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If you wandered down Market St or Montgomery or Powell Sts you might have noticed some letters in those clumps of newstands. They spelled out things like CAPITALISM IS OVER IF YOU WANT or GAMBLING WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY and such similar.

You may have come across a pig dressed up with CORPORATE logos, sitting @ Montgomery BART station reminding people of the price of Dead Birds, and other Debris from Bush Oil Gusher in Gulf of Mexico

Sitting on the steps (before being ejected) of the Mint Piggy at the Mint - with signs of capitalist decay

Visa, Toxic Debt, Shitty Deals, Lies, Homeless
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If you wandered down Market St or Montgomery or Powell Sts you might have noticed some letters in those clumps of newstands. They spelled out things like CAPITALISM IS OVER IF YOU WANT or GAMBLING WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY and such similar. You may have come across a pig dressed up with CORPORATE logos, sitting @ Montgomery BART station reminding people of the price of Dead Birds, and other Debris from Bush Oil Gusher in Gulf of Mexico Sitting on the steps (before being ejected) of the Mint Piggy at the Mint - with signs of capitalist decay Visa, Toxic Debt, Shitty Deals, Lies, Homeless


PIGGY Gets Kicked off the Steps; and Claim Your Power at the Newstands

Capitalist PIGGY is Kidnapped in the Vege Car as well as Consumer's Strike in Union Square with PIGGY trying to stop the silent marchers. An impromptu billboard with Israel's Thaks for the Blank Check for $3,000,000. and Defiant "No We Can't Buttons."

CONVENIENCE IS THE ENEMY - Daily Slots & PIGGY is Executed & turned into Ham Sandwiches and some images at the Luggage Store Video Projections and "Market Fatigue" sleep in at Yerba Buena.

Photo of Where Whale Carcasses from Gulf Are Destroyed and Weeks Schedule

Blow Out Odyssey

For this public intervention, the artists invited themselves — and their personal arguments with each other — into the offices of several downtown businesses. While winding their way through the financial district, Fletcher and Reichert walked and argued, loudly and passionately, about their finances, their unintended moments of dishonesty, their expectations about the other’s role in the relationship, and their general frustrations with each other as a couple.

Financial Future - Predicting How the Market Will Go

Bertoldt Brecht's "The Shopper"

and Today's Big Return

As a fashion stylist in the 1990′s, I learned to hate shopping. The repetitive action of shopping and returning became a kind of meditation on consumption and diffused my own need to consume. Working on catalogs for various products also demystified the lure of luxury brands and other consumer products. In the spirit of the fashion industry, join me for a day of binging and purging. We will shop and return as an exploration of desire and consumption. Those who would like to return previous purchases are also encouraged to make returns with the support of the group. The production of spontaneous de-haul videos will also be encouraged.

All shopping and returning will be done in Union Square from 10am to 6pm for the Capitalism Is Over performance in San Francisco. (if 10am on a Saturday is too early, contact me on facebook and I’ll let you know where to meet us later in the day)

Those who can’t attend but would like to participate, can submit documentation of returns (videos, stills, journal entries, voice recordings, written pieces) to be posted to the CIO website. All collaborators work will be credited.

Potluck This Sunday for CIO!
Posted on August 13, 2010 by meganwilson
Please join us this SUNDAY, AUGUST 15th 7pm – 10pm at THE LUGGAGE STORE GALLERY (1007 Market Street, SF) for a potluck to celebrate CIO! and all of the folks who have participated/supported the project. This will also be a great opportunity to view CIO!’s Projection Series. We’ll be rolling up the Luggage Store’s first floor roll-updoor so that we can celebrate outside and see the projections.

Capitalist PIGGY is Kidnapped in the Vege Car as well as Consumer's Strike in Union Square with PIGGY trying to stop the silent marchers. An impromptu billboard with Israel's Thaks for the Blank Check for $3,000,000. and Defiant "No We Can't Buttons." CONVENIENCE IS THE ENEMY - Daily Slots PIGGY is Executed & turned into Ham Sandwiches and some images at the Luggage Store Video Projections and "Market Fatigue" sleep in at Yerba Buena.

Photo of Where Whale Carcasses from Gulf Are Destroyed and Weeks Schedule<">Blow Out Odyssey For this public intervention, the artists invited themselves — and their personal arguments with each other — into the offices of several downtown businesses. While winding their way through the financial district, Fletcher and Reichert walked and argued, loudly and passionately, about their finances, their unintended moments of dishonesty, their expectations about the other’s role in the relationship, and their general frustrations with each other as a couple. Financial Future - Predicting How the Market Will Go Bertoldt Brecht's "The Shopper" and

Today's Big Return
As a fashion stylist in the 1990′s, I learned to hate shopping. The repetitive action of shopping and returning became a kind of meditation on consumption and diffused my own need to consume. Working on catalogs for various products also demystified the lure of luxury brands and other consumer products. In the spirit of the fashion industry, join me for a day of binging and purging. We will shop and return as an exploration of desire and consumption. Those who would like to return previous purchases are also encouraged to make returns with the support of the group. The production of spontaneous de-haul videos will also be encouraged. All shopping and returning will be done in Union Square from 10am to 6pm for the Capitalism Is Over performance in San Francisco. (if 10am on a Saturday is too early, contact me on facebook and I’ll let you know where to meet us later in the day) Those who can’t attend but would like to participate, can submit documentation of returns (videos, stills, journal entries, voice recordings, written pieces) to be posted to the CIO website. All collaborators work will be credited. <strong></strong><blockquote><strong>Potluck This Sunday for CIO! Posted on August 13, 2010 by meganwilson Please join us this SUNDAY, AUGUST 15th 7pm – 10pm at THE LUGGAGE STORE GALLERY (1007 Market Street, SF) for a potluck to celebrate CIO! and all of the folks who have participated/supported the project. This will also be a great opportunity to view CIO!’s Projection Series. We’ll be rolling up the Luggage Store’s first floor roll-updoor so that we can celebrate outside and see the projections.</strong></blockquote><strong></strong>



Poll

It is Great to see Artists joining Activists in Tweaking Our Staticness

Yes, Hooray for the Artists; It is beginning to look like a movement
46% 6 votes

Wish I had known now I'll have to do something
7% 1 votes

What a waste bring on the artiste bourgeousie
7% 1 votes

This won't help Democrats get elected it feeds cynicism
38% 5 votes

| 13 votes | Vote | Results

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