Banksy Does New York (2014)

Trailer to  Banksy Does New York (2014) by Chris Moukarbel. The documentary gives a perspective on the project Better Out Than In that B...

Republic of Outsiders – Alissa Quart (2013)

Published by Strand Bookstore, Sep 11, 2013 This video is an interesting interview where Alissa Quart talks about why and how she wrote:...

Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy (2010)

Exit through the Gift Shop (2010) by Banksy  is a V-Movie in the sense that it presents art as any other kind of product. This protest i...

The Goa Mix – Paul Oakenfold (1994)

The Goa Mix by DJ Paul Oakenfold 's is a legendary mix broadcast on BBC's Essential Mix , official site , in 1994. Down b...

Art Dissolves Taboos – Stephen Sackur speaks to Shurooq Amin

Stephen Sackur, HARDtalk , speaks to the Kuwaiti painter and poet Shurooq Amin. First broadcast: Nov 17, 2014. Regarding topics in th...

Malachite – Lydia Ainsworth (2014)

Lydia Ainsworth, Somewhere between serenity and terror lies the work of pop experimentalist Lydia Ainsworth . She talks about being inspire...

Right Now – The Context to: The ongoing and almost hidden Revolution, Russell Brand, The Million Masks March, The Crisis of Trust, Art and the Fucking WALL that is Exposed under the Melting Ice

Million Masks March - #MMM on Twitter The Economist explains how Guy Fawkes became the face of post-modern protest http://t.co/vTqTScN...

The Wall – Pink Floyd (1979)

Down below is a quote by Roger Waters . The co-founder of the group  Pink Floyd  talked about  The Wall Tour and  The Wall . Redemption ...

Hello Frustration – Wimps (2013)

Animation by Matt Nyce The final lines in Hello Frustration:    Take your nervous habits where wherever you go hold them close and you will...

The Matrix (1999)

At the beginning of the movie Morpheus tells the hero, Neo, about the situation in the world: Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere, it ...

Not Dark Yet – Bob Dylan (1997)

... Feel like my soul has turned into steel ... There’s not even room enough to be  anywhere It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there … I k...

The Conformist – Bernardo Bertolucci (1970)

Protests against the established values and ideas are today focused on for example whistleblowers and activities made famous by Wikileaks an...

Citizenfour (2014)

   Citizenfour   is a documentary directed by Laura Poitras about  Edward Snowden and the mass surveillance he disclosed in 2013. Wat...

Kill the Messenger (2014)

Kill the Messenger (2014)   is based on a book that disclosed a part of the Iran–Contra affair written by Gary Webb (1955–2004) :   Dark...

Fixurlifeup – Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL (2013)

Fixurlifeup by Prince and 3RDEYEGIRL , published 2013. Also on Prince's album Plectrumelectrum (2014).    When you’re just another br...

Banksy removed – Questions must be eliminated

It appears that the elimination of this  Banksy mural is an explicit illustration of what must happen to art that is not comforting; a defi...

The War on Drugs Defines the Meaning of Art

An outstanding article about an extraordinary band, by David Bevan on Pitchfork, Sept 23, 2014: Inside Man: How the War on Drugs' Adam G...

The Guardian Launch a Neo-Stalinist Art Theory

The Guardian, the British newspaper, that presented Edward Snowden for the world and that in every way tries to give us a facade of democra...

The Riot Club (2014)

From the movie  The Riot Club :  I'm sick to death of poor people! Directed by  Lone Scherfig  and based on the play  Posh  (2010) ...

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Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)

The activities of Pussy Riot does not only concern Russia. Pussy Riot puts the relations between Religion, The State and Art in focus. Th...

Only A Pawn In Their Game – Bob Dylan (1964)

The assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers , of which Bob Dylan sings, took place in 1963. Over 50 years later the song is st...

HitchBOT – A Hitchhiking Robot

HitchBOT: "Just remember I'm a product of human imagination." By CBC News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation HitchBOT, Twitter...

V for Vendetta (2005)

From The Revolutionary Speech by V … Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, ...

Normal Person – Arcade Fire (2013)

The song Normal Person (Reflektor, 2013) says a lot about what we seem unable to talk about.   Is anything as strange as a normal person? Is...

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

“Growing up, I slowly had this process of realizing that all of these things around me that people had told me were just the natural way...

The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel (1964)

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (1965?) Simon & Garfunkel present their song with these words: “This is about the inabilit...

Easy Rider (1969)

"If there's a single film that sums up US counterculture dreams and disillusionment, it has to be 1969 road movie Easy Rider.&quo...

The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)

Get to know the lies and you will find a common pattern. The big wall consists of that we believe that there are ”natural” limits for our ...

Society is my Friend – Kurt Vile (2011)

Kurt Vile & The Violaters, live at The Forum, London, Dec 6, 2012 Society Is My Friend starts at 5.03 min. Studio version    Society is ...

The Trial (1962 and 1993)

Trailer: The Trial (1962) Trailer: The Trial (1993) K cannot avoid being trapped in a life where bureaucracy is the only reality. S...

War Pigs – Black Sabbath (1970)

making war just for fun treating people just like pawns in chess wait 'til their judgement day comes    Black Sabbath, Wikipedia...

The Emperor's New Clothes (1837)

The emperor's new clothes are sewn with what is said to be the most beautiful thread there ever was, though it will appear invisibl...