Daniel John Gadd

Change
2008
Oil on Canvas
14 x 11 inches

Face 2 Face

"The Face2Face project is to make portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job and to post them face to face, in huge formats, in unavoidable places, on the Israeli and the Palestinian sides."

"In a very sensitive context, we need to be clear.
We are in favor of a solution for which two countries, Israel and Palestine would live peacefully within safe and internationally recognized borders."

Elections

This guy is running up for Istanbul City Mayor. His promises are :
opening youtube.
Drinking tap water like in the old days.
Having Taxis turn on day fares at night.
"Global Warming is gonna pass by us"
Thanks to "direget", this guy is apparently a fictional candidate. He's last name means Take a breath and their slogan is "Turkey should take a breath". Check out his website here (Turkish).
Check the Greenpeace website here (in Turkish though).

I survived the Bush Administration

Protest

Qs I left work today, I noticed a big crowd in Taksim. People gathered to protest against natural gas price raises and other prices raises. In 2009, municipal elections will be held. The government created a "wonderfull" strategy, raise natural gas prices like hell. then distribute coal for free. What do people think ? Gas is expensive but look, the city helps us by giving us free coal. They love us, let's vote for them, they're so cool. Populism at its most.

Yes They Did