[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE: Buy Nothing Day

[jonathan lawson]

sorry, I thought I had already given this thumbs up. Thumbs up!
I made a couple of suggested changes: getting the ArtSpot name into the 
feature, and based on Joseph's suggestion, adding more prominent info on 
Ultra, which is both a really cool series and a cool new connection between 
the IMC and NW Film Forum.
I wanted to keep Lance's "unplugging from consumer culture" phrase though 
so I made it the subtitle. Lance, all this ok with you?

Here it is. As has been the trend recently it's now quite long. Now we 
REALLY need an N30 feature... I'll pull one together if nobody else is 
working on one <sigh.>

[green bar] UNPLUGGING FROM CONSUMER CULTURE

[title] Happy Un-holiday: Buy Nothing Day

[text] This coming Friday will mark the eleventh year of the 
anti-consumption holiday, <a 
href="http://www.buynothing-dosomething.org">Buy Nothing Day</a>. More 
people are getting involved each year in a variety of ways, but ultimately 
the point is to curb consumption and think about what we buy. During one of 
the busiest shopping days of the year, many organizations, activists and 
enlightened consumers will further the call for intelligent consumption. 
Local organizers have called for shoppers to <a 
href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20034">"buy 
nothing, do something"</a>. An <a 
href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20303">anti-ad</a> 
produced by <a href="http://www.artspotsmedia.org">ArtSpots</a> will air on 
KING-5 during the day.<a 
href="http://www.buynothing-dosomething.org/events.html">Get the full event 
schedule here</a>.

<p>Originally, the campaign was pushed internationally. Though this still 
<a 
href="http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/toolbox/vote/2002victory.html">occurs</a>,
the core premise of the 'holiday' - unplugging from consumer culture to 
reconnect with those around you - has lent itself well to local grassroots 
organizing. Activists, performers, and artists are mixing locally to 
produce a three part <a
href="http://www.seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20340 ">series
of exhibitions</a>, launching on Buy Nothing Day to highlight all facets of 
consumption and gluttony.

<p>Also beginning this weekend, the Northwest Film Forum and Seattle IMC 
present <a 
href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20352">ULTRA ART: 
The High Noon of Consumer Culture</a>, a series of critical documentaries 
dissecting the current dark ages of late capitalism. Running through Dec. 
15, the film series includes several events presented by Negativland's Mark 
Hosler, and a subvertising/culture jam art exhibition at the <a 
href="http://www.wigglyworld.org">Little Theater</a>. On Dec. 10 Jill 
Sharpe will be in town to introduce her film <a 
href="http://www.culturejamthefilm.com">Culture Jam</a>, a tremendous hit 
during Reclaim the Media in September.

<p>Buy Nothing Day <a 
href="http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd">info</a> and <a 
href="http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/debate/comments.html">debate</a> 
at Adbusters