Signal. 02 : [a journal of international political graphics and culture

Alec Dunn is an illustrator and a printer who has designed book and record covers, political graphics, and punk fliers. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Josh Macphee is an artist, a curator, an activist, and the author of Paper Politics and Reproduce and Revolt . He lives in Brooklyn, New York.;Cover; Contents; Malangatana's Fire; Street Murals in the Portuguese Revolution; Selling Freedom; Cranking It Out Old School Style; Art of Rebellion; Sketches from Memory; A Heart of Concrete through Fire and Water. Signal is an ongoing book series dedicated to documenting and sharing compelling graphics, art projects, and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation struggles. Artists and cultural workers have been at the center of upheavals and revolts the world over, from the painters and poets in the Paris Commune to the poster makers and street theatre performers of the recent Occupy movement. Signal will bring these artists and their work to a new audience, digging deep through our common history to unearth their images and stories. We have no doubt that Signal will come to serve as a unique and irreplaceable resource for activist artists and academic researchers, as well as an active forum for critique of the role of art in revolution. Highlights of the second volume of Signal In the US there is a tendency to focus only on the artworks produced within our shores or from English speaking producers. Signal reaches beyond those bounds, bringing material produced the world over, translated from dozens of languages and collected from both the present and decades past. Though it is a full-color printed publication, Signal is not limited to the graphic arts. Within its pages you will find political posters and fine arts, comics and murals, street art, site-specific works, zines, art collectives, documentation of performance and articles on the often overlooked but essential role all of these have played in struggles around the world.

This installment of the Signal series features artwork inspired by anarchist movements in Japan, U.S. promotional posters from the 1910s, Mexican street art, revolutionary murals from 1970s Portugal, and much more. The series is dedicated to documenting the compelling graphics, art projects, and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation struggles. Readers will be inspired by not only fine and graphic arts but also political posters, comics, magazines, documentation of performances, and articles on the often overlooked but essential role these works have played in struggles around the world. Art and politics come together in this unique blend of media from across the globe.

This installment of the Signal series features artwork inspired by anarchist movements in Japan, U.S. promotional posters from the 1910s, Mexican street art, revolutionary murals from 1970s Portugal, and much more. The series is dedicated to documenting the compelling graphics, art projects, and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation struggles. Readers will be inspired by not only fine and graphic arts but also political posters, comics, magazines, documentation of performances, and articles on the often overlooked but essential role these works have played in struggles around the world. Art and politics come together in this unique blend of media from across the globe Annotation Signal is an ongoing book series dedicated to documenting and sharing compelling graphics, art projects and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation struggles. Artists and cultural workers have been at the centre of upheavals and revolts the world over, from the painters and poets in the Paris Commune to the poster makers and street theatre performers of the recent counter-globalisation movement An installment of a series which is dedicated to documenting the compelling graphics, art projects and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation struggles features artwork inspired by anarchist movements in Japan, U.S. promotional posters from the 1910s, Mexican street art, and more. Original. Cover 1 Contents 4 Malangatana’s Fire 8 Street Murals in the Portuguese Revolution 30 Selling Freedom 52 Cranking It Out Old School Style 71 Art of Rebellion 88 Sketches from Memory 111 A Heart of Concrete through Fire and Water 144