LUGGAGE STORE GALLERY — CIO! Projection Series:
The Luggage Store Gallery in collaboration with CIO! hosted nightly public projections from July 23 — August 31. From Market St., projected through the Luggage Store Gallery’s Mezzanine Window, viewers were presented with a compilation of videos from artists around the world addressing CAPITALISM. more…
The Luggage Store Gallery in collaboration with CIO! hosted nightly public projections from July 23 — August 31. From Market St., projected through the Luggage Store Gallery’s Mezzanine Window, viewers were presented with a compilation of videos from artists around the world addressing CAPITALISM. more…
MERIDIAN INTERNS PROGRAM — Capitalism Is Over Mural:
Painted by the at–risk youth in the Meridian Interns Program, this provocative statement offers passersby an alternative to the current disempowering and disruptive economic system. Mural on view at University of California Berkeley Extension Gallery at 95 Third Street 24 hours a day through August 3.
Painted by the at–risk youth in the Meridian Interns Program, this provocative statement offers passersby an alternative to the current disempowering and disruptive economic system. Mural on view at University of California Berkeley Extension Gallery at 95 Third Street 24 hours a day through August 3.
Founded in 1996, the Meridian Interns Program (MIP) is a paid internship for low–income teens from all over San Francisco in which Artist Instructors integrate art–making workshops with training in job–related skills. more…
PROJECTS/ARTISTS/ACTIONS
ANTHONY MARCELLINI — As Part of Heather Sparks’ Big Return:
“At the Göteborg Konsthall we bought 4 books for a total of 1,350.00 SEK the equivalent of about 150.00 US. The Konsthall buys these books directly from artists associated with their current exhibition and sells them for the same amount they paid. They make no profit and if they don’t sell the books they lose money. As soon as we paid for the books we returned them for our money back.” more…
“At the Göteborg Konsthall we bought 4 books for a total of 1,350.00 SEK the equivalent of about 150.00 US. The Konsthall buys these books directly from artists associated with their current exhibition and sells them for the same amount they paid. They make no profit and if they don’t sell the books they lose money. As soon as we paid for the books we returned them for our money back.” more…
CAPITALISM IS OVER! IF YOU WANT IT: SUMMER OF TOUGH LOVE LAUNCH:
Our launch kicked off with Bay Area writers Jenny Bitner, Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Myron Michael, and Josh Wilson, who responded to capitalism through their poetry and prose in the heart of San Francisco’s shopping district, Union Square (by the tower).
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Our launch kicked off with Bay Area writers Jenny Bitner, Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Myron Michael, and Josh Wilson, who responded to capitalism through their poetry and prose in the heart of San Francisco’s shopping district, Union Square (by the tower).
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CHUCK, INC. — Your Financial Future:
Chuck, Inc. predicts your financial future using a mix of time–tested Tarot techniques and warning–sign graphics. more…
Chuck, Inc. predicts your financial future using a mix of time–tested Tarot techniques and warning–sign graphics. more…
CONCENTRIC FLEXUS — CONSUMERS ON STRIKE!:
CONCENTRIC FLEXUS led a consumer strike around Union Square. Strikers marched in silence and carried signs with messages that questioned our consumer practices. more…
CONCENTRIC FLEXUS led a consumer strike around Union Square. Strikers marched in silence and carried signs with messages that questioned our consumer practices. more…
DAN & CHERYL (Dan Spencer & Cheryl Meeker) — Market Fatigue:
On August 4, 2010 Dan Spencer and Cheryl Meeker set up their Bed–In at Yerba Buena Gardens to bring attention to credit and employment exhaustion, and to protest the proposed sit/lie law. more…
On August 4, 2010 Dan Spencer and Cheryl Meeker set up their Bed–In at Yerba Buena Gardens to bring attention to credit and employment exhaustion, and to protest the proposed sit/lie law. more…
ELIZA BARRIOS & PAZ DE LA CALZADA — Daily Slots:
Using news stands located along Market and Montgomery Street as “vehicles to deliver information”, artists Eliza Barrios and Paz De la Calzada intend to send bi/weekly messages through the windows of these structures. Altering the visual landscape of the pedestrian/urban environment, the messages will be a mixture of iconography and slogans that call attention to the economy, consumerism and un–sustainability of the capitalistic culture. more…
FRANCESCA PASTINE — New York Times Action:
On July 23, 2010 Francesca Pastine spent 5 hours (3pm — 8pm) set up at a table in front of the San Francisco Shopping Center on Market Street covering the New York Times with graphite pencils. While working, Pastine engaged with passersby about the nature of censorship and the meaning of information. more…
On July 23, 2010 Francesca Pastine spent 5 hours (3pm — 8pm) set up at a table in front of the San Francisco Shopping Center on Market Street covering the New York Times with graphite pencils. While working, Pastine engaged with passersby about the nature of censorship and the meaning of information. more…
FREE THE WEED —
Give Medicine Away:
Free the Weed’s aim is to take the capital out of California’s Big Green Hope, medical grade medicinal marijuana. Near maturation various Sativa cannabis buds have been guerilla planted in plain sight near and around pharmacies and converging thoroughfares in the Financial District of San Francisco. more…
Give Medicine Away:
Free the Weed’s aim is to take the capital out of California’s Big Green Hope, medical grade medicinal marijuana. Near maturation various Sativa cannabis buds have been guerilla planted in plain sight near and around pharmacies and converging thoroughfares in the Financial District of San Francisco. more…
GUY OVERFELT — Sapare Aude:
The term autonomia/Autonome is derived from the Greek “auto–nomos” referring to someone or something which lives by his/her own rule. Autonomy, in this sense, is not independence. more…
The term autonomia/Autonome is derived from the Greek “auto–nomos” referring to someone or something which lives by his/her own rule. Autonomy, in this sense, is not independence. more…
HEATHER SPARKS — The Big Return:
As a fashion stylist in the 1990’s, the repetitive action of shopping and returning while working on catalogs became a kind of meditation on consumption for Heather Sparks. It diffused her own need to consume and demystified the lure of luxury brands. In the spirit of the fashion industry, Sparks invites others to join her in binging, purging, shopping and returning as an exploration of desire and consumption. more…
As a fashion stylist in the 1990’s, the repetitive action of shopping and returning while working on catalogs became a kind of meditation on consumption for Heather Sparks. It diffused her own need to consume and demystified the lure of luxury brands. In the spirit of the fashion industry, Sparks invites others to join her in binging, purging, shopping and returning as an exploration of desire and consumption. more…
JENNY BITNER — Capitalism (a game in four seasons):
Jenny Bitner contributed to the CIO! launch of poetry an prose at San Francisco’s Union Square on July 18, 2010. more…
Jenny Bitner contributed to the CIO! launch of poetry an prose at San Francisco’s Union Square on July 18, 2010. more…
JOSH WILSON — What is the soul’s coin?:
Josh Wilson contributed to the CIO! launch of poetry an prose at San Francisco’s Union Square on July 18, 2010. more…
Josh Wilson contributed to the CIO! launch of poetry an prose at San Francisco’s Union Square on July 18, 2010. more…
KENDALL KARAM — As Part of Heather Sparks’ Big Return:
The pictures I have submitted are centered in Baltimore, Maryland’s African & African American Community. Baltimore is roughly 60% Black. more…
The pictures I have submitted are centered in Baltimore, Maryland’s African & African American Community. Baltimore is roughly 60% Black. more…
KWIK — Socialist Butcher & Capitalist Pig:
KWIK performed their Socialist Butcher & Capitalist Pig at the Outpost Copa in Los Angeles and for the CIO! Lunch–In. Their sticker project “Yet Another Victim of THE U.S. RECESSION” continues to make appearances on abandoned buildings and companies going out of business in San Francisco, Jogjakarta Indonesia, Bangkok Thailand, Phenom Penh Cambodia, and Manila Philippines. more…
KWIK performed their Socialist Butcher & Capitalist Pig at the Outpost Copa in Los Angeles and for the CIO! Lunch–In. Their sticker project “Yet Another Victim of THE U.S. RECESSION” continues to make appearances on abandoned buildings and companies going out of business in San Francisco, Jogjakarta Indonesia, Bangkok Thailand, Phenom Penh Cambodia, and Manila Philippines. more…
LES SOEURS DISSENTIENT L.S.D — A Generic Protest:
L.S.D. created a protest by developing digital posters that can be posted anywhere and everywhere at any time. Using modest means of production these posters embody the aesthetics of protest and discontent for the constraints of institutionalized life. more…
L.S.D. created a protest by developing digital posters that can be posted anywhere and everywhere at any time. Using modest means of production these posters embody the aesthetics of protest and discontent for the constraints of institutionalized life. more…
LOWELL DARLING — World Border Acupuncture Treatment:
“Well, as with everything about my work it takes a bit of a leap of the imagination, but the Pacific Ocean is what lies between America and China and the Far East. One goes West to find East. So I am placing needles in the sand at the water’s edge, even though it is not the exact border. In acupuncture the needles are seldom placed directly into the troubled area, but where the energy flows.” more…
“Well, as with everything about my work it takes a bit of a leap of the imagination, but the Pacific Ocean is what lies between America and China and the Far East. One goes West to find East. So I am placing needles in the sand at the water’s edge, even though it is not the exact border. In acupuncture the needles are seldom placed directly into the troubled area, but where the energy flows.” more…
MATTHEW RANA — Secrets of the Silent Mountain:
Secrets of the Silent Mountain is an audio book and short story written by corporate employees. Over 20 days, artist Matthew Rana made a series of phone calls to bankers, technical support staff and customer service representatives, interrupting their workday with idle conversation. more…
Secrets of the Silent Mountain is an audio book and short story written by corporate employees. Over 20 days, artist Matthew Rana made a series of phone calls to bankers, technical support staff and customer service representatives, interrupting their workday with idle conversation. more…
MEGAN WILSON — This Little Piggy Went To Market:
In July/August of 2010 Piggy could be found in San Francisco’s financial district every Tuesday and Thursday representing corporate America and handing out gifts for all. more…
In July/August of 2010 Piggy could be found in San Francisco’s financial district every Tuesday and Thursday representing corporate America and handing out gifts for all. more…
PATRICIA KELLY — Banker’s Heart:
On July 27, 2010 Artist Patricia K. Kelly stood for 3 hours holding a small painting of Saint Francis while facing the iconic “Banker’s Heart” located in front of the former headquarters of Bank of America in San Francisco’s Financial District. Based on recent experiences standing outside a London bank, this simple act of remembrance invited comment, interaction, and conversation with members of the public. more…
On July 27, 2010 Artist Patricia K. Kelly stood for 3 hours holding a small painting of Saint Francis while facing the iconic “Banker’s Heart” located in front of the former headquarters of Bank of America in San Francisco’s Financial District. Based on recent experiences standing outside a London bank, this simple act of remembrance invited comment, interaction, and conversation with members of the public. more…
REBECCA WALKER — As Part of Heather Sparks’ Big Return:
As Part of Heather Sparks’ Big Return Rebecca Walker contributed the Faceless Watch. more…
As Part of Heather Sparks’ Big Return Rebecca Walker contributed the Faceless Watch. more…
RHONDA WINTER — Sanctuary City:
Sanctuary City is a fictional apocalyptic serial about the collapse of capitalism, a blighted dystopia, water, shared resources, local food production, Kurt Cobain and beavers. more…
Sanctuary City is a fictional apocalyptic serial about the collapse of capitalism, a blighted dystopia, water, shared resources, local food production, Kurt Cobain and beavers. more…
SEAN FLETCHER + ISABEL REICHERT — Blow–Out Odyssey:
On Tuesday, August 10th, at 1:00pm, Sean Fletcher and Isabel Reichert performed “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. more…
On Tuesday, August 10th, at 1:00pm, Sean Fletcher and Isabel Reichert performed “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. more…
TWCDC (TOGETHER WE CAN DEFEAT CAPITALISM) — Pignapping!:
TWCDC used their repurposed 1985 Mercedes 300TD Marxist stock car that runs on waste vegetable oil “Das Vegetal” as another vehicle for getting the word out that we the people have the power to create change in all areas. On July 29, 2010 “Das Vegetal” took to the downtown streets during the lunch hour of the working masses and during busy shopping days where TWCDC operatives proclaimed into megaphones that Capitalism is indeed Over (if you want it). more…
TWCDC used their repurposed 1985 Mercedes 300TD Marxist stock car that runs on waste vegetable oil “Das Vegetal” as another vehicle for getting the word out that we the people have the power to create change in all areas. On July 29, 2010 “Das Vegetal” took to the downtown streets during the lunch hour of the working masses and during busy shopping days where TWCDC operatives proclaimed into megaphones that Capitalism is indeed Over (if you want it). more…
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PROJECTION SERIES:
B — DOMA: DO ME
From Buenos Aires, Argentina, a photonovel on How Fragile Everything Is. 3:43 min., stills and DV, lo-fi, darwinism + surrealism, y no nos debemos nada. La lucha continúa. Una fotonovela al viejo/nuevo estilo sobre Qué Frágil Es Todo. Desde Buenos Aires, 3 minutos 43 segundos de foto fija y DV, darwinismo y surrealismo. En porteño: bomba de semillas. more…
From Buenos Aires, Argentina, a photonovel on How Fragile Everything Is. 3:43 min., stills and DV, lo-fi, darwinism + surrealism, y no nos debemos nada. La lucha continúa. Una fotonovela al viejo/nuevo estilo sobre Qué Frágil Es Todo. Desde Buenos Aires, 3 minutos 43 segundos de foto fija y DV, darwinismo y surrealismo. En porteño: bomba de semillas. more…
BANTERCUT — Stupid People:
Born of the frustration and outrage over the political and social landscape of the 2004 U.S. presidential election, “Stupid People” is a tongue–in–cheek anthem celebrating freedom and community. more…
Born of the frustration and outrage over the political and social landscape of the 2004 U.S. presidential election, “Stupid People” is a tongue–in–cheek anthem celebrating freedom and community. more…
HEARTLAND PRODUCTIONS — News from the Heartland:
Heartland Productions files this report on broadcasts emanating from deep in the heart of America. Stills and audio captured from this never—before-seen footage reveals the gleeful spirit of doom lurking deep in the roots of the American psyche. more…
Heartland Productions files this report on broadcasts emanating from deep in the heart of America. Stills and audio captured from this never—before-seen footage reveals the gleeful spirit of doom lurking deep in the roots of the American psyche. more…
STEPHANIE ELLIS and SERENA WELLEN — Staging Abu Ghraib:
Staging Abu Ghraib critiques the inversion of “security” from safety to fear by appropriating the gestures of the Abu Ghraib photographs and importing them into security dramas staged here in the homeland. In this case, industrial in–between spaces become the training grounds for fantasized security situations. more…
Staging Abu Ghraib critiques the inversion of “security” from safety to fear by appropriating the gestures of the Abu Ghraib photographs and importing them into security dramas staged here in the homeland. In this case, industrial in–between spaces become the training grounds for fantasized security situations. more…
STEPHEN PARR/ODDBALL FILM+VIDEO:
Oddball contributed two film shorts to the CIO! Projection Series. Oddball Film+Video is a unique stock footage company specializing in offbeat footage. Oddball has an amazing collection of rare, entertaining, eclectic and eye–opening subjects, as well as classic archival, historical and contemporary clips. more…
Oddball contributed two film shorts to the CIO! Projection Series. Oddball Film+Video is a unique stock footage company specializing in offbeat footage. Oddball has an amazing collection of rare, entertaining, eclectic and eye–opening subjects, as well as classic archival, historical and contemporary clips. more…
PAZ DE LA CALZADA — Shopping Cart Soldiers/”M” of Mission:
Shopping Cart Soldiers
The Streets of San Francisco are full of veterans with shopping carts. We live in such an extreme capitalist system that veterans have very limited options to survive in this hostile environment. Shopping Cart Soldiers is a spray painting action that happened along one cold night in the Mission District in San Francisco. I created a stencil with the image of a shopping cart and used orange spray to delimit the territory where homeless people sleep. more…
Shopping Cart Soldiers
The Streets of San Francisco are full of veterans with shopping carts. We live in such an extreme capitalist system that veterans have very limited options to survive in this hostile environment. Shopping Cart Soldiers is a spray painting action that happened along one cold night in the Mission District in San Francisco. I created a stencil with the image of a shopping cart and used orange spray to delimit the territory where homeless people sleep. more…
VALERIE SOE — art/film/revolution:
This short experimental video centers on four quotes, from Angela Davis, Paul Robeson, Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino, and Shulamith Firestone, which link art and revolution. more…
This short experimental video centers on four quotes, from Angela Davis, Paul Robeson, Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino, and Shulamith Firestone, which link art and revolution. more…
MICHAEL ZHENG — CIO! SOTL Trailer:
The video uses a technique borrowed from sigil magic to call upon angels and demons associated with the capitalism. Through subliminal inculcation, which is surprisingly similar to advertisement, it purports to give rise to the demise of the capitalism; or the opposite, depending on what force you bring to it. more…
The video uses a technique borrowed from sigil magic to call upon angels and demons associated with the capitalism. Through subliminal inculcation, which is surprisingly similar to advertisement, it purports to give rise to the demise of the capitalism; or the opposite, depending on what force you bring to it. more…