Monthly Archives: May 2012

From Wall Street To Your Street

Written by . Posted on 23/05/2012. Filed under Ethical Spectacle, Street Intervention. Tagged , . No comments.
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Recently 25 life-size figures appeared in front of the Deutsche Bank branch at Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. The cut-out figures were cardboard ‘clones’ of Occupy activists from around the world. In October 2011 two designers from Berlin visited Occupy Wall Street, Occupy DC and Occupy London to meet occupiers and take their photos. “The protests of the [...]

Inspire A Generation!

Written by . Posted on 19/05/2012. Filed under Hoax, Performance, Subvertisment. Tagged , , . No comments.
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  We interrupt this blog, to give you a special Olympic welcome from Signs Of Revolt Exhibitors, The Space Hijackers- “In the summer of 2012 the eyes of the world will be on London as the best gather from around the globe. The Olympics, Para Olympics and Cultural Olympiad have set the stage for a [...]

Fake Tan

Written by . Posted on 19/05/2012. Filed under Street Intervention. Tagged , , , . No comments.
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A Hamburg street artist is adding a Photoshop toolbar to the ubiquitous new H&M outdoor swimwear ads, the ads had already been criticized for the ads by the Swedish Cancer Society for using a too-tan model, but this great simple intervention shows what was really responsible! via: http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/hm-bikini-posters-get-nicely-adbusted-by-street-a

Make Some Beautiful Trouble

Written by . Posted on 19/05/2012. Filed under Book. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
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This is a great new book from the States, ideal for anyone wanting a handy guide to the ‘how-to’ of creative activism and protest. But that’s what we here at Signs Of Revolt say, this is what they say… “From the Arab Spring to the American Fall and beyond, a new global people’s movement is [...]

Under The Paving Stones…

Written by . Posted on 09/05/2012. Filed under Ethical Spectacle, Performance, Street Intervention. Tagged , , . No comments.
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On the 25th revolutionary 1st of May demonstration in Berlin-Kreuzberg, protesters were throwing huge inflatable cobblestones, made of silver-reflective foil and tape.