Capitalist Globalization is no longer an evil threat, but a dark reality in the 21st century.
Multinational companies condition the consuming masses with lies, deception and manipulation in the forms of advertising tricks and fetishized logos.
These mega-corporations have infiltrated the world's governments, created legislation in their favor, and become global superpowers.
Today, this misappropriation of authority has dealt us states of international conflict, a plundering of nature and its resources, imbalances in the global economy, and a tangled web of disinformation.
MARK OF THE BEAST is a traveling art exhibit that serves as a conscious happening in each city it reaches, aimed directly at the issues of consumerism and alternative globalization.
Curated by Los Angeles-based artist Brandy Flower, the show exposes, in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, current issues of corporate manipulation in our society. The exhibit features more than 200 altered, yet recognizable logos of companies ranging from McDonald’s to Chevron, Gap to Mastercard, with each logo “spoof” depicting the corporation’s fundamental ills.
MARK OF THE BEAST launched in April 2005 to a crowd of more than 500 guests at the Transport Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles. As part of the one-night event, guests were encouraged to bring items of clothing to be silkscreened on-site for FREE, arming them with their own protest statements of the brazen, altered logos found in the exhibit.
On that night, without entering the gallery or viewing any of the art, the Los Angeles Police Department shut down the debut of MARK OF THE BEAST based on a single phone complaint that the work was offensive and aggressive.
This clear violation of First Amendment rights has been downplayed and virtually overlooked by all media sources.
MARK OF THE BEAST made its way to Mammoth Lakes in January 2006 and will return to Los Angeles this Fall. The 64-page catalog documenting the show's work and events is available on the website.
End censorship and political bigotry on MySpace! Open up the Debates! MySpace & Commission on Presidential Debates partnered up on Aug. 6th to exclude all independent candidates.
If you're mad as hell and don't know what to do about it...
Protest Myspace!
Join local Nader/Gonzalez supporters and other independent voters -
Weds. Aug. 27th @ 11:30 AM MySpace headquarters 407 N. Maple Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90210
meet up at Beverly Blvd & Santa Monica bring signs, your friends and demand Open Debates! contact: paulsamaras@votenader.org 909/896-6210
lmao i know i have been ditching allot of classes for dentist app and doctors but sleep also, man i hope i get out of this term alive. what happened about ur Financial Aid thing? least i been making some side money though, filling out those surveys online, giving my opinions n stuff. it aint been doing too bad, bout an extra 200 bucks or so a week, and the work is pretty easy, just like answering questions and giving my opinions on different things. heh, i just finished one, and it was about what freakin toothpaste do i like to use, lol. anyways, you should try it, and lemme know how it does for yah. i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
OTH005 Factor The Chandelier EP (7" picture disc) With Awol One, Ceschi, The Gaff, Josh Martinez, Myka9 and Sadat X Limited to 500 copies Artwork provided by Almyum Available @ http://www. myspace. com/othrecordings via pay pal In stores 6/17/08
