The Genius of Mud: Ecological Art
Our pals at justseeds.org recently posted an interesting piece about Chicago artists who partnered with the Tamms Year Ten coalition to protest state-sanctioned torture at the supermax prison in Southern Illinois. They launched a city-wide stenciling campaign…and the medium was mud.
As the post notes, “mud-stenciling” has two main advantages: “Mud as a medium is especially sensible for artists and activists who want to work outdoors with a non-toxic substance to reach a large public audience. Moreover, city governments and law enforcement agencies have little precedence in dealing with mud stencils so there is a gray area on whether it is legal or not.”
So, any of you radical artistes out there who are looking for a new ways to reach the masses should head over to justseeds.org. Well, aside from mud-stenciling, you should check them out often, because there are always new ideas and approaches being broadcast on their site.