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rebouks · 10 days

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Tristen: You should’ve taken your clothes off. Matilda: I still might… … [cicadas chirping] Tristen: You’re not allergic to mold, are you? Matilda: I wouldn’t care If I was. … Tristen: We shouldn’t have waited so long, Mat-.. I don’t know what I was thinking. Matilda: Maybe we should stop thinking… [Tristen nodded slightly; she was right, they’d done more than enough thinking] Tristen: That’s-.. romantic, actually.

#ts4 #sims 4 #simblr #ts4 story #sims story #forever in between #fib #matilda douglas #tristen burks #ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #okok i'm goo-.. no wait #ahhhhhhhhhh #;-;#HELP #one door slams shut in our face n another opens right?!#dfkjdkfj #idk but either way..#🖤🥺

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happy-lemon · 2 months

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I was tagged by @therichantsim, thank you!

You won the opportunity to be wined and dined by 5 different sims from other storytellers/gameplayers. Respectfully, of course. Name them below.

Samson Grey by @budgie2budgie

2. Darren Drake Sr. by @cinamun

3. Damiano Nicosia by @citylighten

4. Tristen Burks by @rebouks

6. Paul Romeo by @sirianasims

6. Tomax Collette (Tahj's Version) by @fallstaticexit

Feel free to pass this along or tag other simmers to see their sim crushes. I accidentally did six because apparently counting is not my strong suit, but I'm sticking to it.

I tag @citylighten, @sirianasims, @fallstaticexit, @papermint-airplane, @thegloomiestwhim, @holocene-sims, and anyone else who wants to play.

#tag game #wine me dine me game

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hauntedvermont · 2 months

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NEPR: Ryan & Tristen

Join Paul in today’s Episode as we dive into the unknown with two members of New England Paranormal Researchers, Ryan and Tristen. As we talk about the following Investigations. Wilson Castle Burke Green Cemetery Green Mount Cemetery St. Michaels College Links: Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/NEPRCrew⁠YouTube: ⁠@newenglandparanormalresear9195

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#group #nepr #new england paranormal researchers #ryan #tristen

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goalhofer · 1 year

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2022-23 San José Barracuda Roster

Wingers

#53 C.J. Suess (Forest Lake, Minnesota)*

#57 Adam Raška (Kopřivnice, Czech Republic)

#64 Mitchell Russell (Peterborough, Ontario)**

#70 Brandon Coe (Toronto, Ontario)

#72 William Eklund (Handen, Sweden)**

#74 Max Véronneau (Ottawa, Ontario)*

#75 Danil Gushchin (Yekaterinburg, Russia)

#86 Chase Gresock (Powell, Ohio)**

#87 Martin Kaut (Brno, Czech Republic)*

#89 Ozzy Wiesblatt (Calgary, Alberta)**

#91 Anthony Vincent (Wilton, Connecticut)**

#98 Nathan Burke (Scottsdale, Arizona)**

Centers

#14 Kyle Criscuolo (Southampton Township, New Jersey)*

#17 Thomas Bordeleau (Terrebonne, Quebec)**

#26 Andrew Agozzino (Vaughn, Ontario)* C

#52 Tristen Robins (Brandon, Manitoba)**

#68 Connor MacEachern (Whitby, Ontario)**

#76 Luke Johnson (Grand Forks, North Dakota)* A

Defensemen

#25 Artemi Kniazev (Kazan, Russia)

#54 Ethan Frisch (Moorhead, Minnesota)**

#55 Derrick Pouliot (Estevan, Saskatchewan)* A

#59 Nick Cicek (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

#60 Pat Holway (Cohasset, Massachusetts)

#78 Arvid Henrikson (Stockholm, Sweden)**

#79 Montana Onyebuchi (Springfield Municipality, Manitoba)

#85 Shakir Mukhamadullin (Ufa, Russia)**

#90 Will Riedell (Greensboro, North Carolina)**

#92 Darren Brady (Orion Township, Michigan)**

#93 Patrick Sieloff (Ann Arbor, Michigan)*

#95 Roman Kinal (Waterford Charter Township, Michigan)**

#97 Nikita Okhotiuk (Chelyabinsk, Russia)*

Goalies

#30 Aaron Dell (Airdrie, Alberta)*

#32 Eetu Mäkiniemi (Vantaa, Finland)**

#34 Strauss Mann (Greenwich, Connecticut)**

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tonin-terets · 3 years

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The Lil Jif Project | TVC animation from motif on Vimeo.

Creative Credits

Client: The J.M. Smucker Company Brand: JIF Campaign Title: The Lil Jif Project Agency: PSOne Agency Location: New York

Chief Creative Officer: Erica Roberts Creative Director: Alan Wilson Creative Director: Peter Defries Senior Designer: Spencer Chan Senior Designer: Zac Collopy Copywriter: Josh Clayton Art Director: Mollie Coyne Designer: Connor Fitzgerald

Social Creative Director: Dave Gordon Associate Creative Director: Judd Wachstein Senior Art Director: Jessica Larkin

Head of Production: Tim LeGallo Executive Producer: Lauren Schneidmuller Business Affairs, Manager: Deanna Gattie Print Producer: Dorina Sharara

Group Account Director: Yuri Lee Account Director: Erika Maddrey Account Supervisor: Nia Bolling EVP, Strategy Director: Jennifer Baldwin Strategy Director: Allie O’Shea Social Strategy Director: Tristen Sechi SVP, Public Relations: Patricia Hallock VP, Public Relations: Laurie Shulman Derousseau SVP, Media Relations: Alan Danzis Head of Culture: Salama Warner VP, Project Management: Alex Orson Senior Program Manager: Ariel Wakasa-Gonzale Talent Producer Company: BCL Entertainment Founder & CEO: Bettie Levy

Production Company: Radical Media Director: Dave Meyers Executive Producer: Jim Bouvet Executive Producer: Gregg Carlesimo Producer: Lisa Brugliera

Editorial Company: Exile Editor: Nick Gilberg Assistant Editor: Shane Van Executive Producer: Sasha Hirschfeld Head of Production: Evyn Bruce Producer: Julie Zivic

VFX/Post Production Company: JAMM VFX Supervisor/Shoot Supervisor: Jake Montgomery Lead Compositor/VFX Supervisor: Patrick Munoz Flame Artists: Adrien Servadio, Graziella Gandolfi, Louis Mackall CG Team: Zak Dimaria, Connie Ho, Brian Burke, Ben Martin Shoot Supervisor: Rob Rhodes Executive Producer: Asher Edwards Producer: Justine Pregler

Animation Company: Motif Studios Head of Animation & 3D: Craig Parker 3D Artist: Andre Janse van Vuuren 3D Animator: Linda Middleton Producer: Jacques Bock motifstudios.co.za instagram.com/motifstudios

Colorist Company: Company 3 Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld

Audio Record, Sound Design & Mix Company: Super Exploder Audio Mixer & Sound Designer: Jody Nazzaro Producer: Meredith Nazzaro

#ThatJifingGood #LilJifProject

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liuxiang · 3 years

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The Lil Jif Project | TVC animation from motif on Vimeo.

Creative Credits

Client: The J.M. Smucker Company Brand: JIF Campaign Title: The Lil Jif Project Agency: PSOne Agency Location: New York

Social Creative Director: Dave Gordon Associate Creative Director: Judd Wachstein Senior Art Director: Jessica Larkin

Head of Production: Tim LeGallo Executive Producer: Lauren Schneidmuller Business Affairs, Manager: Deanna Gattie Print Producer: Dorina Sharara

Production Company: Radical Media Director: Dave Meyers Executive Producer: Jim Bouvet Executive Producer: Gregg Carlesimo Producer: Lisa Brugliera

Editorial Company: Exile Editor: Nick Gilberg Assistant Editor: Shane Van Executive Producer: Sasha Hirschfeld Head of Production: Evyn Bruce Producer: Julie Zivic

Animation Company: Motif Studios Head of Animation & 3D: Craig Parker 3D Artist: Andre Janse van Vuuren 3D Animator: Linda Middleton Producer: Jacques Bock

Colorist Company: Company 3 Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld

Audio Record, Sound Design & Mix Company: Super Exploder Audio Mixer & Sound Designer: Jody Nazzaro Producer: Meredith Nazzaro

#ThatJifingGood #LilJifProject

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artwalktv · 3 years

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Creative Credits Client: The J.M. Smucker Company Brand: JIF Campaign Title: The Lil Jif Project Agency: PSOne Agency Location: New York Chief Creative Officer: Erica Roberts Creative Director: Alan Wilson Creative Director: Peter Defries Senior Designer: Spencer Chan Senior Designer: Zac Collopy Copywriter: Josh Clayton Art Director: Mollie Coyne Designer: Connor Fitzgerald Social Creative Director: Dave Gordon Associate Creative Director: Judd Wachstein Senior Art Director: Jessica Larkin Head of Production: Tim LeGallo Executive Producer: Lauren Schneidmuller Business Affairs, Manager: Deanna Gattie Print Producer: Dorina Sharara Group Account Director: Yuri Lee Account Director: Erika Maddrey Account Supervisor: Nia Bolling EVP, Strategy Director: Jennifer Baldwin Strategy Director: Allie O’Shea Social Strategy Director: Tristen Sechi SVP, Public Relations: Patricia Hallock VP, Public Relations: Laurie Shulman Derousseau SVP, Media Relations: Alan Danzis Head of Culture: Salama Warner VP, Project Management: Alex Orson Senior Program Manager: Ariel Wakasa-Gonzale Talent Producer Company: BCL Entertainment Founder & CEO: Bettie Levy Production Company: Radical Media Director: Dave Meyers Executive Producer: Jim Bouvet Executive Producer: Gregg Carlesimo Producer: Lisa Brugliera Editorial Company: Exile Editor: Nick Gilberg Assistant Editor: Shane Van Executive Producer: Sasha Hirschfeld Head of Production: Evyn Bruce Producer: Julie Zivic VFX/Post Production Company: JAMM VFX Supervisor/Shoot Supervisor: Jake Montgomery Lead Compositor/VFX Supervisor: Patrick Munoz Flame Artists: Adrien Servadio, Graziella Gandolfi, Louis Mackall CG Team: Zak Dimaria, Connie Ho, Brian Burke, Ben Martin Shoot Supervisor: Rob Rhodes Executive Producer: Asher Edwards Producer: Justine Pregler Animation Company: Motif Studios Head of Animation & 3D: Craig Parker 3D Artist: Andre Janse van Vuuren 3D Animator: Linda Middleton Producer: Jacques Bock Colorist Company: Company 3 Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld Audio Record, Sound Design & Mix Company: Super Exploder Audio Mixer & Sound Designer: Jody Nazzaro Producer: Meredith Nazzaro #ThatJifingGood #LilJifProject

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jessicaralstonposts-blog · 7 years

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Oklahoma City man accused of fatally stabbing another man not facing charges

Bradley Burke

OKLAHOMA CITY — A young man accused of fatally stabbing a man last month claims it was self-defense, and the district attorney confirms charges were never filed.

Around 1:17 a.m. on September 18th, Oklahoma City police were called to a stabbing in the 1400 block of N.W. 16th St.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found 19-year-old Tristen Bingham.

Bingham was…

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yourkarinaleborieposts-blog · 7 years

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Oklahoma City man accused of fatally stabbing another man not facing charges

Bradley Burke

OKLAHOMA CITY — A young man accused of fatally stabbing a man last month claims it was self-defense, and the district attorney confirms charges were never filed.

Around 1:17 a.m. on September 18th, Oklahoma City police were called to a stabbing in the 1400 block of N.W. 16th St.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found 19-year-old Tristen Bingham.

Bingham was…

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generouspizzaruins-blog · 7 years

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Oklahoma City man accused of fatally stabbing another man not facing charges

Bradley Burke OKLAHOMA CITY — A young man accused of fatally stabbing a man last month claims it was self-defense, and the district attorney confirms charges were never filed. Around 1:17 a.m. on September 18th, Oklahoma City police were called to a stabbing in the 1400 block of N.W. 16th St. When officers arrived at the scene, they found 19-year-old Tristen Bingham. Bingham was rushed to a…

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rebouks · 14 days

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[waves lapping] Mia: What’re you so obsessed with? Matilda: Nothing. Mia: [sighs] Are you seriously gonna waste your time staring at lifeguards when you-… Ivan: Triss is the lifeguard. Mia: WHA-… Matilda: Do not. Mia: Whyyy-.. oh my god you’re so annoying, what’s your problem? Matilda: He’s working. Mia: So?! Just go n’ say hi-.. wait, pretend to drown! Matilda: Seriously? Mia: Seriously! He can come n’ save you n’ you can be like.. SURPRISE! It’d be funny. Matilda: I’m not doing that. Mia: I’ll do it then! [Mia shoved Matilda out of the way before she could protest, sprinting toward the ocean with glee] Matilda: I hope she actually drowns. Ivan: You should’a done somethin’ before she had chance t’embarrass ya. Matilda: Yeah, well.. you could’ve kept your big mouth shut too, but here we are. … [super legitimate drowning] [extremely convincing spluttering] Tristen: You good? It’s uh-.. it’s pretty shallow here, y’know? Mia: Ohh sometimes I forget my legs work; you know how it is-.. awh but look how worried my amazing friend is! [Mia stuck a toe in Matilda’s direction, practically vibrating with giddiness-..] [Until Tristen dropped her, anyway] Tristen: Shit-.. are you okay?! [Mia ignored Tristen’s fussing, thoroughly amused by the scene she’d caused] Tristen: I’m so sorry, I-… Matilda: She definitely deserved it, don’t apologise. Mia: [chuckles] Ahh, that really was funny-.. okay, bye. [Tristen stared after Mia for a solid minute, enveloped by an awkward silence that made him want to bury himself into the sand like a frightened crab being hunted by a rabid seagull]

#ts4 #sims 4 #simblr #ts4 story #sims story #forever in between #fib #matilda douglas #mia clement #ivan harper #pixie harper #tristen burks #miaaaaaaaaaaaaa #skdjskjd #love her #like talk or else #🤺

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drylandlit-blog · 7 years

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FEATURED INTERVIEW:

WHO IS LUKA FISHER?

A CURATED CONVERSATION WITH THE LA BASED ARTIST

Photo Credit: Art Tavana

BY ANNA UREÑA

Luka Fisher has been an unofficial patron of the arts for DRYLAND since its inception in 2015. I don’t know how she heard about us back then but I liked the work she sent us and published her short films and multimedia pieces. After that, we were showcasing photographers, filmmakers, performance artists, and poets like Genevieve Canavan, Kayla Tange, Matthew Kaundart, Chelsea Bayouth, Leila Jarma, and Mike Leisz—artists who were all tracing back to Luka Fisher. After a non-investigation into who she was (I don’t lurk, I’m oldschool like that), it was clear that this would one day require a meet up.

In 2016, we made plans to meet at an MRK show at Honey Trap, a DIY art/music space in DTLA…and we kind of almost did meet. I showed up and looked around for Luka but she was nowhere to be seen. I texted her “I’m here. Where are you?” to which I received no reply. After the bands played, they rolled out a body on a table completely wound in plastic wrap like a cocoon. I didn’t know this was in store for the night since I never saw the event flyer but I was curious. Throughout the performance I wasn’t sure whose body I was watching being put under torturous circumstances (but I did keep suspecting it was Luka’s). The face was distorted by how tight the plastic was gripped around the head and the head had bright red lipstick and silver eye shadow, shimmering like a koi fish with a gaping mouth under the track lights. And then when the pale-skinned body was freed from the plastic encasing, and emerged, bloody and lightheaded, everyone involved quietly went on to a back room. It was then when I came to my fine (inebriated) conclusion that it indeed was Luka Fisher who was tied up (and thus could not text back). Some friends were waiting to leave so I came up to her, quickly introduced myself and then shook her hand all professional-like and left the show.

When we actually actually met a few weeks ago, it was way less dramatic. She scooped me up from my house and we kicked it as her DTLA studio. We hung out a few times and had conversations about art, our origins, politics (Fuck Trump). This “interview” is a compact version of those conversations. Who’s Luka Fisher? Peel back slowly… and see.

Much of your art is collaborative. You’ve worked with other local artists like Peter Kalisch, Christopher Zeischegg, Leila Jarman, Matthew Kaundart, Kayla Tange, Daniel Crook,Tristene Roman and others. How does a collaboration start with you?

Friendship.

Photographer Jacquie Ray (High Creatives) & Luka Fisher collaboration

Performance Artist Kayla Tange & Luka Fisher collaboration

Video Artist Peter Kalisch & Luka Fisher collaboration

Painter, Musician Daniel Leland Crook & Luka Fisher collaboration

What has been your favorite art performance or collaboration? I can name the time I almost met you at the Honey Trap warehouse…that was pretty memorable.

My collaborations are usually just the physical manifestation of an ongoing dialogue with the other artist about our lives and aspirations. Collaboration then is a kind of cultural exchange where we learn each other’s languages and explore new territories together. In this regard I think “Danny Wylde” was one of my most interesting collaborations because it combined literature, pornography, performance and visual art, with film and advertising. It was the kind of work that could have never been made without contributions and exchanges from Chris Zeischegg, Sheree Rose, Matthew Kaundart, and countless others. And the same could be said about some of the zines/actions that I curated like The Golden Fool , The Holy Automatic or my foray into hot sauce with Royce Burke and co.

Daniel Leland Crook & Chris Zeischegg (Luka Fisher)

(Luka Fisher)

Luka Fisher Performance at Honey Trap 2016/Photo Credit: Genevieve Munroe

Jacquie Ray & Luka Fisher collaboration/ Photo Credit: JC Ghouls

How do you decide if a piece is any good? Do you feel it out or just say fuck it or…?

I think that it’s hard to answer this question without sounding like a mystical douchebag. But fuck it here I go: I keep working until the piece tells me that it is done. When the work has taken on a life of its own and can exist without me then I send it off into the world.

Luka Fisher collection

Speaking of style…you currently dress in a style you call “Art Mom”. What inspires your looks?

I’ve always wanted to look like a Congressman’s eccentric wife or a ex-punk PTA mom that takes care of her art kids. So, my style then is really just a compromise between how I, in the abstract, imagine such people would dress and what I can find on sale at Goodwill.

Luka Fisher & Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba/ Photo Credit: Hannah Haddix

Luka Fisher & Tristene Roman (The Golden Fool)/ Photo Credit: Gina Marie Canavan

Photo Credit: Rio Warner

Photo Credit: Sean East

Photo Credit: Gina Marie Caravan

Kayla Tange & Luka Fisher/ Photo Credit: Gina Marie Caravan

How do you feel about getting negative reviews?

I figure any review is a positive review because someone was triggered enough by the work to either spend their unpaid time singing it’s praises or hurling shit at it.

Most of your work isn’t exactly politically inclined. Has the fact that the USA is now running under the Trump administration changed your feelings about what to create? Or about the duty or responsibility of an artist to speak out? What are your thoughts on how artists play a part in resisting the new regime?

It is true that much of my work is not overtly political within the context of contemporary American art, but I began making art and contemplating its function while I was studying in various parts of Russia. There, I watched the government crackdown on queer art and underground cultures under the pretext that these groups were creating dangerous and immoral “propaganda”. I watched with horror as a country and culture that I deeply love descended again into authoritarianism and spectacle. There the government used prejudice, god and patriotism to consolidate its power.

Russia’s crackdown on LGBTQ rights and civil society more broadly has been extremely disheartening to me because I had finally found a place I felt comfortable and they weren’t comfortable with me. And it’s awful to watch a culture that you love try and kill itself.

Photo Credit: Daniel Leland Crook

Gianna Geller (Luka Fisher)

Jacquie Ray & Luka Fisher collaboration/ Photo Credit: JC Ghouls

Terminal A (Luka Fisher)

Neil Malick (Luka Fisher)

As I began making art in Russia, I was forced to contemplate what was at stake in my work. Ultimately, I decided that I had to risk being myself regardless of the consequences.

But there I was a foreigner and a student and so I was never fully affected by these policies because I could always leave and return to the United States where we didn’t have these problems.

And so I did some translation work and tried to promote mutual understanding between our countries trusting that in time cooler heads would prevail.

Now, I realize that Russia was a time machine for what America is about to become under Donald Trump.

So, I have always seen my work as political in the sense that the personal is political and I am interested in both creating and promoting work that provides an alternative to our fear driven culture. And I am doing this because I believe that artists are cultural translators that can build bridges between disparate communities. By couching ideas in “spectacle,” “entertainment,” artists can create spaces for understanding and facilitate cooperation between communities in ways that can never be fully achieved through coercion. Art, broadly defined, can also create a safe space for communities that feel threatened by dominant cultures.

I hate that we as Americans live in a heteronormative hyper masculine culture that fears vulnerability, hates creative self-expression and tries to imprison us with fear and hatred and that our only acceptable outlets for our angst are based on consumption and conquest.

And I have been trying to counter these tendencies by creating and promoting alternative cultures. We cannot succeed with hate; we must present alternatives.

The political nature of my work has become more overt in the past year or so as I began to see free speech and creative self- expression come under attack by Facebook and Google. First, I witnessed Facebook increasingly crackdown on artists and activists with their prejudicial “community standards” which are based on mid-west, middlebrow values of what’s acceptable.

The effects of these standards are chilling and affect everything from how artists create and distribute work to who gets to speak and how. For example, people have had their images banned from Facebook for being “too fat,” for their disabilities, for remembering historic war crimes, or for just documenting indigenous cultures whose very existence seems to upset Facebook’s colonial values and targeted queer protestors. Yet, much of this behavior is ok if you are Kim Kardashian or some other pop celebrity. Like much of America, there are two sets of rules. One for those in power and another for those on the fringe.

And if this isn’t enough to make you think that Facebook and its rules are serious then consider that the police officers that murdered Philando Castile are on trial for manslaughter because their actions were streamed on Facebook Live. Unfortunately, such videos are rarely seen by mass audiences because Facebook almost always collaborates with the police to suppress such footage.

Facebook has also been caught experimenting on it’s users.

Facebook and its ilk have become our town squares and we cannot allow them to radically curtail our right to a free and open discourse with those that we choose to associate with just because they are supposedly private entities.

(Luka Fisher)

Because only the government is legally obligated to protect our civil liberties, those that seek to repress and control us have been using corporations to wage a stealth culture war. This is why banks and money transfer services like Paypal often working in tandem with the Treasury Department have enacted policies that target “pornographers” and shut down their bank accounts, even when they are operating in full compliance with Federal and State laws.

And because these actions have been taken by “private entities”, even when they are in all actuality collaborating with the Government, Civil Libertarians have largely kept their mouths shut.

I fear that this private war on our freedoms will only escalate. Now, back to Facebook and its repressive rules.

Facebook’s “community standards” infantilizes its users and helps maintain a culture of sexual repression, fear and violence.

Facebook asserts that paintings of nudity are acceptable but nude photos cannot be tolerated. Rules like these become even more absurd when you consider that any painting that you see on Facebook is really just a photograph; or that artists like Andy Warhol, Carollee Scheneman, Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg, Steven Johnson Leyba, and countless others integrated photography and living bodies so thoroughly into their art that these distinctions are largely meaningless.

This is why much of my art explores nudity and other “taboo” topics in a mixed-media fashion. I am trying to start fights with Facebook over their understanding of what Art is, knowing that they will violate their own rules and ignore the last hundred years of developments within fine art which has blurred the lines between photography and painting; Art and Life.

(Luka Fisher)

I then document their punishments in the hopes of starting a larger conversation about how these social networks are affecting our cultural and political lives and what we must do to counter them.

I became further convinced that these organizations needed to be challenged after Google deleted fourteen years of novelist Dennis Cooper’s work and refused for months to do anything to address this matter. If Google was willing to erase the artistic contributions of one of the most controversial and critically acclaimed writers alive today without any due process, then how can we trust them with our lives or our work?

Now in the aftermath of Trump’s election it appears that Facebook and other sources of “big data” may have swung the election for Trump.

This why we need to take these platforms and the data that they are collecting on us seriously.

The artist Joseph Beuys talked about “Social Sculpture” and how every citizen is an artist that participates in the construction in the Total Artwork of their society, but this idea was always vague in part because it was hard to see all the invisible connections that tie us together. However, social networks make some of these connections visible. We can track, respond and coordinate actions in real time. Which is why I believe that we need to think about Social Network Sculpture and what that might look like in practice. In other words how can we be better, more engaged citizens on and offline? How can we use these tools to create a better world? Do we need to create better tools? Do we need to radically rethink the social contract we’ve struck with social networks?

Perhaps, we’ve gotten into this whole mess by accepting that the internet rendered everything free and that all this data that we were handing over wasn’t all that big of a deal because these companies were “progressive” and “cool” and anyway, society had moved past the culture wars. Except of course that was all bullshit.

These are questions that I am now grappling with and that I would like to help work on with folks much smarter than me. I have been particularly interested by the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s initiative to document and fight censorship on Social Media. If you have ever been the victim of Facebook’s repressive policies you can submit a report here: https://onlinecensorship.org

I believe that we have a responsibility to speak out and to resist the unconstitutional and immoral policies of the current administration. Not just as artists or citizens, but as human beings. We need to peacefully put an end to this national nightmare as soon as possible. This is not a right or left wing issue. This is an existential issue. We cannot tolerate an administration that mistakes dick waving tough guy shenanigans for good governance.

However, I don’t think that resistance is enough. We need to imagine the worlds that we want to live in and actively work to make them a reality. We need to imagine our way out of this mess. And this again is where artists can help, because art is creative manifestation.

I also believe that artists can use their shows to help activists organize and to raise money for charities and that we can donate our time and expertise to causes that need help. Daniel Crook and I are going to start giving away our art at concerts to those who donate to a list of charities we are currently drawing up.

If you (the reader) have any ideas about how I can help or what we can do collectively as artists and citizens please let me know. I am ready to get my hands dirty.

Photo Credit: Tristene Roman

Dan West (Luka Fisher, Manuel Vee)

Neil Malick (Luka Fisher)

(Luka Fisher)

(Luka Fisher, lighting by Gina Marie Caravan

Luka Fisher’s art is featured on the cover of Issue 6:

Anna Ureña is based in South Central L.A. and is founder and editor-in-chief of DRYLAND. She has worked for numerous organizations and has been published numerous times, but mainly she sits somewhere in space.

A CURATED CONVERSATION WITH THE LA BASED ARTIST FEATURED INTERVIEW: WHO IS LUKA FISHER? A CURATED CONVERSATION WITH THE LA BASED ARTIST BY ANNA UREÑA…

#cover art #cover artist #featured artist interview #issue 6 #los angeles #luka fisher #the golden fool #winter 2017

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Hey Mat, Long time no see, or write, or anything really.. feel free to rip this letter to shreds if you feel like it, I wouldn’t blame you. I didn’t exactly plan on dipping like that and I’m sure you’re probably pissed, or were but if you somehow manage to get through this stupid thing, then thanks… I’m doing better, thankfully.. sorted my shit out, like you said, as much as I think I can anyway… I’ve been clean for a while now, bar a few mishaps but I guess I should know by now that fucking up is just a part of myself that I can’t really change. I always liked that about you guys though, how you never judged me for it, I’ve found some pretty neat people here too, for the most part. I kinda cut my parents off too, but I dunno if I feel bad about that or not yet, guess I’m still figuring it out. I might give em another chance but half of me expects nothing to change, so I dunno… I kinda miss the Bay n’ stuff sometimes too y’know? Maybe not the rain though.. but I think I got so used to leaving things behind I didn’t really think it’d be any different this time around, maybe I was wrong. I’m doing okay, I guess.. but there’s a piece of me that feels like maybe I left a part of myself behind too. That sounds a bit dramatic huh? I don’t even know why I’m telling you all this… I suppose I’ve kinda been letting myself think about the past recently, someone got into my head about using it to move ahead instead of running from it and like, the elephant in the room n’ all that? I’m grateful you talked some sense into me before I did something I might’ve regretted not that I would have I didn’t mean to put you in that position though and I’m sorry if you thought maybe it was your fault that I left, cos it wasn’t. So uh can’t believe I just wrote uh out but I just wanted to apologise for leaving the way I did, without saying anything, and I hope none of you hate me for it and I hope you’re doing okay, no, better than okay! I really hope you worked things out with the whole Pixie thing too, I still think that was amazing, what you did I think it’d be neat if you had a relationship with her. Sometimes I wonder if I helped at all hopefully she’s doing good, either way though cos whatever you decided was for the best, no doubt. This letter is a rambling mess, I know.. but hopefully it’s better than nothing you can burn it if you want Can you tell I flunked lang/lit? I skipped write a letter day too I guess, my bad hah.. never was any good with words, written or spoken, but I’m sure you remember that. Anyway, say hi to everyone for me if you want, but you don’t have to - especially Oscar & Courtney, they don’t know how much they helped me.. and lil Robin, but I bet he’s not so little anymore. I shouldn’t have waited so long but uh.. better late than never? Okay peace.. T x ps. I almost didn’t post this but someone practically dragged me to the post box and now I’m nervous at the thought of you reading it.. which I’ll bet you find pretty funny, which is why I told you I guess pps. I don’t expect you to write back so dw about it if you don’t

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Pick you up at 12? x Can’t make it… Why not? I’m sick I already bought tickets! Do you want me to come over, nurse you back to health? ;) I’m good, take someone else x Fiiine, get some rest sweet cheeks xx

#ts4 #sims 4 #simblr #ts4 story #sims story #forever in between #fib #matilda douglas #tristen burks #he's here in spirit ok? ok #everybody say ough #so nice to hear from triss but we wanna see his lovely faaaace #so does tilda.. but don't tell her i told you that #she's too busy pining to come out with u now mr mystery man #😭

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It's a good job the pharmacy's open 'til late..

#ts4 #sims 4 #simblr #ts4 story #sims story #forever in between #fib #matilda douglas #tristen burks #sim spice ahoy #🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️

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Matilda: It’s been a while… Tristen: Yeah, it feels like forever-.. uh, what brings you here? Matilda: We’re taking a forced vacation. I’m sure you can figure out who did the forcing. Tristen: Ah… Matilda: Yeah. Tristen: I kinda figured you were mad at me. Matilda: Little bit. Tristen: I should’ve said goodbye or written sooner, I guess. Matilda: Little bit-.. but you were sorting your shit out, right? I get it.

[Tristen smiled contritely, avoiding Matilda’s gaze-.. out of sheer embarrassment or a severe lack of brain functionality, he wasn’t sure]

Tristen: Is that Pixie? Matilda: Yeah-.. bit bigger now, huh? Tristen: Aha, little bit. Matilda: Anyway, you’re clearly working, so… Tristen: Shit, yeah-.. I’ve got another job to get to after this but uh, you gonna be around tomorrow? Matilda: Yeah, we pretty much just got here. Tristen: Okay, uh.. meet me outside the pharmacy at ten? There’s only one in town n’ it’s on like every map-.. I don’t have my phone with me, so…

Matilda: Yeah, sure. Tristen: Okay-.. uh, yeah.. okay! Matilda: Bye, Triss. Tristen: Bye-.. see you tomorrow? Matilda: Yep. Tristen: Ten o’clock? Matilda: Uh-huh. Tristen: Okay.

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