In collaboration with many others, I designed this graphic to be used as one of many posters for the September 25, 2008 protests against the proposed $700 million dollar government bailout of Wall Street.

Symtomatic of the widespread anger over government's sympathies to Wall Street over Main Street, the protest was suggested by one individual a week prior and spread virally over the internet, bringing the attendance of hundreds who amassed at 4 pm near the New York Stock Exchange.

This design spread over the internet - the photos below feature the signed being held by Medea Benjamin (Code Pink), Andrew Boyd (Billionaires for Bush) as they stand next to Beka Economopoulis (Not an Alternative, Greenpeace). Some had the design professionally printed and laminated; others printed it out as a series of 8.5" x 11" tiled images, printed it out on their home printers, and glued together to make a larger sign.

See www.buymyshitpile.org for more information.

 
 

 

Marisa Jahn

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Bailout=Bullshit
by Marisa Jahn in collaboration with many others
2008

venues:
The street around New York City's Wall Street, Sept 25, 2008


click on the links below to download: -- 24"x30" poster (208kb)

-- a series of tiled, 8.5"x11" graphics that you can print on your printer and paste together to make a 24"x30" poster (3.5M)

-- 8.5"x11" flyer-sized graphic