Episode 2 – Black Mask aka Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers




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Summary: Welcome back to Art & Labor! A podcast focusing on the on-going struggle to survive as an art or cultural worker. Hosted by O.K. Fox and Lucia Love. This episode we get into Black Mask aka Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers aka “The Family”, a radical anarchist group led by the artist Ben Morea. We also get into some fun little rants about Dada, The Situationists, and Warhol. Follow our Twitter for listener notes: https://twitter.com/artandlaborpod Much is pulled from the book “Art Gangs: Protest and Counterculture in New York City” by Alan W. Moore published by Autonomedia in 2011. For photos and more info check out these links: https://situationnisteblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/black-mask-issues-1-6-8-9-1966-68/ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/arts/design/the-artist-ben-morea-returns-to-the-site-of-the-revolution.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Id_5HmIok https://i.imgur.com/JRxKttl.jpg You can contact Art & Labor at artandlaborpodcast@gmail.com.