BDS SUPERMARKET SWEEP
Anti-apartheid supermarket price tags for products covered by the BDS boycott (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions). These are Sainsbury’s (and currently Sabra) specific but I plan to make them for other supermarkets and products over the weekend and they’ll all be available to download and print from my website here.
According to the BDS website “Sabra hummus is a joint venture between PepsiCo and the Strauss Group, an Israeli food company that provides financial support to the Israeli army.”
These were inspired by Russian artist Aleksandra Skochilenko‘s interventions using supermarket price tags to spread information about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She was recently sentenced to 7 years for “knowingly spreading false information about the Russian army”.
I placed some of these yesterday, it’s surprisingly easy to do, doesn’t draw much attention and they were still up today. Since nothing is damaged or taken out of the store it’s very low risk (in the UK at least).
DON’T BE A MUG
I just had some new mugs made up featuring my Don’t Believe Everything Billionaires Tell You design. They’re £10 from my website shop.
I also have other stuff featuring the same logo such as totes, t-shirts and stickers.
XMAS GIFT GUIDE
Every outlet on earth that accepts cash for goods and services is currently emailing you a “guide” on which of their products you should buy. But my gift guide is different, because these are things I made? That’s it. That’s all I’ve got.
However, the sales of these things quite literally allows me to make the work I do. Aside from my Patreon backers, my shop is my only source of income. I don’t have a regular job and will obviously never “collaborate” with brands or advertisers. So I have to hit you all occasionally like a giant supportive pinata so I can get enough coins to buy scalpel blades and printer ink. Sorry! Thanks!
Last posting dates for 2nd class is the 18th, for 1st class it’s the 20th. I’ll be sending any last minute Special Delivery orders and closing the shop on the 21st December. Collections from the Museum of Neoliberalism can be made every day until then 11am-7pm (email me if you need an earlier or later collection as I may be here).
ANNUAL REPOST!
Back in 2005 I tried to, legitimately with permission, put up a billboard that said “Santa Gives More to Rich Kids Than Poor Kids”. When The Sun found out they contacted the billboard company and got it cancelled. This was before ‘cancel culture’ was a thing you see. But fair play to them, they did stop me from getting my evil message into the world by printing it full-colour on half a page of a national newspaper. Jokes on me.
A few months later I found another billboard company to put it up, see 2nd pic. And then I never asked another billboard company for permission ever again. Photo: @nmknmk
Xmas cards of this and a selection of other anti-Santa, Akira, and Tony Blair themed Xmas cards are available from my website shop.
ZINE FOR PATREON BACKERS
I mentioned this last email but I’m introducing a new reward for backers of my Patreon, an annual zine featuring all the work I’ve made over the last year. I’ll be printing and posting this in January so you just need to back me on Patreon before then to receive your copy.
I’m quite excited about this project as it’s a great way to collect a year’s work in something tangible and it means that in my least productive month of the year I’m able to make at least one solid thing.
Also I’ll be printing it on newsprint which I always find very pleasing!
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