http://wetheblog.org/ In Order to Form a More Artistic Union! en-us 2005-02-03T22:24:50-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000124.html How gently and quietly he smiles How tenderly he opens his eyes Do you see it, friends? Don't you see? high-rez video How he shines ever more brightly Encircled by stars Lifting him up Don't you see it?... Freedom of Speech Randall 2005-02-03T22:24:50-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000123.html As a bone-chilling drizzle fell on Washington, D.C., George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States, surrounded by both his strongest supporters and his most embittered detractors. In the crowd, Texans, many conspicuous in... National Insecurity jeff 2005-01-16T10:07:54-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000122.html This line was spoken by the mother who lost her son to the war in Iraq in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. The most horrifying aspect of the current political situation in America, is that a nation of voters re-elected George... Freedom of Speech Randall 2004-12-24T13:01:19-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000121.html Matters have exceeded all bounds... when the artist moves to ask for his rights, security agencies cannot stop him.... Freedom of Speech Randall 2004-12-17T11:38:23-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000120.html Can the artist save the world? Our mission is clear: We must travel to the ends of the earth to prevent world annihilation; we will deliver a message of reconciliation to oppressed peoples; we will subvert the leading platforms of... Meaning of Existence Randall 2004-12-11T12:46:07-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000117.html Cost of the War in Iraq (JavaScript Error) To see more details, click here. inc_totals_at_rate(100);... Coping with Reality jeff 2004-12-05T14:26:47-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000115.html BBC Retracts Bhopal Story (Quicktime, 3.4 MB) Yesterday, on the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, I received the following email, ostensively from Dow Chemical's media relations department. It seemed to be counteracting a hoax that said the company... Corporate Control of Media jeff 2004-12-04T09:14:53-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000119.html In the coming political season, we will need to improve our tactics to defend ourselves against the rising tide of national insecurity, these tactics must not be limited to the confines of the art world, they must extend into the... National Insecurity Randall 2004-11-15T11:02:44-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000118.html The Election is over. It is time to move on. Clearly, we need to invent new 21st century tactics for experimental social research to awaken the disenfranchised through acts of artistic mediation. We conducted an anthropological experiment at the Black... Meaning of Existence Randall 2004-11-05T19:06:35-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000114.html My Fellow Americans and World Citizens, I have been asked to use this time to concede victory to the present Republican administration, to accept the rampant suppression of the vote, to trust in the electronic voting machines that leave... Freedom of Speech abegolam 2004-11-05T11:21:59-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000113.html The end is near... Kerry will yield Ohio... and we are doomed to four more years of Bush, except this time, he will have been elected to office. Everything George W. Bush stands for flys in the face of a... Randall 2004-11-03T09:29:41-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000112.html Election Night Remix Featuring Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid Media Deconstruction Kit (MDK) / Randall Packer Video Syndicate + Noskilz / Robin Bell Tuesday, November 2nd, 8:30 pm Black Cat 1811 14th St. NW Washington, DC 202-667-7960... Randall 2004-11-01T07:48:46-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000111.html Jenny Holzer's act of artistic mediation in the Nation's Capital. A Xenon projection at 1515 14th St., brought to Washington, DC by Andrea Pollan and Giorgio Furioso.... Future of Democracy Randall 2004-11-01T07:35:20-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000110.html It's looking bad. With six days to go before the election, George Bush has locked up most of the "red" states and is now closing in on the "blue" states. Despite the fact that he is losing the battle on... Randall 2004-10-28T04:55:27-05:00 http://wetheblog.org/archive/000109.html I am an artist: an information provider and interpreter. I am part of a group of people who are masters of the search, often drawing on intuition and practice to reveal the ambiguous and the inexplicable. As an artist... Future of Democracy jeff 2004-10-27T21:51:46-05:00