Graphic Interventions is a new podcast series investigating political statements made through posters, banners and zines, produced and hosted by Harriet Atkinson. In the third episode, Harriet meets Dominic McGill and Michael Collins from poster-making collective Paris 68 Redux to discuss their work for Extinction Rebellion‘s Impossible Rebellion campaign in August 2021. Listen to the episode on Soundcloud, ITunes, Google Podcasts or Spotify.
Paris 68 Redux are part of the forthcoming show Change Everything, curated by Anthony Burrill, which runs from 4th November 2021 to 30th January 2022 at the depot_Shoreditch E2 7JQ and the depot_Old Street N1 7TA. They will be running poster workshops during the run of the show, including a special boycott Black Friday event at the end of November.
Paris 68 Redux can be found on Instagram @paris68redux and @xr_printworkshop.
Future episodes of Graphic Interventions feature banner-maker Ed Hall, subvertising collective Protest Stencil, a zine made by OOMK and a Mini Daily Mail spoof made by Darren Cullen of Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives. The first two episodes featured poster-makers See Red Women’s Workshop and Conversations from Calais.
Advisors to Graphic Interventions are Annebella Pollen, Jeremy Aynsley, Liz Farrelly and Zeina Maasri, with invaluable technical guidance from Leila Johnston. Graphic Interventions music is composed by Brad Ellis. With thanks to Nick Grosso for vocals. Logo design by Martha. Graphic Interventions is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Centre for Design History at University of Brighton.