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William Powhida: Biting All Hands
The more I read William Powhida’s twitter, the more I like him.
That never happens.
He has long conversations there. They are both outwardly critical and self championing, but of course that’s the point. He’s honest.
Here’s a not entirely typical example of his work (but probably just go look at his website):
His work is part criticism, part [...]
Shepard Fairey: Give and Take
Let’s do the Shepard Fairey thing real quick. Oldie but a goodie.
In April, Fairey preemptively sued the AP and the AP is counter suing him, on matters of copyright and fair use. It’s over the Obama image–you might have seen it:
In this case, Shep is playing the little guy.
Unfortunately, somewhere during the fact based (not [...]
Free Art Space: The Anti-Market Market
Saltz covers the goings on at No Soul for Sale (X-Initiative)… free space, cheap art, communal spirit.
Check out the comments section where William Powhida champions his free economy projects that happened before the market collapsed.
This is why I like William Powhida. He will brag about being anti market before anti market was even cool. Can [...]
Art and Media: Spiritual Bloodletting
The media industry’s current monetary model is somewhere between a gift economy and corporately funded spiritual bloodletting…
The metaphor is mixed, but so is the medium. Indulge me, will you?