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t to d

efine

politic

al ar

t. Vie

ws on w

hat m

akes

art p

olitic

al ca

n range fr

om th

e

idea t

hat al

l art

is polit

ical

(i.e

. it

either i

mplic

itly

supports

or

explic

itly

opposes t

he stat

us q

uo)

to p

ointin

g out

, for e

xam

ple, th

e

obvious

ly p

olitic

al m

ural

s on

walls

aroun

d Belfa

st. A

s a

way o

f nar

rowin

g the fo

rmer

and b

road

ening th

e atte

r I

suggest

here a

view

of p

olitic

al a

rt th

at u

ses t

hree ca

tegorie

s:

Portr

ayal

, Pro

motio

n, or P

roje

ctio

n.

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Undergraduate and graduate students identified, researched,

and tackled these challenges with

unique, sustainable solutions. All

the Student teams were asked to

consider involving all the big communities in devising the solution to the problems at hand.

In partnership with GOOD Magazine, the Academy of Arts

University’s School of Graphics

Design mobilized its students to

deploy design to address real problems within the city of London, England.

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the perfect fusion of country and urban inspiration

There were boat trips, fishing, clay ovens, home brew, bell tents, camp fires, songs, and of course lots and lots of painting. of objects that which got 'prettied up'.

From the street art collections that d

on the office walls, to

the dood

le-jams that took p

lace in our old skate shop

sp

awning

the brand

we have tod

ay, we have alw

ays had an

affinity with street art and

the culture in which it exists.

Providing

constant inspiration for t-shirt and

grap

hic d

esigns, street art has help

ed d

evelop Sup

remeb

eing into a

full fledg

ed clothing

brand

well know

n for its use of colour.

Our collab

oration t-shirts allow us to g

ive a nod to artists

and creatives that w

e are feeling at the m

oment and

who w

e see w

ill add

that extra special touch to our g

raphic

collection for the season. TWC

P will b

ecome the g

allery for all collab

oration t-shirts as well as g

iving us the p

latform to

release mid

-season collabs and

one-off desig

ns.

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The first event dub

bed

'CanJam

' was located

in a disused

w

arehouse that backs onto the river (om

itted). Surround

ed

by g

ardens and

wild

life, the location provid

ed the p

erfect fusion of urb

an and country insp

iration. There were b

oat trip

s, fishing, clay ovens, home b

rew, b

ell tents, camp

fires, song

s, and of course lots and

lots of painting. Som

e of the rand

om ob

jects that got p

ainted includ

ed rusty 60's

med

icine signs, car p

arts, authentic wartim

e helmets, am

mo

boxes, an entire office. A

ll of which g

ot 'prettied

up'

We see the events as op

portunities for und

isturbed

creativity w

ith like mind

ed p

eople. It's exciting

that for some

of these guys it is a real step

outside w

hat they are used to,

and yet in such a com

fortable and

familiar head

space.

Unfortunately these jam

s are yet to be op

en to the pub

lic, and

invites are a rare and soug

ht after comm

odity (hence

the legend

ary artist line up). H

owever there are of course

some fresh T-Shirt d

esigns that cam

e from the p

roject for the lucky few

that get their hand

s on them.

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