OccuÂpy Wall Street and the globÂal OccuÂpy MoveÂment have inspired some strikÂing artÂwork. GraphÂic artists from around the world (includÂing ShepÂard Fairey menÂtioned here earÂliÂer today) have conÂtributed their talÂents to the moveÂment. Many of their posters are availÂable for free or at low cost, either directÂly from the artist or through orgaÂniÂzaÂtions like Occuprint and OccuÂpyÂToÂgethÂer. You can post them in your town.
New YorkÂer covÂer artist and book illusÂtraÂtor Eric DrookÂer has creÂatÂed sevÂerÂal beauÂtiÂful posters, includÂing the one above. You can downÂload a high-resÂoÂluÂtion copy suitÂable for printÂing at OccupyTogether.org.
The notÂed Los AngeÂles graphÂic artist, carÂtoonÂist and radio perÂsonÂalÂiÂty Lalo Alcaraz creÂatÂed this parÂoÂdy of the topÂpling of the SadÂdam HusÂsein statÂue in BaghÂdad for OccuÂpy Los AngeÂles. In a mesÂsage on his webÂsite, Alcaraz invites peoÂple to disÂtribÂute the image.
AlexanÂdra ClotÂfelÂter is a stuÂdent of adverÂtisÂing design and illusÂtraÂtion at the SavanÂnah ColÂlege of Art and Design in GeorÂgia. Since donatÂing her design, “The BeginÂning is Near,” to Occuprint.org, it has become one of the most popÂuÂlar posters to emerge from the moveÂment. In response to requests, ClotÂfelÂter is offerÂing a high-qualÂiÂty Giclee print for sale, with a porÂtion of the profÂits going to supÂport OccuprintÂ’s project of disÂtribÂutÂing free posters worldÂwide.
In this poster, ZucotÂti Park is porÂtrayed as the “Tip of the IceÂberg.” Indeed, the OccuÂpy moveÂment extends to places like Lawrence, Kansas, where muralÂist, printÂmakÂer and writer Dave LoewenÂstein is based. LoewenÂstein’s design is availÂable for free at Occuprint.org.
Poster artist Rich Black of BerkeÂley, CalÂiÂforÂnia creÂatÂed this image for OccuÂpy OakÂland. It’s availÂable for free downÂload at Occuprint.org.
To see a variÂety of OccuÂpy posters by othÂer artists (and to downÂload them for free) you can visÂit Occuprint.org and OccupyTogether.org.
And don’t miss our post earÂliÂer today: ShepÂard Fairey Caves In, RevisÂes OccuÂpy Wall Street Poster.
Not a fan of the Fairey print, but these I love. KotÂtke (I think) comÂmentÂed once that the “Inside the Loop” movie poster recalled the way movie posters used to look in the GoldÂen Age of HolÂlyÂwood — simÂple, schematÂic with a clear mesÂsage. Maybe someÂone in the OWS moveÂment is also a fan of that aesÂthetÂic.
PerÂhaps the “occuÂpiers” could come up with some cogent polÂiÂcy proÂposÂals. (“I am angry because that guy has more than me” doesÂn’t cut it.) When they accomÂplish that, they might be able to creÂate some posters that actuÂalÂly conÂvey a mesÂsage.
Love all of the posters!!
@Hanoch the OWS moveÂment isn’t “angry because that guy has more than me”. We are angry because of the way these guys got what they have! I got the mesÂsage the first day! I don’t underÂstand how some peoÂple don’t get this. Maybe some want to just act like they don’t get it!
Well spoÂken, SolÂiÂdarÂiÂtyÂDrivÂen. “Cogent polÂiÂcy proÂposÂals…” Hmmm. How about an examÂple? How about the colÂlege debt rackÂet? The way the curÂrent sysÂtem runs, you can’t expect to realÂly get anyÂwhere withÂout that colÂlege degree the are more often than not paid for by FredÂdie Mac or FanÂnie Mae at 8% while they the USG sells the loan to these THUGS at 1%. Oh and by the way, if you get in over your head? You can’t be bailed out like cerÂtain 1% ForÂtune 500 companies…Funny how belÂly up comÂpaÂnies claim the rights and civilÂiÂty of peoÂple and thus can claim bankÂruptÂcy, but a stuÂdent who gets caught in a mess of debt? SorÂry, charÂlie.
No, nobody forced the stuÂdent to take on the debt. That’s true…until you are two years in to colÂlege and you HAVE to pay for the rest if you want to finÂish.
http://abovethelaw.com/2010/09/the-student-loan-racket-now-in-one-easy-to-understand-graphic/
SolÂiÂdarÂiÂty, uniÂty, trust, and loyÂalÂty joined to the conÂvicÂtion of the truth and jusÂtice of this cause will keep it alive. We mustÂn’t perÂmit the forces of cynÂiÂcism or powÂerÂlessÂness underÂmine what has revealed itself as the true spirÂit of the peoÂple, not only of this nation, but of the world in one cause. FairÂness and jusÂtice will bring the peace we’ve sought vainÂly in force.
@SolidarityDriven: I do not subÂscribe to despisÂing othÂers because they have more than I. Whether an indiÂvidÂual is worÂthy of conÂtempt has nothÂing to do with his or her wealth. Many who curÂrentÂly fall withÂin the top 1% in annuÂal income — and that group is fluÂid and changes conÂstantÂly — are hard workÂing and admirable peoÂple. That includes peoÂple who work in finance. IronÂiÂcalÂly, the type of hate-filled and irreÂsponÂsiÂble lanÂguage you use to baseÂlessÂly blanÂket entire groups of peoÂple with immoral conÂduct is exactÂly the way the real thugs in “jackÂboots” have caused so much misÂery throughÂout hisÂtoÂry.
@hanoch agreed not everyÂone should be paintÂed with the same brush. So let those prinÂciÂpled 1%er stand up and use their influÂence to bring human rights and social inequalÂiÂty to the foreÂfront of what has become a vioÂlent and unfriendÂly cycle of poverÂty for too many.
@Morgan: I’ve got a betÂter idea. How about 100% of us stand up and use the resources we have to make the world a more decent place. One place to start would be to stop worÂryÂing about what the othÂer guy is or is not doing, and worÂry about what we are doing. ImagÂine if all the peoÂple wastÂing their time “protestÂing” actuÂalÂly woke up in the mornÂing and decidÂed they were going to use that time to actuÂalÂly do someÂthing posÂiÂtive for someÂone else.
Hanoch, you are a useÂful idiot.
The only way you can actuÂalÂly conÂvince anyÂone to “use the resources we have to make the world a more decent place.”
is through protest. Protest aimed at those who conÂtrol the resources and the sysÂtem.
You’ve tied yourÂself in a neat cirÂcuÂlar knot, simÂply by sayÂing your protest is 1% difÂferÂent from theirs means nothÂing.
@Hanoch,
I think some of the probÂlem is the peoÂple who think they are part of the 1% and feel they are being attacked by the 99%. In realÂiÂty unless you own like 10 homes, have a wareÂhouse full of cars, a bank account in the bilÂlions you are misÂunÂderÂstandÂing the batÂtle that is being fought and feelÂing wrongÂfulÂly offendÂed. It is almost unfathÂomable to underÂstand being THAT wealthy. Those RealÂly RealÂly wealthy groups of peoÂple that conÂtrol the wealth play monopÂoly with all of us, includÂing you. They pockÂet the monÂey of hardÂworkÂing AmerÂiÂcans (mostÂly 99%ers) and disÂtribÂute it not. They encourÂage us and expect us to spend our monÂey for capÂiÂtalisms sake, howÂevÂer the wealth they have attained stays put, not being put fairÂly into the marÂket and in fact many loopÂholes are creÂatÂed so they don’t have to pay ample taxÂes, fees, and othÂer fair perÂcentÂage of their monÂey to go into the mainÂteÂnance of our counÂtry-whatÂevÂer that might be. This protest is about fairÂness, equalÂiÂty, jusÂtice, and no one comÂpaÂny or perÂson being above the laws of the peoÂple.