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pposed
to the war in Afghanistan and critical of corporate
intentions, a small group meets Wednesday evenings on
the second floor of a quaint Urbana apartment. Taking
part in an activity referred to as Art and Revolution,
the individuals unite to create the context of what could
be, by imagining alternatives to what is. They create
this context among themselves, in the presence of colorful
images, collaged anti-war buttons, signs with statements
demanding change, and peaceful conversation.
A larger Art and Revolution movement manifestts
in the form of handmade, giant puppets at anti-globalization
protests, and on the internet at www.artandrevolution.org.
There are also individuals nationwide who would not call
themselves revolutionary artists, yet strive to create
social transformation in their daily lives. We understand
that these individuals transcend labels, and have therefore
asked them to speak through their own words and images
on these pages.
To join the local Art and Revolution group, email
paulinebartolone@hotmail.com
or solaraycer@hotmail.com.
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Pauline
Bartolone:
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Amber
Moore:
Wandering planet earth, searching
on the wavelength mismatches for a universal sense of
who we are, what we want, beauty we see.
The art: conglomerations of being,
awareness of what is there and where it comes from,
pulling fragments into a fragile monster of now, filtered
through cartoon dreams of poetry and meaning, held together
with seams of unknowns. Constructing beauty as a place
I want to exist at, an element to living that is essential
to me, and I look for it in others, and others' creations,
to see how we want to exist in a world we have the power
to create. I want my senses to be part of the construction
process of a world I exist in.
The revolution is in every moment
a newness, history simplified by now so that constructing
monsters from complexity of diverse past compilings
is essential to how we can live together in now, being
the corpse of the monster, not fearing it as the others
unrecognized.
I collaborate to learn through voluntary
interaction, attention crossing a bridge-object to the
other. I have learned the value of gift-giving: attention
to the movement/exchange + intention/desire = I learn.
All of this in a society of overproduction,
pragmatism...I want a society that values things based
on a communication of individual desire.
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Rob Scott may talk about himself,
but he's no solipsist.
I, my name is Rob Scott, am not a
jackass, an elephant, or a color. Oh wait, darn, my
mind says "I shouldn't."
*Ahem*, scratch that, I should start
over.
Some people would call revolutionary
activity the supercession of a society by means of critique.
I, on the other hand, think about alternatives the current
society would never try, and logics it could never buy.
Free advice (worth every penny): put cockpit doors on
the side of jet planes; that alone would prevent 9-11
from happening again. At great expense we've hired a
bunch of armed thugs to search our bags and racially
profile us, but aren't the airplane manufacturing corporations
so wealthy today because they have profitted from war?
"That's not autobiographical,"
reported Andrew Trull, ludic local and not-yet-sensemaker,
"who the heck do you think you are?"
Rob might hang around crazy people,
but he's no psychologist.
"The union-busting psychologists
are taking over the stock market!" Rob said, "...these
jokes are not funny."
We brought down the USSR without suspending
basic civil liberties. Now we debate the "patriotism"
of those questioning the suspension of basic civil liberties
in the USA. Oh yes doctor, I'm very comfortable in debate.
I'm a revolutionary! Ha. Ha ha. It isn't to laugh.
People are too intelligent to shrink
from wanting a new system. But little booklets about
contradictions in government policy don't seem to help.
People smile at me for writing propaganda. That's their
problem. I might not get beyond critique in this (274
word) piece. I'm not trying to address the general public.
What I desire is people conjuring up new systems, or
at least phrasing their complaints changily.
A page from one of Rob's
periodic pamphlets entitled "Operation: Enduring Intervention"
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