This show opened at the FRONT ROOM gallery of Julia Walter in Amsterdam this Saturday just passed – May 03 2025, 14:00 – 18:00 – and continues on until the 15th of June.
From Julia’s statement:
Unity against threats from the extreme right is timelessly relevant, internationally. Current developments in the world make clear: the normalization of rightwing ideology demands daily resistance and a counter-mobilization to make antifascism the norm.
For the extreme right, antifascism, antiracism, feminism, environmental activism, the LGBTQIA+ movement, campaigns for social justice and climate justice, pacifism, all belong together, labeled as „unnatural egalitarianism”. Therefore the various movements have one opponent in common: the extreme right. We must stand together to support and strengthen a democratic civil society.
For this specific happening, over 80 local and international makers, established artists and designers as well as non-professionals and students gathered their strength, because each and every one of us can ensure that we are one more. All participants followed an Open Call, there was no pre-selection of the work, everyone with the urge to participate was welcome to do so.
You can expect a fantastic range of politically outspoken PINS & POSTERS in this show.
Our main goal is to spread the message. During this exhibition, PINS & POSTERS are offered based on a donation, with a minimum to cover the production costs of the individual participant.
The gallery:
Derde Kostverlorenkade 35
1054 TS Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
It’s an impressive international line-up:
In line with the theme – in which the artists were asked to produce pieces to get the message out there with minimum fuss and cost – my works are reworking badges I made for a previous event.
The ‘Vote For Pedro’ badge comes from the film Napoleon Dynamite, a hit to Gen X’ers like myself 😉 . I had a play with some versions I made a while back (to wear to a party o’course), to include some text that is important to me, specific to the two countries I have called home.
I was thinking ‘what would I wear’, and ‘what’s a fun way to present it’, so they’re a little tongue-in-cheek and impermanent, but they invite more playful exchange, which is something we’re in need of right now. Alongside treaty, diversity, equity and inclusion, obviously.