It’s election campaign season again in Tokyo. If you’re on the ground in Japan’s capital, you can’t help but know … More
Tag: politics
OH, MEMETIC WORLD: THOUGHTS ON THE A.I.-GENERATED TRUMP ARREST MEME!
Well, well, well, if it isn’t the latest internet sensation: hyper photo-realistic A.I.-generated image memes of former President Trump being … More
ICONIC: IMAGE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH AT HUSBAND’S FUNERAL SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT MONARCH IN THE PANDEMIC ERA!
Prince Philip, a.k.a., the Duke of Edinburgh, and husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, past away last week. There was … More
EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: ENOUGH WITH THE BUNDLED-UP BERNIE MEME ALREADY!
It was brilliant and funny for the first 24 -48 hours. The meme of U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate … More
NAILED IT!: GERMAN MAGAZINE DER SPIEGEL’S UNCANNILY PREDICTIVE COVERS OF TRUMP AND THE WASHINGTON CAPITOL RIOT!
Like many news magazines around the world, the highly-respected weekly German news magazine Der Spiegal has over the past five … More
FINALLY! NEWS OF TRUMP DEFEAT AS ANNOUNCED BY NEWSPAPERS AROUND THE WORLD!
We woke to the news this Saturday morning that the U.S. presidential election result finally has been called in favor … More
ZEITGEISTY: STREET ART REFLECTS COVID PANDEMIC AND BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS
With urban architectural surfaces an almost always available canvas for street art and graffiti art, new artwork can emerge quickly … More
COOL: BIDEN FRIDGE OR TRUMP FRIDGE? TAKE THE PHOTO QUIZ!
Is it possible to discern which U.S. Presidential candidate an American voter supports by merely looking at the contents of … More
SIGNS OF THE TIMES, VOL. 05: DIY “BLACK LIVES MATTER” SIGNS
We spotted this “Black Lives Matter” sign on the back of a van along Sunset Blvd. in Brentwood, a leafy … More
POLITICAL BORDERS: THE AESTHETICS OF GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION
The New York Times has just published a fascinating article titled “Eight Ways to Build a Border Wall” that looks … More
Shepard Fairey Does Ronald Reagan
The ever-gentrifying Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles is home to lots of large-scale street art, including this classic Shepard … More
“Deface This” Trump Street Art
These repeated black-and-white “Deface This” and “Not Norml” (sic) posters of new U.S. President Donald Trump are funny political commentary … More
Funny Anti-Trump Guerrilla Ad Campaign in New York
AdWeek is reporting on a series of funny anti-Trump outdoor ads have been popping up on bus-stop billboards around New … More
“No Fukushima on the Hudson”
This anti-nuke energy protest banner draped from a building in downtown New York City speaks for itself.
City Life … On the Scene at a Chinatown Protest in NYC
We stumbled upon this political-labor protest this morning outside the Grand Street subway station in Chinatown while on our way … More