Tag Election 2017
THANK YOU
Giant thanks to everyone who supported my work this year, esp this #toriesout election poster project, but also if you bought any of my work or backed me on Patreon etc – it meant I could keep making stuff & plan ahead to make more. That means everything to me, thank u you lovely bastards. More thanks of course to Special Patrol Group for putting up so many of these and other poster designs I done. And everyone else who chipped in, helped distribute, and put up the posters and leaflets. It was a very fucking exciting and humbling thing to have been a part of. Onwards! XDarren Photo by: Thomas Dekeyser
THE WORLD TRANSFORMED 2017
I made this installation for The World Transformed 2017, a politics and arts festival/conference held by Momentum and related groups at the same time as the Labour party conference. This year it is in Brighton and ends on Tuesday. More photos after the jump! After finishing the installation I ran into this guy in the street. I also had some of my other anti-Tory election work on display at Fabrica. This one I drew while on the Positive Propaganda artist residency. All these are still available to download from toriesout.co.uk
MORNING STAR INTERVIEW
Here’s an interview I did with The Morning Star last week. #Tories #Advertising #Trump
COALITION OF BIGOTS
After the fantastic and unexpected news from last night’s election, albeit with the end result being a Coalition of Bigots between the Tories and DUP, I think it’s about time we got started building that Anti-Thatcher Museum I was on about awhile ago.I reworked the old Tory logo into something more approrpriate and I’m taking pre-orders for screenprinted t-shirts of it in order to raise some funds to get the museum off the ground. If you’d like one they’re £15 from hereI’m going to be working on the museum with Gavin Grindon who curated the The Museum of Cruel Designs at Dismaland, Disobedient Objects at the V&A and the museum on the Israeli occupation inside the The Walled Off Hotel. It’s going to take awhile, but it’s going to be good!Onwards!
BRISTOL
Thanks to Luke Sweeney for the photo!
IT’S SPREADING…
These were spotted in Milton Keynes today. Photos via Special Patrol Group. More photos after the jump. Print your own here. And here’s a handy guide on how to DIY. In other news, I’ve been notified that I’m under investigation by The Electoral Commission ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
THE END OF MAY
More photos of the posters people have been putting up around London over at the Anti-Tory Propaganda page.
ANTI-TORY SUBVERTISING
Some kind souls have been printing out my anti-Tory propaganda and clandestinely installing it on tube trains around London. There are more photos and the files to print your own posters on the project page. Although I cannot condone potentially breaking any laws, I can certainly enjoy looking at photos of such behaviour. If you see any around take a photo and tag me in it (IG @spellingmistakescostlives) or send me an email.
CORRUPT OPERATING SYSTEM
I been up all night finishing this nightmare. Britain desperately needs a new operating system. Download large version here and see/download/print all the anti-tory posters I’ve designed at (the easy to remember) toriesout.co.uk. Today is the LAST DAY to register to vote! www.gov.uk/register-to-vote This is going to be part of a fold-out A4 leaflet (PDF) I’ll be sending to 20,000 homes in key marginal constituencies. Everything has been sent to print and I’ve spent more than was donated so if anyone out there is able to chip in towards the cost of shipping these out to volunteers that’d be amazing. Even a couple of quid helps.www.paypal.me/spellingmistakes And get in touch if you live in or near a marginal seat and fancy dropping some of these through letterboxes over the next two weeks. darren@spellingmistakescostlives.com If you’ve already contacted me I’ll be in touch soon about details. Thank you!
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
Another anti-Tory poster. Download and print your own copies here.
NHS XP
Remember that our Trident nuclear submarines also run on Windows XP. I’ve been designing anti-Tory propaganda in the run up to the election and raising funds to print it a fold-out leaflet poster to drop through letterboxes. You can download printable posters here and donate here.
TORIES OUT
I’ve been designing anti-Tory propaganda in the run up to the election and raising funds to print it as leaflets to drop through letterboxes. You can download printable posters here and donate towards print costs here: www.paypal.me/spellingmistakes
WHY NOT VOTE TORY
I was asked by the Conservatives to design an election poster to set out their #planforbritain, which includes a commitment to first-use of nuclear weapons in whichever war Trump decides we’re all going to die in. Download a printable version of this poster here. It’s under a Creative Commons share-alike non-commercial licence. Spread it about and don’t forget to register to vote! #NuclearWar #Army #Tories #Trump #Military #Trident
NEW FURY
The Daily Mail is FURIOUS that JEREMY CORBYN didn’t come round my house and stop me drawing this anti-army recruitment comic back in 2013, the same comic that has the full SUPPORT of VETERANS for Peace UK. Even worse, I wrote SICK TWEETS about how Corbyn is GOOD in the PAST WEEK. Scientific proof, if science were even real, that CORBYN HATES TROOPS. The Sun got hold of it too. I’ve posted a screen grab below as well as the text from the Mail article if you’d rather not give them ad revenue. Daily Mail commenters occasionally put the hatred to one side to marvel instead at the nature of time and existence.
LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION – THE WORLD TRANSFORMED 24/09/16
I’m going to be exhibiting work at The World Transformed festival organised by Momentum and taking place in Liverpool during the Labour Party conference. #TWT2016 – Four Days of Politics, Art, Music & Culture. “#TWT2016 is about practising the new politics. We believe in a positive, future oriented approach to changing society. We believe in amplifying unheard, grassroots voices. We believe in broadening the definition of politics to include art, music and spoken word. We believe that politics isabout more than just PMQs and Westminster.” – Facebook event
