Join our Swing State Postering Project

Jessica Clark

The evening of November 1, Punk Planet will join forces with The Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Clamor, In These Times, and artists, activists, and volunteers throughout the U.S. to present a national night of swing-state postering, an election eve celebration of artistic activism. We are concentrating our efforts around polling places in OH, WI, PA and FL. Poster-hangers, artists, printers, and financial donations (to offset mailing, printing, and materials costs) in these states and others are urgently needed. We can provide some posters to the interested from participating artists like Robbie Conal, Jay Ryan, Emek, Frank Kozik, Geoff Peveto, and Kathleen Judge. We will also provide an online database of works for download at this site soon. To join the informational mailing list or for questions, please send an e-mail to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l.substring(0, 1) == ' ') output += "&#"+unescape(l.substring(1))+";"; else output += unescape(l); } document.getElementById('eeEncEmail_1qLGYKqjyX').innerHTML = output; //]]> . To volunteer, please let us know the following: -- Where you will be the night of November 1. -- If you want to take create a poster or just help hang. -- If you want to act as a ???team leader??? (coordinate rides, receive posters, work with volunteer hangers). -- If you can provide a financial contribution, printing facilities, transportation, cookies, or anything else that will help make this night a success. If you want to send posters to be distributed to the swing states, please send a batch of them (include 5 extra copies for the archives) NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 15TH to: Swing State Postering Project / Punk Planet 4229 North Honore Street Chicago, Ilinois 60613 NOTE: This event is being organized in conjunction with In These Times' Cirque du Politique and Presidential Rogues Gallery.

Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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