ADBUSTING & CULTURE JAMMING

“Captain Cook - The Coming of the White Man to the South Pacific” This counter cultural image of Captain Cook is in the vein of the biting social, political and historical commentary of traditional pictorial Mexican art. The macabre iconography of the Day of the Dead (skulls, skelletons) presents an opportunity for anti-establishment political and social opinions to be expressed - often via dark, satirical visual humour. Provocative, often burlesque, vibrant graphic and folk art images of animated skeletons and skulls serve to mock politicians, ridicule the wealthy and bourgeois for their excesses and vanity, deride the powerful and corrupt, and caricature the pretentious - providing biting commentary on a wide range of human foibles often in a grotesque carnival-like style.

Sydney Morning Herald: "Security teams wearing riot helmets and wielding plastic shields marched around a Foxconn factory in northern China in a sign that tensions remain high after a fight between 2000 workers halted production."  Appalling labour conditions and Mcwages in Chinese Apple plants may well be on the way to NZ & Australia if the TPP "free trade" deal is signed. Meanwhile, mindless repeat Apple consumers please note that you support this behaviour - the legacy of Apple founder Steve 'Robs'.

British American Tobacco executive Steve Rush speaking against plain packaging of tobacco.....read how the tobacco killers are running scared from the recent ruling in Australia in support of plain packaging: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10828837  BAT - licensed to kill Hey kids - smoking makes you look cool - right? Remember - these things are not called "coffin nails" for no reason.