvertising
ADVERTISING TERROR
Video made by RRU news about the first project I completed during my residency with them in Liverpool. More details on the project page.
