Political Pranks - The Art of the Prank

August 13, 2007January 15, 2019

Crop Circle With a Message

Greenpeace carves question mark on genetically engineered crop
Group calls on B.C. to require mandatory GMO labelling
CBC News
August 8, 2007

Greenpeace activists cut a 61-metre-long question mark inside a crop circle in an Abbotsford, B.C., cornfield Wednesday morning, in protest of the absence of genetically engineered food labelling in Canada.

The question mark was to signify all the questions around the safety of genetically engineered corn “” both from its consumption and its potential spread to nearby organic farms, said Josh Brandon, a genetic engineering campaigner with Greenpeace in B.C.

The cornfield Greenpeace targeted grows a variety of corn “” genetically engineered by the agricultural company Monsanto “” known as NK603 corn.

Brandon said they submitted a Greenpeace report to B.C. Health Minister George Abbott on Wednesday, pointing to new scientific evidence that they say highlights the dangers of genetically modified corn. Continue reading “Crop Circle With a Message”

August 7, 2007January 15, 2019

Canadian Activist Attempts Resurrection of the Rhino Party

From Wikipedia: The Parti Rhinocéros, commonly known as the Rhinoceros Party in English, was a registered political party in Canada from the 1960s to the 1990s. Operating within the Canadian tradition of political satire, the Rhinoceros Party’s basic credo, their so-called primal promise, was “a promise to keep none of our promises.” They then promised outlandishly impossible schemes designed to amuse and entertain the voting public.

Now there is an attempt to resurrect the party. For more information visit Rhinoceros Party of Canada Web site.

August 6, 2007January 15, 2019

The Plot to Bury Progress

From Lane Hudson at Huffington Post, August 3, 2007:

Today, the Campaign for America’s Future revealed the evil force behind this obstructionism. See it right here, right now. You’re among the first to learn the secret…”

via Crooks and Liars

June 27, 2007January 15, 2019

UK Workshop on Art Activism

As seen on turbulence.org:

“Departure Lounge: A weekend workshop designing creative resistance against the root causes of Climate Change :: July 13-15, near Heathrow, London.

“Some of the most successful political movements have been those that have developed creative forms of protest: the suffragettes chaining themselves to buildings, the beautiful tree houses of the anti roads protesters, the Zapatistas with their poetic communiques and masks, Reclaim the Streets’ rebel carnivals, the Italian white overalls’ imaginative take on civil disobedience. All these forms have emerged when the unbridled imagination of art mixes with the deep social engagement of politics. The growing radical movement for climate justice needs its own new forms.

“Departure Lounge is a weekend workshop where we will collectively explore the spaces between art and activism and design creative actions in preparation for the Camp for Climate Action. Continue reading “UK Workshop on Art Activism”

May 28, 2007January 15, 2019

4 Signs by Norm Magnusson

Update 5-28-07: “Norm Magnusson: On This Site Stood” will be on exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, June 24 through August 12, 2007.

Originally posted 4-1-07:

For the past few years I”ve been striving to create art of social conscience with the soft touch that lets it points-of-view resonate and not alienate. Continue reading “4 Signs by Norm Magnusson”