new work and some upcoming exhibitions

APARTHEID APARTMENTS

In a couple of weeks I’m opening my first shop-based art installation since Pocket Money Loans, up in Doncaster at the Art Bomb Hub. The show runs from the 17th May-2nd July and is viewable 24 hours a day. The opening will be on the evening of the 16th.

PRIVATISATION DOES IT AGAIN

A quick, slightly unnerving addition to some local roadworks.

HUMAN RIGHTS AND WRONGS

🏳️‍⚧️ Solidarity with trans people forever 🏳️‍⚧️
Fuck the Labour Party. And the EHRC is a joke, its current head was put in place by Liz Truss purely to ramp up persecution of trans people, and Starmer is content to keep it that way.

The author Séamas O’Reilly wrote a great article in response to the SC ruling/EHRC guidance and I agree with every word:

“Despite being around 0.5% of the population, trans people have spent the past decade being attacked in one of the most flagrant moral panics ever perpetrated on the British public.

Spread in the name of a “feminism” centred on a small, committed group of active transphobes backed by the entire might of British politics and media, including every misogynist you can name; either because they share this gut-level hatred of trans folks, or simply because it serves their political interests to heap sadism on a vulnerable minority, instead of addressing the multiple overlapping crises that face the British public, and in which they are directly complicit.

The only way any of the absurdities of this ruling make sense, is if its aims are exactly what they appear to be: A punitive attack on the rights and dignity of trans people divorced from any real-world concern about safety or women’s rights, designed to demoralise and punish them simply for the crime of existing.

This, despite the abundant and obvious evidence that it will lead to more harm and distress for all British women, cis or trans, as a consequence. We must surmise that the pain and humiliation of all people is worth it, so long as trans people feel it most fiercely.

This is the world view of the people popping champagne outside the courts, or cackling with glee on their superyachts, rejoicing as Keir Starmer says “trans women are men” while demanding he roll back trans rights even further, and apologise for ever advocating for them in the first place.

The same people who’ve so thoroughly debased this debate that sensible moderates can profess nothing but mealy-mouthed agreement alongside quiet calls for “calm” and “dignity”, without realising this is offering us a choice between those who light cigars as they legislate trans people out of the public square, and those who say they’re awfully sorry while they do the same.”

COMPETITION

The wonderful Chris Packham is running a petition right now calling on the UK government to enact a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship, its currently at 70k signatures, but needs to hit 100,000 before the 12th of May in order to trigger a debate in Parliament.

Adfree Cities and Badvertising are helping promote the petition and I’ve donated 10 prints of my recent anti-BP poster to be given away to anyone who signs it. To enter the competition just follow this link, sign the petition and then forward your confirmation email to [email protected] and the 10 winners will be contacted after the petition closes.

GLASTONBURY + LAMBETH COUNTRY SHOW

The Hell Bus will be coming back to London for the FREE and VERY GOOD Lambeth Country Show, 7th-8th June. It’ll be parked up next to my good friends Adfree Cities’ brand new installation “Digital Dystopia“ so get a look at that while you’re at it too.

After that the bus will be returning to Glastonbury, but changing location this year to the Greenpeace field where I’m also going to be installing a NEW MUSEUM with Gavin Grindon you will know as my co-curator from the Museum of Neoliberalism.

This museum will be in the old BEAM installation at the back of the Greenpeace field and is called The Apocalypse Museum (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Disobeying). More details about that next time!

All of which reminds me that the the Hell Bus’ annual bills for MOT and insurance is on the horizon which is a giant recurring headache. You can help me cover those costs by getting a copy of my Hell Bus book or any of my Hell related merch, there’s also a little crowdfunder, all of which goes towards keeping this thing on the road for another year. Thank you!

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DEFINITELY NOT PISS

My favourite ever mug, the Not Piss mugs are now back in stock, with a new addition
of a little Spelling Mistakes logo on the bottom. You can order one here.

2024 + 2023 ZINES

As a thanks to my Patreon backers I send them all an exclusive annual zine documenting all the work this support has helped me make through the year.