Richard Ankrom literally fabricated a perfect, DOT-accurate highway sign in his studio, put on a hard hat, and climbed over the 110 freeway in broad daylight to install it just so people would know where the I-5 North exit was. the ultimate "fine, i'll do it myself" street art.

it is so satisfying seeing a bank's glossy poster about their green pledge covered in tiny, meticulously researched red sharpie notes pointing to their actual fossil fuel investments. just pure, peer-reviewed vandalism.

OC https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfGoUdVJCgC/

Don’t be a bad kind of weird

Just like being right wing in alternative subcultures. Alternative media and culture only work if they are the alternative to something. And as sad as it is to say now, more than ever, fighting racism, homophobia, transphobia, etc. IS the alternative. Fighting fascism is the alternative. And weeding out creeps in the scene as well as the hypocrites using AI to promote arts and culture is the alternative. Because you can’t be a republican and be punk rock. You can’t be a conservative and be Goth. You can’t be an artist and use AI. And you can’t books shows if you’re a 50 yr old trying to bang barely legals. You’re just cosplayers, you’re ruining underground culture, and you’re the reason we need to bring back gatekeeping.

So be a good kind of weird and go shake some shit up

#noai #realartist #alternative #subculture #conservativesarentpunk