THINK AGAIN is an artist-activist collaborative founded in 1997 by David John Attyah (b. Los Angeles, CA) and S. A. Bachman (b. Columbus, OH). THINK AGAIN expects something political from art and uses images to challenge indifference. The collaborative views cultural work as essential to affecting social change and engaging people in the political process. Their work — mobile billboards, outdoor projections, guerilla interventions, digital murals, and viral poster campaigns — links the global to the local and combines cultural theory, sociological research, and activism to create a visual language for activating civic dialogue. The projects of THINK AGAIN explore a unique range of issues including queer liberation, economic inequality, the ways capitalist culture conspires to jeopardize the outnumbered, undocumented labor and the treatment of immigrants, racism, militarization, gentrification and displacement, and gender parity.
Many of THINK AGAIN's projects privilege face-to-face interactions. Attyah and Bachman hand out postcards at Pride parades, park mobile billboards in front of City Halls and grocery stores, and distribute posters to activists mobilizing against injustice. As part of its mission, the collaborative dispenses all of its printed matter free-of-charge through grassroots community organizations, art spaces, unions, academic institutions, and the internet. The early projects of THINK AGAIN are documented in the monograph, A Brief History of Outrage. Documentation of the collaborative's work can be found at HOME S.A. Bachman and David John Attyah
THINK AGAIN exhibitions include:
"Actions Speak," Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA
"Antagonisms," Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
"The Anti-War Show: US Interventions From Korea to Iraq," Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Reactions," Exit Art, New York City, NY
"The Culture of Class: Issues of Class in North American Culture," Maryland Institute College of Art
"Not for Profit," Loyola Marymount University Art Museum
"Democracy in America," Arizona State University Art Museum
"A Brief History of Outrage," 16:1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"New Season," Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
They have received awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, LEF Foundation, Tanne Foundation and The Funding Exchange/Outfund.
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