WITHREMOTE 4.0
there is an obvious trend in art and especially 'street' and 'non conventional' artforms to do anti-war or some sort of political work. now this has always always always been being done but with the recent 'operation freedom' and shit a lot more artists have focused thier content on such.
often this becomes very boring to me. not because i dont like it but because everyone jumps on it. even me, check out ers designs and see the basic military theme going on. im not saying a message there but i just think it looks cool. and all designers know this. so you tend to see who is commited and who is the jump on boards when shit gets old. people that thought they were being so daring and original see that its happening in all artforms and arent too commited to the cause and then you see them again next time some big trend comes around. and then again you see the people so devoted to the message that great work they do sometimes ends up getting passed over as being too preachy or 'yesterday'. so sad to have ethics in art i guess. that being said this site has great work and you have it all wrong in your head. dont write it off, because this site and work isnt even all about this war in other countries. read the about:
"We are at war. Every day we are assaulted with corporate ads for products they say we need. Attempts are made to brain wash the public into blind consumers. Those who fight this war fight without guns or bombs. Rather it's a visual war, a fight to reclaim public space that has been over run by advertising for generations."
ah yes. i love anti consumerism work. but this is great. the site has a medium size collection of work to look at. the multi color stencils are amazing and the selected 'war' images are choice.
me? next redesign i will most likly get rid of the guns.
Thanks for the comments. I appreciate the sentiment. As far as "jump[ing] on it", it's always a good thing to look at trends and try not to look dated. That was version 4.0, now i have v.5.0 up and it's a totally different look and feel, a reflection of my life outside my work. V.4.0 was a direct response to the corporate media hype of the invasion of Iraq, particularly FOX news (if was can really call that news).
Again, thanks, i'm glad your paying attention.
-Nate / WITHREMOTE.COM
hmm..this is quite interesting