[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE: Buy Nothing Day

[Sheri Herndon]

hi everyone
great feature!
and good additions/changes.
happy thanksgiving friends.  been at my grandparents and musing on 
all the things i'm grateful for and you all are part of that :)))
xoxoxoxox

At 9:50 AM -0800 11/28/02, jonathan lawson wrote:
>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
>
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