Artist websites:

• Jacques Louis Vidal
• Brian Bress

Jacques was also in the show we curated last fall.

Thanks to Joy Garnett for alerting me to this action two days ago at the Hart Senate Office Building. Note that it barely made the news at all except for some tiny AP stories.

I’m quoting the press release from her post:

via email:
WASHINGTON, D.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS – WE WILL NOT BE SILENT

Multiple actions occurred in the early afternoon today inside the Hart Senate Office Building. Eight New York
activists were among the 15 plus arrested.

TODAY, APRIL 26, 2007, A.R.T.* OCCUPIED THE HALLS OF CONGRESS IN A DRAMATIC TWO-PART ACTION.

First, in a massive distribution, A.R.T. hand-delivered a 20-page tabloid petition to every representative. It contained documentary evidence for indictments, literally putting impeachment back on the table.

Then, at 1PM, in a spectacular visual feat, A.R.T displayed the full text of Article II, Section 4 to the Senate as a 30-foot banner drop in the Hart Office Building atrium. A second 30-foot banner read “YOUR SILENCE YOUR LEGACY”. Organizers said, “We must magnify the refusal of Congress to uphold the Constitution. Their silence equals complicity in the flagrant crimes of this administration.”

Contact: *A.R.T. (Activist Response Team)
email: stateofemergencyaction@gmail.com

Related: A28, National Impeachment Protests

We haven’t watched the Bill Moyers show about the run-up to the Iraq War yet, but here is an amazing post from Digby about what happens to journalists who point out government and media lies about the war.

I’m a few days late. On April 21, 2002, I did my first post on bloggy. It’s about the art we bought at a White Columns benefit.

Recommended listening while you’re celebrating in your own special way: This mix by Adam Smith from ABL Radio of house, etc. from 1986-1993.

Check out my friend Stu’s The Reeler for all of your Tribeca coverage. We — I’m the tech consultant — launched the Tribeca part late last night.

Nancy Shaver, installation view

I love this show, with its mix of minimalist sculpture and cash and carry “curiosities” from her store in Hudson, NY called Henry.

Here is an image of her work I saw and wrote about in 2003.

Nancy Shaver
Yellow and Black Horizontals and Red and Green Verticals, 2002
Wooden boxes, plastic blocks, flashe, acrylic and house paint

Donna Huanca, installation view

I said earlier that I would put up some more photos on flickr of the show. Check them out.

Care about your first amendment rights? Today is a good day to show it at 4PM at City Hall. James has more details.

I’m a bad activist and can’t leave the computer today.

What a scary country this is. This is what happened at a McCain campaign stop yesterday.

Another man — wondering if an attack on Iran is in the works — wanted to know when America is going to “send an air mail message to Tehran.”

McCain began his answer by changing the words to a popular Beach Boys song. “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran,” he sang to the tune of Barbara Ann. “Iran is dedicated to the destruction of Israel. That alone should concern us but now they are trying for nuclear capabilities. I totally support the President when he says we will not allow Iran to destroy Israel.”

He stopped short of answering the actual question and did not say if he supports an invasion of Iran.

[via Huffington Post]

Update:

Here is a post with a video at TAPPED. It’s pretty funny that the person asking the question thinks there is only one country (Iran) causing all of the “troubles” in the Middle East. He probably drove an SUV to the event.